{"id":303,"date":"2012-06-25T22:16:59","date_gmt":"2012-06-26T02:16:59","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/yoshee08.com\/blog\/?p=303"},"modified":"2012-06-25T22:16:59","modified_gmt":"2012-06-26T02:16:59","slug":"first-week-of-summer","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/atorahlife.com\/blog\/homeschool\/first-week-of-summer\/","title":{"rendered":"First Week of Summer"},"content":{"rendered":"

\"\"<\/a>All week we have davened outside in our backyard. \u00a0I do not know why I never did that before. \u00a0It is so beautiful, sunny, warm, who would NOT want to be outside? I told the boys to get their siddurs and go outside for we were going to daven.\u00a0 On Friday morning, one boy asked if we were going to daven outside. \u00a0I had forgotten that is what we had been doing but it took me just a moment to say yes. \u00a0I am so glad we did! \u00a0It felt so good to be outside, and bonus was that my almost 3-year-old-going-on-50 was able to run around outside leaving me free to actually daven with the older boys as well!<\/p>\n

Well, I thought I would be off to a good start by making a schedule of our summer. \u00a0There are things we do not get to do during the school year that I am planning to do this summer. \u00a0So, yes, I did do a schedule and a beautiful boy did enter it into Excel and yes, we did save it! So, why have we done nothing on the list except for davening -and even that ended up being done late, and later each day this week?<\/p>\n

I think I figured it out this morning. \u00a0For four days the boys went to Twilight Camp. \u00a0It is a Cub Scout camp in the evenings (5:30-8:30 pm). \u00a0They had so much fun running around, climbing, playing games, learning all sorts of fun things, that by the time we got home and into bed they were sleeping before they hit their pillows! \u00a0They were so worn out that they did not wake up until after 9 am, so our mornings did not start until almost lunch time. \u00a0But, they had fun, lots of fun, and my oldest who is too old for Cub Scouts and is in Boy Scouts went as a staff member and had lots of fun as well. \u00a0That’s what it’s all about. \ud83d\ude42<\/p>\n

So, yes, I have a schedule for summer, and today I was excited to try starting again.\u00a0 One boy went on the plane by himself to see Grandpa and have a blast these next few days. \u00a0Lunch when we got home yesterday was silent. \u00a0You could hear a pin drop.\u00a0 Even though I don’t miss the kibbitzing when all three older boys are home, I do miss him.<\/p>\n

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Today, I had all intentions of starting our summer schedule.\u00a0 I really did.\u00a0 I even got up before my husband got up (and that is telling everything!)\u00a0 I got my husband off to work, had to wake boys up for they were still sleeping, and then I got to work.\u00a0 Sweeping, mopping, washing, and cleaning.\u00a0 By 10:04 I had all sorts of stuff done and was feeling pretty good and we were almost ready to go daven. Davening again happened outside.\u00a0 It was beautiful.\u00a0 I just didn’t feel like doing any school work, I came inside, made some more tea, and then told my son I was going for a nap.\u00a0 After the nap, we had lunch outside and I spent the next hour or so reading to the boys.<\/p>\n

I resigned to the idea that I’m taking a break and doing something that I actually want to do, not just need to do.\u00a0 So, cleaning and organizing is going to be our schedule for the week.\u00a0 I know I won’t get it all done, but the goal is that I will be a long ways over.\u00a0 I’m confident that it will get done.\u00a0 Schoolwork can wait until next week.<\/p>\n

I think I’m going to end here, I am having a hard time thinking for now my almost 3 year old who is now out of diapers (yeah!) now knows that the water we drink turns to pee after he asked me why he needed to have more water, and as I am trying to type, I’m trying to answer his question on why people need gas that comes from our tummy.<\/p>\n

And anyways, the brownies are done, and I’m going to get my 8 year old who went to bed (but is up reading his new 800 page Mark Twain collection I got him yesterday)\u00a0 so he can have some too.\u00a0 After all, it’s summer!<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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