Rough week

We had some rough moments this past week.  I might have cried or wanted to cry more than once.  It was discouraging.

I think it would help to get up on time in the morning.  If I get up late, everyone else does too, and then we feel the time crunch on our morning.

We're switching things around (Sonlight read alouds are going into the Block Two slot and Morning time will become Circle time and go in Block Four after lunch).  We tried it one day, and I think it will work better.  CN is usually asleep after lunch, so that makes Circle time a little less hectic.  I can always nurse during read aloud time if he gets cranky.

We're also dropping our Apologia Science read aloud.  This is the second time I've tried and failed to use an Apologia book.  And that's okay.  They just weren't interested, and it wasn't worth forcing it.  We're picking up composer study (it's during Circle time) and reading a book called Mozart: The Wonder Boy by Opal Wheeler.  We read it one day last week, and that went well.

I don't think this will eliminate our rough days completely.  We're simultaneously saints and sinners, forgiven and yet still struggling with our brokenness.  Being together all the time gives us more opportunities to have those hard moments.  I am praying that God will give us grace to have more encouraging days than discouraging ones.