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I apologize. I really do.
But I so, so, so love it when I feel like I've had a productive day. So please, let me talk just one more time about how helpful Managers of Their Homes was today.
We had not been doing the "MOTH schedule" for a few weeks (intentionally) because we had VBS and dance rehearsals and doctor visits and some other things. But today we got back on it, and again I am just struck by how much we accomplished.
It is 6:15 pm as I type this. This is what we did today:
- Washed all bedsheets in the house and got them all back on all the beds;
- Rachael did one math worksheet and one phonics worksheet
- Rachael and I did both All About Spelling and Easy Grammar together
- Rachael read her American Girl magazine
- The girls and I read two books that we had done Five in a Row unit studies with earlier this year (Gramma's Walk and Miss Rhumphius)
- The girls and I later finished reading The Doll House by Rumer Godden (I liked it more than they did; perhaps they'll like it a bit better when they're older)
- The girls put away two loads of clean laundry
- The kids and I went to the pool for about two hours
- Rebecca and I worked with Perler beads (aka "fuse beads")
- Rebecca, Benjamin, and I played Candy Land (well, uh ... our version of it ...)
- The girls and I made a noodle kugel for dinner (yes, I know that's a strange dinner, but it's like that Bill Cosby routine: "Eggs! Eggs are in kugel! And cottage cheese! And wheat!")
- The girls and I made Monkey Bread -- It's ready to be put in the oven first thing in the morning
- The girls and made pineapple upside-down cake (from scratch -- ooh!) I'll put that in the oven while we're eating dinner
- I read a Mother Goose book to Benjamin before his nap
- I washed a load of towels (although I have not put them away yet)
Not to mention that I also took a 30-minute nap, and got to play the piano for about 10 minutes.
And don't forget, I don't even wake up very early -- usually around 7:30 pm.
After dinner, I'm hoping to whip up some homemade play-doh with the kids -- ya know, the kind where you add Kool Aid to give it color (and a nice smell). I've never done that with Benjamin yet. We'll see. I would love to work out after the kids are in bed, but I think that may be asking too much.
Yes, I feel good. Today was definitely a good day.
But I so, so, so love it when I feel like I've had a productive day. So please, let me talk just one more time about how helpful Managers of Their Homes was today.
We had not been doing the "MOTH schedule" for a few weeks (intentionally) because we had VBS and dance rehearsals and doctor visits and some other things. But today we got back on it, and again I am just struck by how much we accomplished.
It is 6:15 pm as I type this. This is what we did today:
- Washed all bedsheets in the house and got them all back on all the beds;
- Rachael did one math worksheet and one phonics worksheet
- Rachael and I did both All About Spelling and Easy Grammar together
- Rachael read her American Girl magazine
- The girls and I read two books that we had done Five in a Row unit studies with earlier this year (Gramma's Walk and Miss Rhumphius)
- The girls and I later finished reading The Doll House by Rumer Godden (I liked it more than they did; perhaps they'll like it a bit better when they're older)
- The girls put away two loads of clean laundry
- The kids and I went to the pool for about two hours
- Rebecca and I worked with Perler beads (aka "fuse beads")
- Rebecca, Benjamin, and I played Candy Land (well, uh ... our version of it ...)
- The girls and I made a noodle kugel for dinner (yes, I know that's a strange dinner, but it's like that Bill Cosby routine: "Eggs! Eggs are in kugel! And cottage cheese! And wheat!")
- The girls and I made Monkey Bread -- It's ready to be put in the oven first thing in the morning
- The girls and made pineapple upside-down cake (from scratch -- ooh!) I'll put that in the oven while we're eating dinner
- I read a Mother Goose book to Benjamin before his nap
- I washed a load of towels (although I have not put them away yet)
Not to mention that I also took a 30-minute nap, and got to play the piano for about 10 minutes.
And don't forget, I don't even wake up very early -- usually around 7:30 pm.
After dinner, I'm hoping to whip up some homemade play-doh with the kids -- ya know, the kind where you add Kool Aid to give it color (and a nice smell). I've never done that with Benjamin yet. We'll see. I would love to work out after the kids are in bed, but I think that may be asking too much.
Yes, I feel good. Today was definitely a good day.
2 comments:
Sounds perfect! I'm very happy for you!
I LOVE THIS! I'm a fly-by-the-seat-of-my-pants kinda gal, and using MOTH (loosely with PLENTY of extra time in there) I find we accomplish quite a bit more, too. I still seem to need my household management binder for chores. ONE DAY I hope "get there"~LOL! (((((HUGS))))) sandi~INSPIRED by your excitement!
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