The Busyness of "Back to School"

Most people we know are getting ready for "Back-to-School"
in these next weeks, some having already started back in neighboring states. In our household, we are still working to finish the previous school year. I found myself spending too much extra time teaching and re-teaching concepts that must be learned in order to move forward with future lessons. I also found myself in a battle of wills with my now 10-year-old while trying to work with the ever-demanding needs of my recently-turned 3-year-old. If only we had fewer battles and more moments where I see the light in her eyes brighten!

Whew! I don't know how they do it--all those moms with more kids than I have who make housework, organization, managing extra-curricular activities and even homeschooling look so easy. I am at a point where God is reminding me what is truly important and that I need to STOP comparing myself to others. My family is truly blessed! The problem I seem to have is that I want to do so many projects with and/or without the kids, but I get stuck somewhere in figuring it out while the housework and paperwork stack up yet again. I am stuck in a perpetual "catch up" cycle, and I am truly getting tired of hearing those words come from my mouth!

Please keep our household in your prayers as we finish up our previous school year by Friday, August 17, take two weeks off (well, for the kids, but pure "catch-up" time for mama), and begin a new school year refreshed and renewed with organized lesson plans and schedules for our homeschool and our home. This is my mission. This is my goal. All of this while managing on a limited homeschool budget, which I extended recently with the funds once allocated to diapers. Hooray to potty-training!