Leah's thoughts: Back in the swing of things

Saturday, October 12, 2013

Back in the swing of things

Our homeschool room

    Today is we have been in Arusha for exactly one month. It is nice to be back again, in our routine, and in our old neighborhood. The kids have started homeschool again, Katrina is in 6th grade, Heather 3rd grade, and Jonathan Pre-School. Jonathan mostly paints, colors, plays with blocks and play dough. So... WHAT DO I DO ALL DAY?? Good question.

   My typical day is:
5:30 am- wake up, work out on Wii Fit
6:00am- Shower
6:30am- Bible reading and Prayer
7:00am- Kids get up, and we eat breakfast together
8:00am- We start school with Pledge of Allegiance, and practicing our memory verses. I might read a Bible story. I do Vision Therapy for Heather (she is slightly far-sighted).
8:30am-10am- Katrina and Heather do their first 3 subjects. I do vision therapy and Audiblox with Jonathan, then he plays.
10am- Tea break
10:15am- Gym class. We go outside and play baseball, Frisbee, or jump rope.
10:45am-12pm- Katrina and Heather do three more subjects while Jonathan paints, learns a letter, or plays.
12pm- We eat lunch, usually national food such as rice and beans, or chapatis (thick tortillas) with stew, or cooked spinach with ugali (corn meal cooked until firm).
1pm- Katrina finish their last 2-3 subjects, and then they take turns playing on the computer or the Wii. They each have 1/2 hour of screen time per day.
2pm-4pm- Kids play, I spend time with the kids playing or going on a walk, I catch up on email, Facebook, etc.
5pm- I send the kids out to play. Their friends are all arriving home on the bus. I start dinner.
6pm- Kids come in and we eat dinner together as a family.
7pm- Kids shower, and get ready for bed. We might watch a Monk together.
8pm- Kids in bed, night night under the mosquito nets!
9-10pm- Catch up with Bill, watch a show together, and go to bed.
                 Repeat!