Surprisingly less stressful fall....

[shanvan]

It cannot actually be possible that the extracurriculars are actually scheduled in a way that is less stressful and more relaxed. Surely I must have read something wrong? I looked at the dog classes, ice skating and sewing dates and nothing is conflicting, nothing scheduled back to back. We have quite a few nights off, and Ds's dog class is directly following Dd's. Can it be true? I know, once I find out the piano time that will probably screw things up!

 

Oh! And I forgot to mention how amazing it is that people seem to have their act together this year and have schedules for fall up sooo much earlier than last year:hurray: I remember last year not even being able to make a weekly schedule b/c I was waiting for all the extracurricular people to pull it together and put out schedules. Hmmm......it's ocurring tome that maybe I'm the late one this year. :lol:

 

How do your fall extras look so far? Better? Worse?

[GoVanGogh]

I am hopeful that our fall schedule is better and less stressful. :D

 

We will be home to, hopefully, have full days of school three days a week. One day a week will be play - golf lessons in morning, followed by homeschool park day in the afternoon.

 

One day will be interesting... DS is taking a class ~45 minutes away. I am hoping to start school (reading) at home, then do audio work in car (memory and/or French), then stop by a coffee shop to get in math and other book work, then on to the class... I am worried about traffic and don't want to leave only 45 minutes to get there, so think I will plan on going over very early so we can school there.

 

Since we are doing that class, I have had to consolidate and drop some outside activities from our schedule.

 

The wildcard in our fall schedule: Family that may or may not come to visit. When? For how long? Why?

That could totally make a mess of my schedule. :tongue_smilie:

[ErinD]

Shhhhh! You're going to jinx it!:D

[Samiam]

Oh my gosh, so much better for us!!

 

Oldest DS is in school, so he does his extracurriculars there. Which means instead a hour drive each way, and a two hour practice, to the only homeschool football team near us, every night, he goes to football right after school. Thats huge for us.

 

We are not doing Co-op which killed a whole Friday for us.

 

We do Art and P.e. both on Tuesday but I am still able to get work done in between, and one-on-one while each boy takes their turn in Art, so while it is a busy day, it's still possible to get work accomplished.

 

I feel we have plenty of time for field trips and park days.

 

Life feels well-rounded but not crazy hectic. Loving it!!

[shanvan]

Oh my gosh, so much better for us!!

 

Oldest DS is in school, so he does his extracurriculars there. Which means instead a hour drive each way, and a two hour practice, to the only homeschool football team near us, every night, he goes to football right after school. Thats huge for us.

 

We are not doing Co-op which killed a whole Friday for us.

We do Art and P.e. both on Tuesday but I am still able to get work done in between, and one-on-one while each boy takes their turn in Art, so while it is a busy day, it's still possible to get work accomplished.

 

I feel we have plenty of time for field trips and park days.

 

Life feels well-rounded but not crazy hectic. Loving it!!

 

The day I finally agreed to drop co-op we were all soooo happy. It was a totally draining experience. The only thing we got out of it was drama---and I'm not talking about a class!