School Chaos

This school year didn't get started off well, but we are finding our footing.  Last year we started slowly, doing one subject the first week and adding another subject each subsequent week until we had our full load up and running.  It worked great.  

This year, the pressure of wanting to do high school well got to me.  We tried doing it all and it was too much too fast.  Just plain overwhelming.

Too many new curriculums to learn and self-imposed perfectionism caused some tears and frustration for the kiddos.  So we took a step back and are taking things more slowly, but not quite as slowly as last year.

It's only been 3 days of school, but if today reflects future school days, I think this will be a good year. 

Our first theme for our "Together Time" is Worship.  We've been doing morning clean up together and as we work, we use YouTube playlists to worship.  It's been a wonderful start to our mornings!  It's a priority this year to try and place God at the center of our lives, to bring our mundane routines into His presence and live our lives with Him.