"My beloved is unto me as a bundle of myrrh." Song of Solomon 1:13
April 9th, 2017 by Aubri
We began our Holy Week preparing for Palm Sunday. On Saturday we walked over to church where we learned how to make little crosses out of palm branches. Some we would keep and the others would be handed out on Sunday morning for members to pin to their clothes.
April 6th, 2017 by Aubri
God says: “And these words that I command you today shall be on your heart. You shall teach them diligently to your children, and shall talk of them when you sit in your house, and when you walk by the way, and when you lie down, and when you rise.”
As parents Phil and I understand this to be our chief obligation to our children, keep them alive and teach them the Faith. Teaching our babies the Christian Faith comes before teaching them to read, before providing them music lessons, before making sure they’re on the little league team or even the before the current sacred cow of parenting “making sure they are successful in life.”
How this is done looks different in every home I’m sure. This is how we do it in ours.
April 2nd, 2017 by Aubri
We saw pretty early on the importance of having our babies help clean house. It’s not only helpful for me and for one another, but teaching my babies to clean up is providing them with some pretty valuable life skills. It’s a lot of work to take care of a home and a family. I want them to know they are a part of that good work.
March 30th, 2017 by Aubri
You only have so many hours in a day. And for me at least, I only have so much energy and patience in a day. When I’m not pregnant I can stretch both of these a bit farther and keep chugging until about 8pm on a good day.
Also with Summer coming our days will probably run a tad longer. I’m already noticing supper getting closer to 6pm.
Here’s the schedule that’s working for now.
Weekday Schedule:
7:30 Bible Time, verse, prayers, Catechism, Psalter LAUNDRY IN
8:00 Breakfast and Tidy Kitchen
9:00 – 9:45 Housework, Kids Outside Time or Table Play LAUNDRY
9:45 – Mama Workout – 20-30mins
10:15 – 11:00 Snack + Manners Practice, PreK Time
11 – 11:30 – Lunch Prep – EMPTY DISHWASHER
11:30 Lunch
12:00 Tidy Kitchen
12:15-12:30 Kids Tidy Time
12:30-1:00 – Little Kids blanket time, FOLD CLOTHES
1-1:30- Mercy and Esther Ready for PreK School
1:30-2 Housework
2-3:00 Mama Down Time
2:00-3:15 – Kids Quiet Time
3:15-30 – Snack -Read Aloud or Play Time
4:30 – Prep Supper – Kids House Job, Homework or Piano Practice
5:30 – Supper -LOAD DISHWASHER
6:00 – 6:30 -Clean Kitchen (Kids- Kitchen Jobs) Piano practice, Tidy Time – WASH BIG DISHES
6:30 – 7:00 Bible Time
7:00 – 8:00pm- Big kids Individual Reading Upstairs or Family READ ALOUD
8:30 – Lights out
*FRIDAY NIGHTS – CRAFT WITH MOM, LESSON OR FAMILY GAME NIGHT
Weekends are similar but I’ve added History Lessons to the mix. These are typically after lunch.
SATURDAY – Kindergarten + kids – 1 hr Lesson- Mystery of History (or Literature and Poetry)
MOST SUNDAYS – 1 hr Lesson- Mystery of History (or Literature and Poetry)
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