EGN NEWS DESK
This might be a enjoyable peek into our days as a result of it’s in an all new routine and house. Our new neighborhood has been so welcoming and we already really feel plugged wherein is the happiest of surprises. From youngsters on the door every day able to play to a constant neighborhood textual content chain, the group really feel is powerful and I’m right here for it! We additionally begin our new co-op this week, which we’re nervous and excited for, and we’re straightforward backing into night commitments. I’ve so many issues I’m wanting ahead to sharing, however let’s begin with at this time, a typical Monday.
5:30 AM: Wake Up
I’ve been eager to shift my 6:30 get up time a bit earlier to provide me extra morning time and since David needed to depart for work early this morning, it made the proper alternative to make it occur. I acquired up, began the coffee, turned on the hearth, and made David breakfast- two sausages, three eggs, on a bagel. We he left I put a loaf of sourdough into the oven to bake and joined Finley on the sofa to put in writing and ship my publication, begin scripting this submit, and return emails.
When the solar begins to come back up I closed my laptop and like all the time, Finley jumped up as quickly as she heard the press of my laptop computer closing. We are so lucky to have strolling trails so near our new residence, and we took off on our morning loop, which is simply shy of two miles.
8:00 AM: Getting the Day Started
After our sniffari I prepare for the day. I take advantage of this time period frivolously because it’s largely athleisure, however placing on a bit of make up and brushing my hair makes me really feel extra put collectively and productive for the day. Then I activate the griddle and go get up the women. They meet me within the kitchen and we make breakfast collectively. It was a sourdough baking morning, so we dig into the loaf whereas sausage and eggs sizzle on the griddle. I’ve a slice of bread, toasted, with a hen sausage patty and an egg, with a wellness shot, two Brazil nuts, vitamin D, and a PC oil, plus a few of Kaitlyn’s leftover crust with butter.
The ladies went to dress whereas I clear up the kitchen, feed the starter, and begin the dishwasher. We opted for drawer dishwashers on this kitchen and to this point, I’m loving them. They match my life-style of being within the kitchen a lot and one among them is sort of all the time operating, however I by no means have soiled dished within the sink.
At 9:00 the mattress for “Nana’s Room” (the principle stage visitor room) was delivered, so the women organized the playroom whereas I oversaw that and began some laundry, then we acquired began on college work by about 9:30.
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9:30 AM: Dive into Homeschool
The morning is all about college. We’re nonetheless utilizing this similar schedule and for essentially the most half we actually love the extra topics in shorter intervals arrange. We began yesterday with music research, the place we proceed to deal with Chopin. We hearken to his music and I learn tales about him from Music with the Masters. From there we transition into math with Nicole the Math Lady. This provides me an opportunity to comb via what I want for our subsequent topics whereas each ladies are plugged into their lesson. I often bounce forwards and backwards between them to assist a bit.
Then we go into handicraft and skim aloud, the place we’re at present listening to Little Women. I’m forcing Kaitlyn and I to complete our embroidery, despite the fact that it’s October themed. Hailey has finished two embroideries and isn’t utilizing her time to make bracelets or wrap presents. From there, it’s language arts- Mondays are for writing so I do writing with Hailey whereas Kaitlyn watches Mystery Science, then swap over to Kaitlyn whereas Hailey works on her task. Memory work is now all about memorizing strains for the Julius Caesar play they’re going to be in via co-op and eventually we wrap issues up and head down for a snack, to let Finley out, and to placed on our footwear.
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12:30 PM: Out to Run Errands
Hailey wanted denims and he or she’s lastly an excellent age/measurement for purchasing and American Eagle makes it straightforward. We headed to the mall and located quick success. We additionally bounced round to Claire’s, the Lego retailer, a toy retailer, Build-A-Bear, Macy’s, and few different locations Kaitlyn succeeded in dragging us into simply to browse.
From there we headed to an area gem, The Swamp Rabbit Cafe & Grocery. We grabbed a chew to eat earlier than heading into the market to go searching. It’s recognized for it’s choice of top of the range native items and I might have wandered round for some time however I acquired a name from David that I used to be wanted at residence to signal for a supply, so we took our cart of beer, elderberry, and sweet canes (lol) to the try and rushed off. After signing for FedEx we have been the proud homeowners of a 500+ lb Kamado Joe Smoker that David guarantees will smoke me essentially the most scrumptious wings, brisket, and grilled pizza. Can’t wait to attempt it!
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4:00 PM: Winding Down the Day
Once residence I switched the laundry, put the bag of shrimp in water to defrost, and placed on my footwear to take Finley out and let her stretch her legs. We lined about 2.5 miles on the paths and I loved each minute of it. Being out within the woods within the fall is my glad place and I really like that my legs have been feeling the extra hilly terrain since we haven’t labored out in about two weeks. We have an train space on the new home that’s *nearly* arrange and I can’t wait to get again to some energy coaching.
When I acquired again from the stroll Hailey was out on her bike with two neighborhood buddies and Kaitlyn, who had been drained all afternoon, was listening to her audiobook after which facetiming her cousin. The solar was heading down so I fed Finley and acquired out all I wanted to make Greek Shrimp Pasta.
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6:15 PM: Dinner and a Movie
One factor I really like about our format is that I can see the TV from the kitchen, which I couldn’t do in our previous residence. The ladies placed on Christmas Chronicles and whereas I used to be making dinner, I acquired to observe, too. I really like Christmas film watching season and listening to them giggle. It’s so cozy.
In between stirring pasta, I helped David out the place I might. Last evening was messing with a brand new mattress body to get it to suit proper. We have been figuring out tails off attempting to get all the pieces within the new home in place and whereas we’ve made a lot strong progress, one way or the other we nonetheless have loads to do. I’m so glad to be in and settling in although that it’s onerous to thoughts very a lot.
We all ate dinner and watched the top of the film collectively as I transferred photos from the digital camera to my laptop to edit for this submit. It made me keep in mind how a lot I really like taking photos on the actual digital camera because it separates me from my telephone and takes so a lot better photos. Social media is nice for thus many causes, however my coronary heart of sharing life will all the time be the weblog. I really like lengthy type copy and having the time to mirror on life’s happenings. I generally marvel if there may be nonetheless a marketplace for old style running a blog model or if all that has switched to social media. Deep ideas 😉
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8:30 PM: Calling it a Night
A drained Kaitlyn was despatched off to mattress round 8:15 whereas Hailey frolicked for a bit to snuggle Finley. I cleaned the kitchen, arrange the coffee, began the dishwasher, and completed placing away some laundry whereas chatting along with her. She headed as much as mattress round 8:45. David and I chatted on the sofa for a bit earlier than I went to bathe then we watched an episode of My Name is Earl. We all the time like a lighthearted present earlier than mattress and having gone via so lots of the traditional sitcoms (Frasier, Seinfeld, The Office, Shitt’s Creek, and so on), we not too long ago began Earl. It’s match!
By the time 10:00 hits, we’re each snoozing. I believe it’s neat that we don’t need to crate Finley anymore. Her cozy cave mattress is in our room and once we head to mattress she does, too, crawling into her mattress and with a deep sigh settles in for the evening.
And that’s a day! I acquired just a few questions on IG that I needed to incorporate as a part of this submit, so right here we go-
Do you ever get drained noon? Sometimes! If I do, I often attempt to take a stroll or make a cup of tea. I’ve seen inexperienced tea caffeine gained’t hold me up at evening the way in which coffee does if I drink it within the afternoon, in order that’s my go-to. I’m actually keen about nighttime sleep so often my 7-8 hours of strong sleep carries me via the day pretty nicely. Sometimes homeschool will drain me and make me mentally drained and that’s when getting outdoors works greatest.
Have you discovered a co-op and buddies? Our neighborhood group is fairly superb and I do really feel like I have already got buddies I might name on to stroll or with a favor; we actually have a ladies evening deliberate in December and did a Friendsgiving along with our households on Sunday. It’s been an exquisite transition.
As for co-op, sure! We have our first day with the this Thursday and we’re a bit of nervous and so much excited. We discovered this co-op a few yr in the past via native homeschool Facebook teams. The ladies and I had a playdate with them again within the spring and so they prolonged us an invite.
How impartial are your ladies with homeschool proper now? We do quite a lot of the topics collectively so I’m fairly concerned. They each do math on their very own (with me serving to) and I’m very fingers on with Kaitlyn’s language arts, however much less so with Hailey’s (as soon as I am going over her writing task, she’s on her personal, and he or she does grammar on her personal and I simply go over it along with her). It feels very manageable although as a result of we achieve this a lot collectively I don’t really feel like I’m continuously being pulled forwards and backwards.
Are you feeling like the brand new home/group really feel like residence? Yes. I form of really feel like I used to be all the time meant to dwell right here. I actually love the home and nonetheless really feel like I have to pinch myself each day as a result of in quite a lot of methods it doesn’t appear actual. The persons are actually unimaginable and worth quite a lot of the identical issues we worth, like household, pure residing, and group. I simply want I might scoop up a few of the buddies from our previous space and have them right here with me!
If you’re nonetheless studying this, I’m impressed. It is SO lengthy, haha! Thank you for making my weblog a part of your day and I hope you could have an exquisite remainder of your week!
