Homeschool Moms Gone Wild: Put them in school edition.

I am sorry for the lack of blog posts, but, as I inform David daily:

“I work now.”

Ha!  Poor guy.  All those years of me begging, nay pleading, with him to stay up late with me when he was tired from work . . .   And, since I have been subbing nearly every day, I am tired and ready for bed before he is.

Life is better.  The kids are still in school and doing well.  I feel better about the whole situation, although I sometimes still can’t believe I went through with it all.

It was like “Homeschool Moms Gone Wild:  Put them in school edition.”

Surprisingly enough, I am NOT subbing today.  I did not get the 5:50 am call this morning and I am enjoying my day home alone.  I have been catching up on laundry and house cleaning.  I paid the bills (which is always a total downer) and fed the horses, rabbits, kittens, dog, and chickens.  I make my wannabe farm and ranch husband proud.

I thought I would share with y’all the kids’ school photos:

Sweet Pea, 5th grade

Sweet Pea is doing very well in school.  I am proud of her because she has been sticking up for a girl at school who gets teased very badly.  The staff have told me that she is a very positive influence in her class.  Sweet Pea would prefer to homeschool, but she is being a trooper throughout this ordeal and doing her very best.

Daisy Mae, 4th grade

Daisy Mae is loving school.  She fits in nicely with her 4th grade class, which is a fun group of kids.  I was able to tag along with the 4th grade during a field trip.  We had a blast and it was fun to see her enjoying her classmates and the time they had.

Handsome Dude, 1st Grade

Switching to public school has been a very good change for this little man.  He takes pride in his schoolwork now and is winning the class reading competition (reading minutes earned).  He comes home from school everyday and gets to work on his homework without me having to remind him.  He is proving to be much more responsible at home and is excited to read and write.

This was not the Handsome Dude I homeschooled.

Trust me.

Little Dude, Kindergarten

Little Dude’s favorite parts of school are recess and lunch.  So you can see where his priorities are.  He is academically done with Kindergarten, but I don’t want to move him up. (He did Kindergarten last year with his brother) A team of teachers at his school are working on a plan for him so he does not get bored.

He is not bored, yet, however.  He is excited to go everyday.  He never remembers what they learned at school, but he does like to inform me of what color of pants his very stylish teacher wears everyday.

His future is bright.

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Halloween!

Here is the obligatory kids in costume photo for you to all enjoy.

Sweet Pea-Native American.  She was a cowgirl/western girl for school and decided to change it up for the evening.

Daisy Mae-Cowgirl/western girl

Little Dude- Monkey

Handsome Dude- Cowboy

I am a grinch for Halloween.  I hate coming up with costumes.  We opened the dress up bin and I told the kids to “have at it.”

Mom.

Of.

The.

Year.

Friends of ours surprised us with the Native American costume, so Sweet Pea was excited to try that.

So.  We spent $1 on the vest for Handsome Dude’s cowboy getup.  We got it at the Dollar Store, hence the price.  And this may shock you, but the vest is not as durable as you might think and has already ripped.

So, there you have it.  An update on all things Maliblahblah.

Happy Weekend!