The kids had their first night of Awana last night and although they missed their cousins, they had a grea time. Sophie shed a few tears when it was almost time to go but luckily she had Jaime to love on her. I think she just missed Audrey. The past couple of days have been extremely stressful to me. I am completely doubting my decision to homeschool. After some tears and a couple of good conversations, I am feeling better now. I think it was seeing my friends have their kids start school at Riverside that pushed me over the edge. There's no turning back now and I'm scared. We are doing dry run of a couple of subjects today and tomorrow and then will be starting on Tuesday. I still don't have all of my curriculum, which is also stressful to me, but I'll keep adding it as it gets here.
So, I've been working on getting all my forms printed out and also on my reward system. This is a lot more work than I thought it would be! I have to keep reminding myself that the Lord lead us here and I have to have faith there is a reason for it all and that He will bless our school year. I also went and peeked at Sam's school set up since she started yesterday. She's very organized and it really reassured me. I am so glad I have my sisters to go through this experience with! It definitely calms me.
Hopefully I'll be back later to blog about our weekend getaway....
You'll be great at home schooling! I think whenever God leads us into unknown territory it is easy to 2nd guess and forget that He is the one that led us there in the first place. Especially when it involves our kids- the mommy-guilt sets in. We've had a lot of that around here lately! A pastor of our old church always said, "Where God guides, God provides."
Posted by: Abby | September 03, 2009 at 12:14 PM
The good thing is that the nervousness only last a few days. I usually don't sleep the night before our first day, I am so nervous! You are going to do a great job and your family is going to be blessed beyond measure. There are so many upsides to homeschooling, you going to love it and I think you're kids will too! Could you tell me about your rewards system? I use something like Sam w/ tickets, as currency and a store that they go to on Fridays. It works well for us, but I think I could do better. Let me know if you have any ideas:)
Posted by: Cynthia | September 03, 2009 at 01:06 PM
I'm sure you will be great! I can't wait to hear about it.
Posted by: HannahNoel | September 03, 2009 at 03:10 PM
You will be awesome!
Posted by: Christi Kitt | September 07, 2009 at 08:39 PM
Anxious to hear how everything is going. I'm sure you will be a really FUN teacher!
Posted by: Jodi | September 09, 2009 at 01:13 PM