Just for because. I told the kids we would use this as their first day of school pictures. We don't get up a dressed and looking all cute like we would if the kids wee really going to school, but this day they did. Kylie's in 1st Max's in Kindergarten, Dane's in pre-pre school
the real 1st day of school picture
Max is a pretty smart determined little learner!
We got an insane amount of rain from Hurricane Harvey. It was estimated that we were going to get between 9-10 inches. Luckily it only rained really hard for one evening and we got maybe 3 inches. We are in the bottom apartment and I think we might have gotten more wet than we were prepared for.
LA Bucket List Item Checked off: attend an awesome football game. We live close to the Neville High School where they have been either state champs or the runner up for the last 5 years, and they were playing their rival team since 1931! It ended up being the first home game they lost since 2007! And it was awesome! We sat next to a very nice lady who was so friendly, and had all the southern awesomeness you hear about and hope to find! 
And we finished out or weekend with some more fishing. Dane was Rob's little fishing buddy and spent almost the whole time fishing with his daddy! the kids are so cute, and so fun! 
Ok so if you made it through all the pictures then you are ready for the nitty gritty of the week. I anticipated homeschool being hard. I mean teaching someone how to read and write and all the stuff they need to know has got to be hard right? Well here's the truth, my kids, at this stage and age of life aren't that hard to teach. Crazy, right? Max gets started on his day with a letter practice page, and then he does a little math, usually write the numbers, or some math game. And then we do a lesson in how to teach your child to read in 100 lessons. Thats it for Max. Easy Peasy right? Kylie is a little more, she has to read and write and do some math. Her's takes longer since she is older and is expected to know/do more but its still not that bad. And then we do a science, history, art, music all together. So all in all, we can get through all of it by lunch time. And we start at 9! So no more rushed mornings of yelling to finish eating so we can brush teeth and hair and all be dressed for school on time. because if they don't brush their hair or look 100% fantastic its not a bid deal. But here's the hard thing, I am 100% all attention on the kids the whole morning. Which means no shower after we go exercise every morning at the high school track, no cleaning the house, running errands while the kids are at school and its easier with 1-2 less kids. I am with the kids All. The. Time. and that is exhausting. So this week I'm going to try and branch out a little and think of things they can do together without my direct attention so I don't feel so depleted by the end of the day. Because no one likes hangry mom, just sayin'.
Also something I wasn't planning on but had to work through this week was the challenge of living with Rob again. I love Rob, I love being married to him, but this summer I guess I developed some bad habits. Like I like to be on my own schedule. Even if that schedule didn't look like we had one. I didn't have to check with anyone and see if my idea would work with them, I didn't worry or think about another adult all summer. I just went and did as I pleased. (as much as you can with 4 kids) So now that I live with my hubby again, I had to work through letting him help with things, make plans about what we were going to do and when, and just letting him be apart of our lives again. You may be laughing like really is it that hard, and the simple truth of it is yes. Yes it is that hard. But I'm working on it, I talked to Rob about it so he can be on the same page as me. And we are working through it. I figured I'd just be honest about life. And it's not as bad as writing it down makes it sound. We are awesome, and have been through much worse than me wanting to be in charge, but not really in charge. So I know we will be just fine. But I'm being honest, and real. And this is real life. There comes a time in your life when you have to decide what is important, and my marriage is important to me. So we are working on it together. We are connecting together and doing at home dates after we put the kids to bed. And I think that is important. We are working at our marriage because it is worth having, and I plan on having it for eternity!
So my goal this week is to 1.mellow out and enjoy homeschool with the kids
2. work on connecting with Rob again
3. Be present
4. Do something for myself to keep up with everyone and everything(as long as it isn't dr. pepper because that is gross here)
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