Life always gets a little more complicated once school begins each year. This year may well be our most challenging yet, with four munchkins in the magic school bus RV. Junior high, fourth, second, and kindergarten are on the menu. I am already overwhelmed, and we have just started!
I guess the two biggest obstacles are space in the trailer (we have the nicest school room back in MS, but we aren’t there much), and time. Right now, we are doing a lot of traveling, and the travel days are broken up into smaller drives so that we can get all of our school work done each day. Consequently, it takes us longer to get from point A to point B during the school year, and the pressure on the kids is lot more - “Hurry up, we have to drive 350 miles this afternoon, and we cannot leave until you finish your homework!”
Paul is helping teach this year, taking Josiah’s education in hand. That way, I can focus on the very important foundational teaching for Daniel, Esther, and Abigail. I am relieved to not have the burden of the upper grades on me this year. This is preparation for college, you know! Papers, pop quizzes, reports…
So this is what my entryway looks like now. Three crates of school books, and more in a drawer behind the stacked pink crates. I’ve already whacked my bare toes on the edge of the blue crate while walking through the living room. Ouch!!! I guess I will have to walk more circumspectly! :)
I know we will learn a lot of things this year, and I look forward to having a good academic year.
As circumspectly as I try to walk, I ALWAYS am stepping on toys, all day long. Sympathies for your toe.
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