(Up until Sat 1, late due to lots of family time) This week, I implemented my first week of our new family "rhythm". Rhythm is what I have decided to call our "schedule". I wanted to implement some kind of schedule but was kind of fearful of using that word. I was reading some ideas on the web and found a blogger that uses the word "rhythm" instead of schedule and loved that idea. I came up with a rhythm and wrote down estimated times of activities/things that I wanted/needed to complete throughout each day of the week. On my family rhythm, I wrote "ish" behind each estimated time and wrote "subject to change" at the bottom of the page, so not to feel confined to the times given. I knew that if I had an exact schedule but failed to follow it, I was going to be disappointed. I have really liked this system so far. I have had a few days already that things have came up or the kids just didn't want to do what was "planned", so I had to improvise and it was OK! :) I started school for Alivia this past week, and she really likes it. She often asks when we can do "learning time". And, if we have too short of learning time and have completed all that I have planned, she will ask for more. Too cute. I love that she is loving to learn. I love that I have decided to take this opportunity to teach her. I don't know if home-schooling is in our future, but I do know that I didn't want to say "no" to her when she asked me when it was her turn to go to school and if she could go (why I decided to start a home-school pre-school in the first place). Our week was full of family fun too. We enjoyed many days spending time with Ben's sister and brother-in-law and Alivia's "new cousins" as she still calls them. We hung out with them all day Friday and Saturday. It was a blast. Alivia was outside for hours digging the dirt, playing on the play ground, blowing bubbles, riding bikes, playing tag, and much more. She really enjoyed herself. :) It's so fun to watch her play with her cousins. On Friday night, my mom, the kids, and I attended my brother's high school football team. He is currently coaching at a local high school. I loved watching Chris coach and seeing him in his element. The kids behaved awesome for it being so late (we didn't leave until 9). Alivia was eating a snack and would put down the snack and clap when everyone started to clap. If you have ever been to a football game, you will know that people clap a lot. So if you can imagine, it took quite a while to eat her snack. :) She enjoyed watching the cheerleaders too. It was a blast. And, his team won!
Now for some pictures:
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