The last month of the year usually disappears like a runaway train and I'm left feeling like I missed out on savoring Christmas. We enter December on the heels of the Thanksgiving flurry of making and feasting and we're tired because it's cold and dark. And there are presents to buy and fun to plan and I still need to do school, make supper every night, and get the kids to work and orthodontist appointments. Trying to keep up makes my head spin. So I'm trying to build margin into our days so that each of us can truly anticipate the celebration of our Savior's birth. We're doing an Advent book, Cindy Rollins' Hallelujah, A Journey Through Advent with Handel's Messiah. While some of the kids don't exactly appreciate the music (I'm hoping they'll come to) the rest of us enjoy simply reading the daily scripture, singing the song of the week, and then listening to the day's portion of The Messiah. Honestly, it's a better fit for our family than some of the books we've tried that just get a little too touchy feely for this crowd.
I'm also trying to lower school expectations a bit for the next few weeks. We'll take two weeks off for Christmas but until then I don't want to overthink or over plan. We're cruising along with Math, Latin, History, and Writing. Peter and Kate work pretty much independently, just joining us for devotions each day and turning in |
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