When Things Just Don't Go Your Way

We started back to school this month and I'm using a Konos Obedience curriculum. I was so excited to find this as it was exactly what I wanted to do with the kids: a medieval unit study. It's been going along pretty good. But today, for the end of the week, I thought we could do a tea party in the morning rather than in the afternoon, so I followed the recipe for Queen Cakes they had in the book. It called for 1/2 CUP of baking powder. I don't know what happened, but they came out horrible.



I whipped up some regular biscuits and we had those with strawberries and whipped cream. Next, the kids were suppose to wear some royal clothing, kings and queen outfits they put together themselves. Money is tight, so no extras. Isaac and Hannah were the only ones who participated. I can always count on Isaac being a willing participant. They made their crowns last week and I thought they came out quite nice. We just used some glitter glue, sun catchers and gems on scrapbook paper.





We've done a few science experiments with light as well, and part of that was rainbows. We were blessed with a double rainbow last night.



Flashlight tag. They were moving so fast you can't see them.


When I can't get them motivated to do important things like school or chores, this is what they do to occupy their time:

Playing in the wind of the fan.


Wearing tights on their heads (Hannah has no knowledge of this):




Or we're just simply chilling out.





Sometimes I get frustrated because I think this is what happens in other people's homeschools: They sit down for scriptures where everyone listens, the kids are dressed and ready to go, school goes on for 2-3 hours without interruption where they all work quietly together and they have these fabulous afternoons full of science experiments and historical facts.

A case of "Why do my kids act like Rottweilers and their kids are Golden Retrievers?"

I think part of being a homeschooler is that you can't be so rigid all the time that it is no fun for anyone. You have to allow time for silliness and spontaneous activities. Don't get me wrong, we have times when we still have to buckle down and say sorry, its not going to be fun, but it has to be done. However, this week, I have to say it's mostly been fun we've been having.