(Right now I do not have a defined, planned-ahead schedule. We just take breaks when we feel ready for them! I want to get better about this in the future, and it looks like we may adopt the "Sabbath schedule" - that is, six weeks on and one week off. We're usually ready for a break by then!)
During this week, I have approximately a half-million things that I would like to accomplish - for school, for home, and otherwise. Here they are!
- Work on better (earlier) bedtimes and better (earlier) waketimes for the children
- Create chore charts for morning jobs
- Start a list of future science experiments/activities so that I can gather equipment and materials proactively
- Ditto with a craft list
- Make individual craft lists by holiday
- Start doing my 15 minutes per day of organizing/deep-cleaning before the family gets up
- Change our math schedule to early mornings (our current late-morning time with a toddler underfoot is not working)
- Assign a weekly day for each of the following
- Project Night
- Craft Day
- Science Experiment Day
- Library
- Set date for our annual Caramel Apple Party
- Make Pam W's famous pumpkin dip
- Improve chore inspection practices
- Set day of the week for each child to be a meal helper
- Plan Christmas
- How to host a large group on a really tight budget
- Make holiday planner calendar for Nov-Dec-Jan
- Make gift-request list to give to relatives
- Write Christmas letter
- Get the 20-month-old to start sleeping on his own
- Clear out the garden
- Plant the garden
- Arrange for carpet cleaning (this has only been on my to-do list for three years now)
- Make my Azure Standard October order
- Celebrate hubbie's birthday
- File old lessons and lesson plans, plan for the coming week
- Set a Daddy-Son Camping Night date
- Make an apple pie!
As I learned last summer, I don't get a lot done during "breaks" - we may be off from school, but the round-the-clock physical work of caring for a home and three small children simply does not leave much leisure. In all honesty, I will be very pleased if I get half of the above list done.
However, this time around I did remember to plan activities for our break (unlike last summer). Here are some of the fun things we're going to do this week:
- Arizona Museum of Natural History (free day!)
- Desert Botanical Gardens (free day!)
- Celebrate Daddy's birthday - peanut butter pancakes, peanut butter pie, peanut butter candy. (Sense a theme here?)
- Park Day with one of our homeschool fellowship groups
- Vinegar Painting
- Glitter Jars
- (Finally getting around to) painting our map of the British Isles
What do you all have planned for your Fall Break?
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| One of our last outside water-evenings of the year! |
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