Blessings From Home

The Daily Life Chronicles of Sara~Thursday

Thursday~Errand Day

~Oh my what a day...full of emotional rollercoasters....so here is my day.

~The day started at 5:15am. I got up, got hubby up, and laid back down. I just can not shake this exhaustion. I slept so hard that my body was sore when I woke up. Not sure what's going on. I got up at 6:30am, fixed the kids breakfast, got them up, and got Maddy ready for school and on the bus. Nick was staying home so he could go to the doctor and figure out what is going on and what we should do.

~After Maddy was off to school, I finished up my shopping list, balanced my checkbook, paid my bills and got everybody ready to walk out the door to meet hubby at the cafe for lunch. After lunch, we dropped off a few bills, and I decided to go ahead and get part of my shopping out of the way, and only got the things that didn't need to be refrigerated right away, since we had to be at the doctor's office by 1:40pm. I would have to go back later in the day or tomorrow to get the cold items. The day went on with some ups and downs at home and at the doctors and out and about that I prefer not to rehash but you can read about in my previous post.

~After the doctor, we came home and just relaxed. I did a few chores, finished up some laundry, and did some sewing. I had a horrible headache and was severely stressed due to all that had happened today and the past few days, so hubby treated me to not having to cook dinner either and he got the kids a happy meal and us a favorite treat from our local italian restaurant.

~Then it was time for the kids to go to bed. So, my husband and I went up to tuck our kids in bed and when we got up there, he started talking to Nick about how he's going to have to be a big boy and go to school and be tough and all that and Nick got so upset and my husband finally got to see firsthand what I had been going through with him. It made my husband nearly cry and ofcourse I was standing there bawling like a baby. I never knew it could hurt so bad to see your children cry. My husband didn't say anything else, he just tucked him in and went downstairs. I then said prayers with my kids and gave them a kiss goodnight and came down and hubby and I started talking and he agreed he could not take him to school like that either.

My husband is so apprehensive though. He's worried that we won't be able to give as good of an education as PS does, he's worried about how much it will cost us, and he's worried if we're doing the right thing, and so on. So I made a deal with him....I told him that if he would allow me to homeschool Nick through to Christmas break, and then if he didn't see any improvement in Nick's stress level, additude, behavior, and knowledge, then I would enroll him back in PS.

I told him that the doctors and grandparents and friends and other family can give us their opinions and they can tell us what they think we're doing wrong, but these are our children and we have to make the decision as to what we think is best for them. So now he's on board with homeschooling and I need to show him how much better off our kids are at home.

~After the kids were in bed, I did some picking up and some more sewing on a dress for my daughter. And now I'm blogging. After I get through here, I'm going to take the dog out, and go to bed saying many prayers of thankfulness that tomorrow morning I will not have to put my son through what he's been having to go through. Praise the Lord. And that was my day. I hope yours was a blessed one!

Sara

Here is another one!

{ 03:55, Friday, August 31, 2007 } { Posted by Andrea (Meek & Quiet Spirit) }

Hello!
Welcome to the world of homeschooling. I have 4 blessings that I am teaching. I found this site that offers some really neat stuff:
Brightly Beaming Resources at
http://www.letteroftheweek.com/index.html
and Donna Young at
http://www.donnayoung.org/
that one has alot of free forms and handwriting pages.
Hope these help! Come by and see me at (Meek & Quiet Spirit)
http://meekquietspirit.blogspot.com/
:)