Monica_in_Switzerland Posted January 20, 2016 Share Posted January 20, 2016 Your kid wakes up with a fever and one of your top three thoughts is, "Sweet! Sick day!" What can you add? 20 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Loesje22000 Posted January 20, 2016 Share Posted January 20, 2016 If birthday presents often contain stuff you need for technical eduction (technical duplo, K'nex) 19 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Monica_in_Switzerland Posted January 20, 2016 Author Share Posted January 20, 2016 If birthday presents often contain stuff you need for technical eduction (technical duplo, K'nex) BTDT! lol. But in the inverse sense, too- when I get an amazon gift certificate for my birthday it almost always goes to HS books. So fair's fair. :-) 14 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PeachyDoodle Posted January 20, 2016 Share Posted January 20, 2016 When the stack of ungraded papers is half a mile high because your kid is way more diligent about doing her work than you are about grading it... :leaving: 31 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tanaqui Posted January 20, 2016 Share Posted January 20, 2016 Wait, you mean we aren't supposed to use fevers to claim Buffy the Vampire Slayer is educational and have a tv marathon? Whoops. 11 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rebel Yell Posted January 20, 2016 Share Posted January 20, 2016 Does it make me a bad homeschool mom if my girls' best high school experience was participating in the public school's musicals? :coolgleamA: I promise, we did fun stuff at home, too. Just nothing on that scale. 5 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BooksandBoys Posted January 20, 2016 Share Posted January 20, 2016 Wait, you mean we aren't supposed to use fevers to claim Buffy the Vampire Slayer is educational and have a tv marathon? Whoops. What is this "claim?" Buffy is definitely educational. Can't wait till my kids are old enough to share it with then (I love it so). 4 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
................... Posted January 20, 2016 Share Posted January 20, 2016 When it requires chocolate to bribe mom into doing spelling with the kid 16 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
freesia Posted January 20, 2016 Share Posted January 20, 2016 When it requires chocolate to bribe mom into doing spelling with the kidYeah, I used to say it was for them. . . . (but I eat most of it). Your kids must spell as well/poorly as mine. . . .. 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JessReplanted Posted January 20, 2016 Share Posted January 20, 2016 When you are sick and you hand off both school work and the toddler to your older kids, knowing that the two are an impossible combination. :( 7 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
athomeontheprairie Posted January 20, 2016 Share Posted January 20, 2016 When it requires chocolate to bribe mom into doing spelling with the kid My dh was given a 25 POUND box of peanut M&Ms yesterday. school went very well today. When you are sick and you hand off both school work and the toddler to your older kids, knowing that the two are an impossible combination. :( I pay my older kid on days like that. they get along much better when there's money involved 9 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
freesia Posted January 20, 2016 Share Posted January 20, 2016 My dh was given a 25 POUND box of peanut M&Ms yesterday. school went very well today. I pay my older kid on days like that. they get along much better when there's money involved That's the spirit! Hey it never occurred to me to pay. I'll have to remember that--my third sometimes needs incentive to get along with my fourth and if I'm down for the count the last thing I need is "The Bickertons Season 1" (That's what I call their bickering schtick--one day I asked them if we could be done with Season 1 b/c I knew all the lines and could we move on to Season 2 where the Bickertons show how much they love and adore each other.) "Bad Homeschooling Moms" unite. 8 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ElizabethB Posted January 21, 2016 Share Posted January 21, 2016 It's almost February, just saying!! 4 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
El... Posted January 21, 2016 Share Posted January 21, 2016 Dd had her first-ever eye Dr visit today, followed by a homeschool karate class. Over math after a nice lunch, she bawled and begged me never to schedule a morning appointment on a school day because "afternoon school makes me so, so crabby!" Then she took a two-hour nap. She wants to do school early, and then other things in the afternoon. She's only 8, and she's already a lot more insightful about this schedule stuff than I am. I guess I'll call and reschedule the dentist. 12 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Freedom Posted January 21, 2016 Share Posted January 21, 2016 Your kid wakes up with a fever and one of your top three thoughts is, "Sweet! Sick day!" What can you add? This was me on Monday! The only thing that I can add is that I never changed out of my PJs! 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
EMS83 Posted January 21, 2016 Share Posted January 21, 2016 PJs are like my uniform.... :leaving: 5 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
freesia Posted January 21, 2016 Share Posted January 21, 2016 PJs are like my uniform.... :leaving:Oh, I thought they were the official homeschool family uniform! I threw on sweats in celebration of the furnace man's visit. When I put on jeans, the kids ask where we are going. 19 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
KrissiK Posted January 21, 2016 Share Posted January 21, 2016 When you're surfing the Internet while your first grader is working in her phonics. "Pay attention, Mommy" 12 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ForeverFamily Posted January 21, 2016 Share Posted January 21, 2016 Your kid wakes up with a fever and one of your top three thoughts is, "Sweet! Sick day!" What can you add? This was me today. Although I discovered my 4yo son had a fever midway through the day so I called off half the day. :-) 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ForeverFamily Posted January 21, 2016 Share Posted January 21, 2016 (edited) dp Edited January 21, 2016 by ForeverFamily Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kerileanne99 Posted January 21, 2016 Share Posted January 21, 2016 I totally um, misdirected, and told my kid her shipment of new math books would most probably be delayed even though the Amazon alert she read said they would be delivered. I just could.not.do.it. And then, so she wouldn't ask any more suspicious questions I suggested a trip to the museum where she could run around and I could read my book whilst baby slept:) 7 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Raifta Posted January 21, 2016 Share Posted January 21, 2016 When the hour at which you wake up your children keeps on creeping later and later (10:30 am today) so that you can cherish your precious quiet time in the morning. And then you feel bad about trying to cram everything in during the short afternoon and find yourself skimping on certain areas. (Outside time? No one needs to go outside. Especially when it's minus 30. Except that, well, they should.) 13 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LMD Posted January 21, 2016 Share Posted January 21, 2016 My dh was given a 25 POUND box of peanut M&Ms yesterday. school went very well today. I pay my older kid on days like that. they get along much better when there's money involved My dh works at a chocolate factory! M&M's everywhere... But I just get fatter and school chugs along. 6 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Monica_in_Switzerland Posted January 21, 2016 Author Share Posted January 21, 2016 Wow! I'm like a super-mom compared to you slackers! I get into my old stretched out jeans before noon EVERY DAY! 13 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kristie in Florida Posted January 21, 2016 Share Posted January 21, 2016 When you are exhausted and try to justify an I Love Lucy marathon as school because it is "history" and your daughter thinks it's a stretch. Her exact words were, "we aren't in that time period, Mommy!" 7 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
freesia Posted January 21, 2016 Share Posted January 21, 2016 When you are exhausted and try to justify an I Love Lucy marathon as school because it is "history" and your daughter thinks it's a stretch. Her exact words were, "we aren't in that time period, Mommy!"Uh. . . We did that-but we were studying the 1950s. 3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jess4879 Posted January 21, 2016 Share Posted January 21, 2016 When I put on jeans, the kids ask where we are going. yep! :) 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ByGrace3 Posted January 21, 2016 Share Posted January 21, 2016 I'm really looking forward to my Kers science lesson today-- moon cycles...using oreos. Chocolate. Yes, please. And yes, it's cold and the kids have been sleeping until 9...and I am letting them because it's an hour of quiet in the morning, but then they are eating breakfast now...would it be a fail if I ate Oreos for breakfast?!? And the Star Wars quoting has begun...ds has been doing school in a Jedi robe since Christmas break....with a light saber attached to his shorts. My kids may not survive the real world... :lol: And I'm wearing yoga pants...which I do almost every day. Which after this thread makes me feel like I dress up! :lol: I actually went to the store to buy jeans yesterday...I informed my husband it was necessary. Because on Tuesday I picked up ds from tennis wearing sweatpants and slippers. 7 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dmmetler Posted January 21, 2016 Share Posted January 21, 2016 I may have assigned a bunch of topics on DD's Prodigy Math subscription and plan to call it a "review day"...😇 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
73349 Posted January 21, 2016 Share Posted January 21, 2016 (edited) I guess I'm fancy, then, in my jeans and sweatshirt. :leaving: 'Course it's nearly 10 and my kid isn't dressed yet. (In his defense, he was reading some non-fiction: "That's Deadly" by National Georgaphic Kids. And learning how to hang upside-down from the trampoline bar, which surely counts for PE.) We had Honey Nut Cheerios for breakfast. He'll probably have a tortilla with Nutella for lunch. UPDATE: Nope, Goldfish crackers and a mango. :D The dinner menu depends on whether we get to the store. (In my defense, I have everything but the bread for a medieval-themed dinner tomorrow night, providing that the power stays on.) And language arts is going to be writing thank-you notes. If we get to it. UPDATE: Didn't happen. Edited January 22, 2016 by whitehawk 5 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BooksandBoys Posted January 21, 2016 Share Posted January 21, 2016 When you realize at 3pm that you are so exhausted from trying to get the kids back into the school routine after break that you inadvertently took a mental health day. 7 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
freesia Posted January 21, 2016 Share Posted January 21, 2016 When you realize at 3pm that you are so exhausted from trying to get the kids back into the school routine after break that you inadvertently took a mental health day.See, you probably tried to get dressed. Try chocolate and pajamas tomorrow. 15 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
freesia Posted January 21, 2016 Share Posted January 21, 2016 Just watch the ones where they are in Europe and then call it a cultural study. :)or the ones where they travel to California on Route 66 and call it US geography/cultural studies. Oh, and then you can watch Cars and learn to sing the song about Route 66--more geography, art (animation) music, Unit studies 3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
FloridaLisa Posted January 21, 2016 Share Posted January 21, 2016 When you tell your kids, "I'm off the clock, get in your room and turn the fan on for white noise." :D Aagghh. We were out for 8 HOURS today schooling at the library, Chick-Fil-A and in the car while waiting on ds' to do dual enrollment. It's fend-for-yourself dinner night too. We all need a few hours of unwind. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
................... Posted January 22, 2016 Share Posted January 22, 2016 See, you probably tried to get dressed. Try chocolate and pajamas tomorrow. I thought you said CHOCOLATE PAJAMAS and I was like, "Hmmmmm now there's an idea!" wait...never mind. 4 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kbutton Posted January 22, 2016 Share Posted January 22, 2016 You put one child on the floor on one side of your bed and the other one on the other side with their books so that you can sleep a little longer without the bickering. They must be "bad homeschool kids" too because they've gotten a lot done with this strategy! 7 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tiramisu Posted January 22, 2016 Share Posted January 22, 2016 Well...Yesterday I was reminded that I never taught my NINE year old to brush her teeth in the morning. The hygienist pointed out to dd that's probably because we hs. :blushing: 9 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SnMomof7 Posted January 22, 2016 Share Posted January 22, 2016 Well...Yesterday I was reminded that I never taught my NINE year old to brush her teeth in the morning. The hygienist pointed out to dd that's probably because we hs. :blushing: Waaaaiiit. Morning teeth? What the...? :D 4 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Monica_in_Switzerland Posted January 22, 2016 Author Share Posted January 22, 2016 Well...Yesterday I was reminded that I never taught my NINE year old to brush her teeth in the morning. The hygienist pointed out to dd that's probably because we hs. :blushing: I am SO BAD at this that my DH texts me almost daily to ask if I've had them brush their teeth. lol 10 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
athomeontheprairie Posted January 22, 2016 Share Posted January 22, 2016 Well...Yesterday I was reminded that I never taught my NINE year old to brush her teeth in the morning. The hygienist pointed out to dd that's probably because we hs. :blushing: if this thread is any indication, you're not alone. I was very glad when the dentist said something and on their own accord they get it done. 4 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dmmetler Posted January 22, 2016 Share Posted January 22, 2016 or the ones where they travel to California on Route 66 and call it US geography/cultural studies. Oh, and then you can watch Cars and learn to sing the song about Route 66--more geography, art (animation) music, Unit studies Or when you go to the Route 66 Mini golf at Incredible Pizza and call THAT Geography and PE :). In fairness, going to Incredible Pizza was DD's bribe for doing schoolwork in the dentist waiting room when I had what was likely to be a long appointment, and she had been surprisingly independent. But it was definitely a stretch. 3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kerileanne99 Posted January 22, 2016 Share Posted January 22, 2016 Or when you go to the Route 66 Mini golf at Incredible Pizza and call THAT Geography and PE :). In fairness, going to Incredible Pizza was DD's bribe for doing schoolwork in the dentist waiting room when I had what was likely to be a long appointment, and she had been surprisingly independent. But it was definitely a stretch. Lol, this reminds me of the time I bribed Alex to do her schoolwork in the doctor's office with a trip to Peter Piper Pizza for lunch...and made her do all the spending of tickets on random bits of shiny plastic mentally and called it math:) 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kalusignan Posted January 22, 2016 Share Posted January 22, 2016 I once made my dd clean her room and called it 'science'. You know.....classification and all that. :lol: 10 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
purpleowl Posted January 22, 2016 Share Posted January 22, 2016 We had friends over to play today instead of doing any of our usual school stuff. I'm thinking I can call it "social studies." 4 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ForeverFamily Posted January 23, 2016 Share Posted January 23, 2016 My dh works at a chocolate factory! M&M's everywhere... But I just get fatter and school chugs along. Mmmmm. I hope you get a lot of free samples. My mom worked for Hershey's for about a year and we were constantly getting free, almost reached expiration date, candy bars. I think I gained several extra pounds during that time, although I was pregnant at the time so that was excuse enough right?! :-) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ForeverFamily Posted January 23, 2016 Share Posted January 23, 2016 Well...Yesterday I was reminded that I never taught my NINE year old to brush her teeth in the morning. The hygienist pointed out to dd that's probably because we hs. :blushing: I am terrible at this as well. Ironically I don't feel ready for the day until my own teeth are brushed in the morning, but my kids always look at me funny and ask why I am brushing my teeth so early. I guess this is a quirky habit I should pass on to my kids, lol. :-) 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Peaceful Isle Posted January 23, 2016 Share Posted January 23, 2016 We had many "literature days" of school this week. Yup...looks like the 50 library books we checked out are all read. :) We need to go back to the library and get some more. Lol and yes, they were almost all "twaddle" . I cringe at that word. Not sure way. Same as moist or crotch. Is that how you spell it? 3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mommy22alyns Posted January 23, 2016 Share Posted January 23, 2016 When your fifth grader has illegible handwriting... :glare: 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sahamamama Posted January 23, 2016 Share Posted January 23, 2016 You stay up until 2 am and spend that time on the Internet, um, "researching curriculum." Then the next day, you're too tired to actually teach what you have on the shelf. :blushing: 28 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TX Native Posted January 24, 2016 Share Posted January 24, 2016 You can't figure out the math problem someone on the board asked about even after other posters explained the solution. 4 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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