A New School Year...

The new homeschooling materials have arrived, and in spite of myself, I got a little bit excited and nostalgic about the whole thing. I remember the excitement of the first day of school when I was a little kid: The new shoes and clothes, new crayons and the promise of a clean slate and a new start. So while I was going through the kids new stuff I still felt that little jolt of excitement that I used to have as a kid. As I go through each book, I feel like Liz Taylor must have felt the day of each of her seven weddings...you know what I mean: THIS time, the honeymoon will last longer than three weeks, THIS time the marriage will last.THIS time its finally the right man. For me its: THIS year I will color code each child's folders and organize the perfect schedule. THIS year we will extract DNA from a piece of broccoli like I read about two years ago, THIS year I wont have to scream "get out of bed!" 47 times each morning. THIS year we will incubate and hatch that chick for science class.THIS year will be the year we build our own fireworks and set them off. THIS will be the year the kids get a hold of some brilliant thought that will forever change their lives. But, just like poor Liz, the honeymoon is destined for a bitter end! Its ends up being something more or less like this: THIS year I feel lucky to drag all of our carcasses out of bed before 10 am. THIS year, if they just don't flunk I will be happy.And watching a video about Abe Lincoln is still history, right? And on and on it goes. And I feel soooo guilty because I cant home school like I envision I could with a full time housekeeper, cook and Nanny.Not to mention a full time, fully functioning brain. My only saving grace this year is that we are doing the online streaming so at least I am not actually having to teach anything, just lighting fires under the children every morning! I think I can do that. :)

Virginia