Today went fairly well. Zoe has not adjusted to the time change, so she woke up at a little after 5:00 am and was sure it was time to get up. So I got up with her, and we had a quiet hour while, I crocheted, and she had an early TV breakfast watching "The Very Hungry Caterpillar" one of her favorites. Solomon and I were able to have our daily devotional time before the kids got up, and we were almost completely ready to go to school by 7:09 am. This was actually a bit of a problem, as we cannot go to the school until 7:45. We sat around, and fiddled, and then, got there just in the nick, as the extra time made us complacent. Ah well, so it goes.... and that's OK.
I had a productive morning, cleaned the house quite a bit, including finally doing all the dished for the first time in several days. I piled things into the dining room more than I should have really, so that the living room would be ready for Do Re Mi class, but I cleaned the rest up this evening before dinner, so that's OK too.
I did a good job asking for help today too. When it was time to help Prof Thea with her homework, she was struggling with emotional upset about it, so I realized that I was not going to be able to follow my plan for dinner, and help her at the same time. I asked Abby to help me with dinner, and in the end she did almost all the work, with a little help from me. She is wonderful and the Pizza was delicious! I helped Thea with her assignments, and I did a great job being patient even when she was cranky.
Then we all worked on cleanup together, and that was my low point for the day. It was hard to motivate the kids, and I wanted them to assist, as a lot of the mess was thanks to them. But it meant lots of arguments, and I could have handled it better. In the end I stopped asking for their help, because it was causing so much fighting. But I hope in future to keep working on that and gain some grater skills in motivation from a positive place.
Bed time went really well overall, and as I read to the Prof's from the Narnia series (The Last Battle) both Prof, Zoe, and Jaden fell asleep on their own in their own beds! Hooray!!! And on top of that, though I have heard her cry out now and then, she has gone back to sleep without my interference!!!! This is a really big deal, and I am hopeful for a good night!
