Hypocrisy

Minutes after I posted yesterday's blog, I felt convicted. That post represented an "ideal" day in a homeschool household. I was humbled and reminded yesterday that this is not always the reality.

Although, I cherish the time with my children, I am human. I lose my temper, say things I regret and feel like a failure quite often. Yesterday was a hodgepodge of unorganized activities. My 3 year old thrives on this chaos. He kicks at us while we try to do our reading, pokes at the printer while I copy worksheets and rips our books. Sierra, my oldest, wanders off and hangs out by the window, swatting flies. Maddie spends most of the time organizing the unorganized and thus adds to the problem by moving all of our books and papers to another location. Sigh. How in the world am I going to do this.

These feelings lingered throughout the rest of the day until my husband returned from work. We sat the children down and talked to them about our concerns. I apologized for being frustrated and quick to anger but we asked for their help in all of this. We need to help each other in order to make this work. Mike stands beside me and is supportive as he knows that this is not an easy road we have chosen.

The evening started on a better note and the girls helped me make pizza ( :

Typical cost of Dominoes when we order 2 large 2 topping pizza: $24

Typical cost of comparable homemade pizzas: $4 Plus the girls enjoy our time in the kitchen.

Homemade pizza

1 cup water
1pkg yeast
1 teas sugar
3 cups flour
1 teas salt
3 TBSP oil
Herbs and Spices (optional)
Pizza sauce
Cheese (Jack and Mozz)
Toppings (whatever is leftover in fridge)

Bake @ 450 for 10-12 min.

Today is also Bountiful Baskets Day. It is a wonderful co-op program where families can order produce. They have an organic option as well.

http://blog.bountifulbaskets.org/

Dear Lord, we pray for a better, more productive day. Please help me be a better Mom to these children. Amen.