The funny thing is that kids really don't care how the house looks...in fact, if you are a kid in our house- the more disheveled the better. In their minds this means that "they are having a great time." When my kiddos want to make a tent- they pull ALL of the blankets out of the closet...that would be about 20....that's including pillow cases and old curtains.
The problem with this "fun-filled scenario" is that it causes tense, shall we say, "discussions", between the two adults also residing there. Managing the children at home all day, along with the responsibility of keeping the house "functional" can be difficult.
Alot of the e-mails that I have received have asked, "When do you have time to do laundry, vaccuum and all the other cleaning?" I have been thinking about this and well, I have not been doing a very good job with all of this since I started homeschooling. Now, I am still in the adjustment "phase" of this and we are working out the kinks. After "discussing" this with Greg last night :) here is the schedule that I tried today...and it actually worked great!
6 a.m. - get up, shower & dress
6:30-7:00 - coffee, coffee, paper, coffee, oatmeal (really, I only have 1 cup)
7-7:30 - empty dishwasher & fold laundry in dryer (& put it up!!!!), switch over and start new load.
7:40ish-8:15ish-make toast for "kidlings"
8:30 - Read Genesis 12 &13 with Abby, Math- 2 pages, Write Odd & Even #'s, Work on Multiplication Table Memorization, History Review, Paint "Matisse" type pictures.
10- clean up, break & play
During this time I folded & put away 2 more loads of laundry, changed diapers, got sippy cups, made popcorn because the girls were "starving"...etc.
10:30 - worked on Language Arts/Vocabulary/Spelling - 2 worksheets, front & back, copy spelling words...which include the days of the week, and poem memorization...(review old ones and practice new one)
11:10 - Laid down and rested with Lucy Grace for 45 minutes...a "MUST HAVE" for me...She didn't go to sleep- but I did.
noon- Lunch - I had a friend come over...so i got the girls fed and then my friend and I ate and talked while they played.
3:00- picked up 2 little girls from Abby's old school...
3:40- Pulled "open" bag of popcorn out of the cabinet and it spilled all over the kitchen floor...no biggie- just 500 million kernals of corn rolling all over the floor...with 6 girls running through the house. So...I swept.
5:00- I had Abby vaccuum up all of the popcorn from the morning and afternoon ;)...I had her use the handheld DustBuster because she has a difficult time controlling the large vaccuum. Ellie picked up all of toys in the living room, that I keep in baskets on our bookshelves...she got the toys back in the baskets and I got them back on the shelves.
5:40- We had left overs...so i started heating those up...and played a quick round of Musical Chairs with the girls to the Akeelah and The Bee Soundtrack.
6:30 - Greg gets home, PTL!...we eat....
7:15 - put babies to bed....big girls take baths....
ALL children are in beds and "out" by 8:30, usually.
Tonight- 9:00 watch recorded "hour" of 24, the best t.v. show that has ever existed....
After that, Greg & I, clean kitchen from dinner....took 15 minutes...loaded dishwasher, took trash out...etc.
10:30 - Wrote lesson plans for tomorrow...took 10 min.
That's all folks!
Now, last night I was in bed by 9:40...so it just depends.
We decided today that we are going to do ALL of our laundry on the weekend because it is much faster when we are both here to fold it, put away and keep the babies from ransacking what we have just folded. This is what I have the biggest problem "controling".
I typically use paper plates...so that helps with dishes...which helps with time...which I know does not help the environment.
The major thing that I am seeing that I am going to have to control is the amount of "traffic" that comes through our house. I may have to limit our "guest" to one day a week. I do not answer my phone in the mornings until I am through with school...or when we are taking naps....that helps a ton with effeciency.
So...that's just a quick look in to where we are right now. My goal is to be in bed by 10:00 every night. I think that sleep is al;kfkajfkjkfj./kjl;fhfddddddjjieeow
/.....................................................................Sorry, I dosed..........
I was saying, I think that sleep is the key to everything...and Coffee.
I love Coffee.
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4 comments:
I love this schedule, except I don't think you include enough coffee time. I know we make at least 2 more pots throughout the day & evening when I visit (and I think it's more for you than me!).
I'll be talking with Becca & Julie to see if we can come up with a time to visit.
don't you mean:
6 a.m.: woken up by eldest daughter whose been awake since 5:30, shower and get dressed?
I want to go to bed now after having read all this. I'm exhausted! How do you DO all this? What are you puttin' in that there coffee?
Who does her hair????? It looks great in the pic! I really need to learn to braid Keziah's hair!
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