It's my life...
It is a day of new beginning.... Yea, that sounds kinda lame and cliche but I am embracing it and letting myself be renewed and replenished with the energy of the "newness".
Today was the first official day of our home school year.(more on that in a bit)
Also the first day of this blog and today I am wanting to turn over a new leaf
and start a more organized, less stressed out life. Less yelling, less getting overwhelmed because of the things I need to get done and trying to breathe more when dealing with Theodore and the challenges that come with his special needs. Maybe I will be back to stressed and losing it in a week but I really feel like this is a new start and a new day. It is the same feeling I had when I decided to start my "currently on hold due to pregnancy" weight loss journey lol. And though that is currently on the back burner while I bake this baby I still know I can do it, I did lose almost 60lbs and I am ready to start as soon as Legend is born. So here's hoping that my feelings can go on and even when the bad days come I can remember that I want this as badly as I wanted to get to a healthier weight!
SO.. now that I am done the slightly gag worthy babble here is the fun stuff!
FIRST DAY OF HOMESCHOOL 2009-2010
Theodore starting grade 1 and Aurora starting preschool.
Well we had a great day! We did two different little crafts then did Spelling,Math, and Reading for Theodore and ABC's, Numbers and Reading for Aurora. This wasn't all done in one sitting as neither of them can handle that so we did 3 different sessions through the day and it worked out well. Just as we neared completion of each thing I could see Theodore getting to his point where he wouldn't be gaining anything but frustration for both of us. So we would finish up the bit we needed to do and be done! It made me feel like the amount of work I felt he could handle at a time was very much right on the mark! Aurora really was liking the activities and kept saying "I am doing SCHOOL wif Theedoor"
Theodore did like to start things off by reminding me that he is sometimes more advanced in areas then even I know.. he can read at an advanced level but his spelling is usually more on target with his age group .. so i went with grade one level spelling lists.. well he informed me while copying them to his spelling book that he didn't need to be doing these because he knew them.. I ended up letting him challenge doing a spelling test and see if he could spell them all... well he got 7 out of 7 right without a second though.. so I will be looking for new spelling words I guess lol.
btw ;) yes that bunny has 4 eyes. It was a requirement by Aurora ;)
So yea. It was a good day! More to come tomorrow!
Today was the first official day of our home school year.(more on that in a bit)
Also the first day of this blog and today I am wanting to turn over a new leaf
and start a more organized, less stressed out life. Less yelling, less getting overwhelmed because of the things I need to get done and trying to breathe more when dealing with Theodore and the challenges that come with his special needs. Maybe I will be back to stressed and losing it in a week but I really feel like this is a new start and a new day. It is the same feeling I had when I decided to start my "currently on hold due to pregnancy" weight loss journey lol. And though that is currently on the back burner while I bake this baby I still know I can do it, I did lose almost 60lbs and I am ready to start as soon as Legend is born. So here's hoping that my feelings can go on and even when the bad days come I can remember that I want this as badly as I wanted to get to a healthier weight!
SO.. now that I am done the slightly gag worthy babble here is the fun stuff!
FIRST DAY OF HOMESCHOOL 2009-2010
Theodore starting grade 1 and Aurora starting preschool.
Well we had a great day! We did two different little crafts then did Spelling,Math, and Reading for Theodore and ABC's, Numbers and Reading for Aurora. This wasn't all done in one sitting as neither of them can handle that so we did 3 different sessions through the day and it worked out well. Just as we neared completion of each thing I could see Theodore getting to his point where he wouldn't be gaining anything but frustration for both of us. So we would finish up the bit we needed to do and be done! It made me feel like the amount of work I felt he could handle at a time was very much right on the mark! Aurora really was liking the activities and kept saying "I am doing SCHOOL wif Theedoor"
Theodore did like to start things off by reminding me that he is sometimes more advanced in areas then even I know.. he can read at an advanced level but his spelling is usually more on target with his age group .. so i went with grade one level spelling lists.. well he informed me while copying them to his spelling book that he didn't need to be doing these because he knew them.. I ended up letting him challenge doing a spelling test and see if he could spell them all... well he got 7 out of 7 right without a second though.. so I will be looking for new spelling words I guess lol.
btw ;) yes that bunny has 4 eyes. It was a requirement by Aurora ;)
So yea. It was a good day! More to come tomorrow!
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