little things

When I first set out to homeschool, I was so excited. We loaded up on school supplies, workbooks, and gathered all sorts of ideas. In just the last 6 months, Spiderman has done basketball camp, soccer, gymnastics, a trial run of karate (it was too much like the military for us), and homeschool P.E. at the community center. We make it to the library for the story time they offer twice a week, as well as their monthly lego club.

Now that I'm pregnant again, everything is a chore. For one, She-Hulk doesn't sit still through Spiderman's classes. She runs all over the place, often trying to join in. With the constant state of nausea, it can be a challenge. I run off fumes lately, so finding the energy to get them in the car is a challenge all on its own. By the time we come home, I'm worn out and have used up all of the energy I had stored. No more super mom. Hello couch potato.

To make up for this, I've compensated with new tricks. We're doing alot more reading and crafts. Last week, we made our own snowglobes using baby food jars.

She-Hulk, who is the most high-maintenence little girl I've ever met seriously got a kick out of my little bucket I made her. Just cut some holes in it and gave her some manipulatives to pop in it and was able to lay back down on the couch.

Oh, then I saw this really neat blog (http://moffattgirls.blogspot.com/) where I downloaded her Ready2Read worksheets and found this neat little project for felt ABC letters. Using little wooden apples and felt stickers, I made these:

Spiderman is hands on, so I hope this is something that will help him with his writing. He hates writing and throws a big perfectionist fit when I try to get him to do more. So we're taking a break and focusing on coordination, which I believe is his challenge.

So, maybe I'm not the most active homeschooling mom right now, but I think we're going to get through this. As long as I don't collapse or run out of ideas :D