Snow Days

I love snow days.  OK so it didn't actually snow in NC yesterday, but sleet and freezing rain will shut everything down for a while.  So yesterday I cleaned everything and did laundry in case we lost power and then I had time today to have a nutter in my school room.  One of the hard things about homeschooling is that it is messy.  I'm not just talking about science experiments and art projects.  When you teach children, you aren't cleaning your house so things get messy.  So today I had a nutter!  I don't get to do this very often, but the school room was seriously making me crazy so I took down boxes and books and dusted and cleaned out.  I got rid of pens that don't write, highlighters out of ink and sharpened every pencil.   I cleaned out papers and books - it is a funny thing as children grow up and children leave home and all of sudden you don't need this or that curriculum or book.  Home school moms really do work themselves out of a job, but with eight years still to go and a house full of broken pencils I am grateful for an occasional snow day to have a nutter and Monday I am back to math, history and read aloud.  I love homeschooling even with the mess and I love snow days!

The Winter Blahs

I just woke up!  I have this big blue rocker recliner in my school room that I refuse to use for read aloud anymore because I was constantly falling asleep in it and my kids would cover me up, turn out all the lights, and run away until I came to.  Today I couldn't resist its pull!  I read aloud in my regular chair, but it is such a gray day outside that I fell into the big blue monster and was asleep in seconds.  True to form, my boys covered me up and turned out the lights!  I am wondering when some enterprising home school grad is going to come up with a magic pill to help tired moms get through homeschooling in the winter, when it is gray and cold and rainy and the only civilized thing to do is curl up in a big blue rocker and read everyone to sleep!