It is 9:00am on a Wednesday morning and I am sitting at home.
Alone.
I cannot believe how much my life has changed since I put the kids in school. Honestly, I have no idea how I did it all before. No wonder I basically had a meltdown!
Even though I was not asked to sub today, I am at the school subbing most days. Someone asked me the other day if working outside the home was more stressful than homeschooling.
No.
Homeschooling was much more stressful for me. I know it is not the same for everyone, but homeschooling became such a huge burden for me-and it felt like more than I could handle.
Would you like to hear a strange twist? I am liking teaching. Remember? I went to school to be a teacher many moons ago, but was always a stay at home mom. I am considering a 3 month long term sub job at my kids’ school in the sixth grade later this year. I don’t know what will become of it, but it is kind of exciting for me.
The kids are doing well in school. We have definitely had our good days and bad days, however. But they have all seemed to be doing very well since we returned from Christmas break.
I don’t have many exciting things to write about. Here are a few things to update you on:
1) Daisy Mae is having trouble making “girl” friends at school. Apparently, most of the girls in her class are in a “club.” In order to be in the “club,” you have to be “dating” someone.
4th grade. Mmmm-hmmmm.
So, Daisy Mae informs them that she cannot date (Holla!) and spends the entire recess playing basketball with . . . boys.
Ha! I think it is hilarious. And ironic. And ridiculous.
2) Sweet Pea has been putting on her brave pants and asking girls if she can sit by them at lunch. Before she wouldn’t ask anyone and would just sit alone. I told her to just try asking them. She was terrified to do it, but she did it! And the girls said “yes”!
3) Handsome Dude is doing really well with reading and math at school. He is extremely self motivated (this was not the same child I homeschooled, FYI) and is reading about 50 words a minute more than he did at the start of the year. He is very responsible with his homework and doesn’t need to be reminded.
Yes. That was Handsome Dude I was speaking of. MY Handsome Dude.
4) Little Dude. Little Dude is learning how to respect personal space boundaries at school. He tends to get VERY CLOSE to people’s faces whilst talking to them. Apparently, some of the other Kinders do not enjoy someone else’s nose on their face while being spoken to.
Who knew?!
But Little Dude is doing well and enjoys his class. His teacher is the bee’s knees and plans many fun activities for them all day long. He is loving it.
5) Actually, I think highly of all the teachers at their school. They are all amazing.
6) We are going to Disneyland next month! Exciting, is it not? Little Dude is mostly excited about the plane ride, and then the bus ride from the airport to the hotel.
Disneyland sounds so-so. But a BUS RIDE! . . . get out of town.
Thanks for checking in! I know I don’t post nearly as much as I used to. Life has completely changed and we are all still getting readjusted.
Happy Wednesday!
When we took our girls to Disneworld the first time, my youngest was three. She would be completely comatose for the ride on the tram back to the parking lot every night, and in the morning wake up crying because she’d missed it. The parking lot tram was a highlight for her : ) Have fun!
I’m glad your lumberjacklings are doing well in school and you’re feeling more content too.
p.s.-there is a y missing in my word, Disneyworld. Felt I needed to say that since you’re a teacher and all.
Glad to hear how great everyone is doing!
Great to see you blogging?
Oops… I meant “!”
Love hearing from you, Taylor and love hearing about the young’uns. I don’t know how you did it either cos I couldn’t have done it at all !! Kudos to you for hanging in there as long as you did ! Took our kids to Disney World when they were 11 & 12. They fought ALL THE WAY there from Louisiana and ALL THE WAY BACK but had a great time whilst there ! LOLOL
The nose to the face is better then my older girlie who at that age would sneak up quietly behind whoever she wanted to talk to and scare the poo out of them when she started to speak… Drove us all nuts… My husband actually suggested to her teacher we put a bell on her! I was sure she thought we were the worst parents of all time.
I’m delighted that the kids are flourishing at school and equally delighted that you are too. It’s great when we live life the way WE are supposed to and not the way we think we are supposed to – or the way others think we should. We’re all different and I wouldn’t change that.
I love this post! It sounds so happy, and in the good, contented kind of way. 🙂 Oh, I hope that makes sense.
Your morning cracks me up, only because it sounds so much like our household (well, not the stealing underwears part, but the late part).
I just realized that is a comment for the other post.
So sorry…I’m catching up, and forgot where I was. 🙂
I am so glad that they are all doing so well. Teachers are awesome, for sure. Christian has had some great ones!! (And one of them wasn’t me! 😛 )
I haven’t been on here forever. I’m a really bad blog-reader these days. Anyway, I didn’t know about said meltdown and putting kids in school, etc. But I can only imagine how different life feels. Good for you for making changes when you know something is wrong. Blessings!