It's been a long week and it's only Tuesday!

This week is filled to the brim with things to be done.  I only have Tuesday off this week.  But, it's okay.  I just miss the time with my family.  Chad has been sick for the past few days, so he is quarantined to our bedroom.  Olivia and I have been camping out in the living room on Papaw's bed!  It's been a fun experience for us!

So, tonight, we went to a meeting about Classical Conversations.  It is the school/curriculum we will be using in the fall.  We went to the open house there a while back and I fell in love with the curriculum.  Once a week, the kids meet together and are taught by a tutor who introduces the subjects that will be learned that week at home. The way the curriculum is set up, it builds upon knowledge instead of teaching to a test (like all 4th grade moms in Louisiana can tell you about, their children are taught to take a standardized test...).  CC focuses on 3 stages of learning (all based on the biblical principal about learning that is laid out in Proverbs 24:3-4): knowledge, understanding, and wisdom.  When we were there for the open house, I was AMAZED at how much those kids knew and were retaining.  They could spout off historical time lines that I didn't know...and they had hand movements to help them remember!!!

One thing I didn't expect during the meeting was how convicted I would feel.  Weird I know.  But, I did.  I felt so convicted about the way I've been parenting.  Not that I've been doing things badly or wrong, but I just began to feel convicted about my motives for homeschooling and for the way Olivia and I communicate.  I want to homeschool for many reasons, one of the main ones is that I think it's plain stupid for a child to be tested to get into a "good" school in this town.  I think it's wrong their school decisions have to be dependent upon a test that is given to them by a stranger.  But, I never stopped to really think about the fact that I am really doing this to help shape her heart to be the best Christian example she can.  I began to feel convicted about the Christian example I've been for her, and quite frankly, it's been awful, maybe not forever but for the last few months I have sucked at being a good example for her.  I want to be the best mom and Christian for her and for the Christian she will become.

Anyway...that's our life lately....