On a roll...

It seems with sick kids and now a sick husband I have more to blog, either that or I have free time while they sleep. Now I am the only one left standing in our house that has yet to fight this icky virus but hopefully keeping up with my exercising and trying to eat healthier will be enough to avoid it all together.

If you have never had or been around someone who has "Hand Foot Mouth" then you may think your child just broke out in hives. Luckily we knew without having to take our boys in because the little boy I watch was diagnosed and ours followed the exact same pattern. Here is a link for more info: http://www.medicinenet.com/hand-foot-and-mouth_syndrome/article.htm My nephew had it when he was only 3 months old but I had never seen it in person now I can say 4 times in plenty for me.

While everyone was sleeping today I was on a roll not only blogging but also cleaning, catching up on randomness, and being bored. Finally decided to go for a run...I should have known. There are a few signs that something is going to go wrong when:

1. I put on a new running outfit.
2. My phone is half charged.
3. I remember to take water
4. Not taking kids
5. Feel like I could run the first 2 miles without walking much.

Yep every sign was there screaming don't do it but unless I wanted to dig deeper cleaning there was very little for me to want to put effort towards. I made it to a very busy 4 way stop a little more than a mile into the run and about to go down a steep hill, this isn't a new route, but the house on the corner was watering the lawn. I didn't think anything of it and made my first step when I realized it was mud slick as snot. Going into the splits I managed to avoid getting my phone and water in it but I can't say much for my back side or the pride. Many cars got have quite the laugh as I fell and as I finally gathered my thoughts and decided to cut the run short and run home. I didn't know how bad it was, I could only fear the worst but by the time I got home the mud was dried but my skirt/pants were still soaked.

So what is your most embarrassing moment working out?

First Day Of School

Every time I imagined the first day of school I pictured us getting up, dressed, fed and the house all clean ready to start this new adventure and then...that is not what happened AT ALL. In fact I was more confused than I was 3 months ago when we decided that homeschooling was the way to go this year.

Lets back up to last week. We have been working hard on our kitchen so we can focus on another project when we get home from vacation but the way our vacation falls wanted to start school before then to. I prepped all our books for the first week, gathered any other materials we may need, and started getting everyone on a routine to help me keep the house clean.

It was going great and even better other things were falling into place, working out, eating healthier together, and going to bed at a decent time until Friday. My youngest woke up feeling warm, a little boy I watch had been sick the last few days but its a normal thing for kids to pass around germs. By Friday afternoon the little boy was at the doctor and finding out he had Hand Foot Mouth Syndrome... my heart sunk not that we can't deal with the kids getting sick but knowing it was so close to school. I know it may sound a bit selfish but everyone was getting so excited. By Sunday evening it was confirmed that both my boys had it as well, I feel horrible for what all 3 are going through but happy to know it should be ending soon.

With high fevers (101-104) it was hard to do anything and we were at the point of thinking about postponing but the kids really wanted to start. Late last night I decided to be more flexible and aim for this afternoon. It actually went really well for doing this. I was able to exercise and run before my oldest woke up after 9am and then we went to have a good lunch and shopping for a few more school supplies before coming home and starting.

While it wasn't what I had pictured we did have fun. It had been pouring down all morning so I let them put on their raincoats and we took school pictures outside and then headed downstairs.

Being Silly

Still not feeling great

Ready for School

My boys are 5 and 2, the youngest loves to do whatever big brother does so it makes teaching a little easier. We started with the Pledge of Allegiance and then our Sonlight Core A curriculum and Hands On Homeschooling age 2. All in all we got home at 12:15 and done with school by 1:45. While having to be redirected frequently it did go smoothly until I went to start gathering tomorrows books.

Who would have thought that I could do okay for day 1 and freak out about day 2 when all I was trying to do was organize. I blame part of it on our printer ink not working in our printer because after so much research people were saying to just copy the pages which makes sense to me but a little overwhelming that I didn't do it before now. Then I realized that the math wasn't included in the schedule and started freaking out how to integrate it. Really not a big deal but yet lack of sleep (I was to excited to sleep) and putting extra pressure on myself to make this flow seamlessly I realized I just needed to blog about it.

Well first day of kindergarten and preschool completed and that is a huge success in itself. As soon as I figure out a rhythm I'll let you know and if you have any advice or tips especially for organizing please comment. Guess I should get to cleaning and making dinner.