Homeschooling/Father & Sis in-law/ect...

Okay, I have found out over the last couple days that we are going to have a very "relaxing" December....lol....My father in-law & his girlfriend are coming here around the 5th and will stay for 8 or 10 days I think. They are coming after Phil has to return to work so that they will be here to help me with the kids and my recovery. Debbie (Martin's girlfriend) has grandchildren and has helped her kids, so I'm sure she'll know what to do and be a help. If it were Martin alone I'd totally be stressing. Martin with a 3yr old still potty training is just a funny thought all in itself!!! Not to mention all the other things that go along with a 3 & 5yr old. Then when we take them to the airport we'll be picking up Julianne who will stay for 4 or 5 days. If you know Julianne, you know this will be my most stressful time. She knows nothing about kids and hates cleaning. Martin has made her fully aware that he's sending her out to HELP not visit per say. LOL. We'll see how that goes. The thought of Julianne wiping a butt has me cracking up. I think Makenzie will be doing alot of work that week if I'm not up to par yet.



Okay, so here's where my thoughts are going tonight... I can't stop laughing at myself...Martin & Julianne are both highly against us homeschooling cause they think our kids are sheltered. Martin wants to take them to museums every day and do fun things with them to get them out of the house...Well, ya know, our poor SHELTERED children may not notice that he's taking them away from their church on Sunday, Gym & Swim on Tuesday, Music class on Wednesday, and Gym & Swim again on Thursday...I'm thinking that maybe Grandpa would love to take them to these activities and see how our normal life is!!! It would be great for him!! Then maybe Auntie can accompany me while I take them the next week.... Of course we can't forget that they also must do at least 15-20 pages of homework a day as well :) Oh, and maybe throw in some crafts also! hehehe.



I don't know for sure but I'm thinking that Julianne should be leaving somewhere around the 20th. That means I'll probably have a whole 2-4 days before more family arrives! Good thing is we won't have time to mess up the house!!! Just hope that really is true and I can keep things under control so that my cousin doesn't come in and feel the need to rescue me. Kids are really gonna have to keep up as well cause with a crawling baby in the house we can't have little things around. It will be great practice for them!! Instead of stressing, I'm kinda looking forward to all this chaos. It's gonna definately keep things interesting!!

Just not feeling it today.

I feel like my life is just one big circle that goes round and round with nothing ever changing. Of course it does and that's not a realistic view, but it's the best I can come up with right now. I am really happy about getting to know Jan better and hanging out with them, but I always have the kids with me. Seems like everyone else gets a break from their kids except me. I love my kids to death but sometimes a little "me" time would be nice. No one ever offers to take me out or to take the kids for me. I feel like the only way for me to get a break is to throw a huge fit and force Phil to let me out. I rarely get me time, but when I do it's never long enough. I think I maybe get 3hrs every 2-3 months. That's not much. I see many mom's who get more than that at least once a week...Plus, why is it that other husband's take initive to take their wives out, but yet mine doesn't even attempt. When he does, I have to make all the arrangments for a babysitter. It's so frustrating. I know I sound like a huge baby right now, but I don't really care. I feel like no one cares about making me feel good. Seems like I'm just here to teach the kids, clean up after them, ect. Not feeling appreciated gets old after awhile. For once it would be nice for someone to appreciate what I do and reward me for it. I don't get a paycheck or a bonus for doing my job. Sometimes I get a hug, or kiss. I love those things, but it would also be nice to feel like I have a value in life outside of these four walls.

August 31st

Didn't post yesterday but wanted to comment on it.

Yesterday in the morning we got straight to work. There were a few pages left over from the day before since I had been pretty sick. We got everything done except 3 pages. Then we went to go meet Clifford the Big Red Dog. We met Raeann there and the kids had a blast. After that we played at the park where the even was and then went to McDonalds to eat and play some more. Raeann didn't go with us there but the kids still had a good time. After that we went grocery shopping. Usually that is a nightmare. This time it wasn't!! The kids were awesome! I was in shock. When we got in the car Makenzie said she had a fun time at the store. I made sure to really praise their behavior and let them know that they had more fun because I wasn't having to correct or yell at them. Told them that I would love for every shopping trip to go like that.

Once we were home Makenzie did some more homework. Makenzie is working in her 1st grade math book now. Although she wants to jump to addition we are making her work from beginning to end since the book gets harder as you go along. There were some pretty tricky patterns that she had to do. I thought she would get frustrated or confused. Boy she proved me wrong! She flew right through them and didn't make a single mistake.