Today we officially start our first full year of homeschool. It's his first day of first grade and my second, first day of first grade! I'm not going to lie, I feel very uncertain about my ability to be his teacher. Yesterday as I made preparations, I cried. I feel so unqualified for this job. This is definitely going to be a one- day-at-a-time journey. I've been thinking a lot about what I want our homeschool year to look like. I'm excited and nervous to kick off 1st grade with Jackson. Continue Reading
Friday Favorites { August 2018 Edition}
It's FRIDAY!!!! This week has been filled with therapy appointments and birthday celebrations. We're having a lazy Friday morning in our pajamas. It's just what we need after a busy week. I'm cleaning house and we are awaiting the arrival of Pop and Lolli (my parents). Kicking off the weekend with a few things that made my list of favorites this week... Crockstar Dinner Club Want to know what's going to make my life so much easier once we start school Tuesday? Crockstar Dinner Continue Reading
I Hope He Remembers…
His entire little life has been filled with therapy appointments and overcoming obstacles. His childhood isn't how I pictured it would be. There have been many tears and frustrations. There have been more questions than answers. I've lost my patience more times than I care to admit. Life is just downright hard some days, but I hope those aren't the days he remembers most. I hope he always remembers that I jumped at the trampoline park with him. That I drew Continue Reading
All Aboard The Learning Express
Last week I needed to up my homeschool game. Jackson was getting bored. He was unable to focus on the task at hand. Writing spelling words on his white board wasn't cutting it. So how did I solve this problem? I went to his closet and pulled out all his trains. I collected all the train books we own (which are a lot). I grabbed a few more supplies and set up a learning area filled with locomotives, coal cars and steam engines. Here's how we made trains part of our school Continue Reading
ADHD Is Hard and It’s Real
We decided we'd give him his ADHD medication after breakfast on Saturday morning. We were still trying to get a feel for the new meds, but giving them at at night had posed a huge problem - major sleep issues. For three weeks he had only slept through the night twice. Most nights he was wide awake at 3 a.m., ready to start the day. There were a few nights it was midnight when I heard him call out my name. We were exhausted and defeated. Saturday morning we gave him his medicine after Continue Reading