A Week? Already?

OK, the title to this blog should REALLY be....."Good Grief, This Was A Long Week"....but we made it! In a flurry of activity, we have studied Egyptians, made Hieroglyphic name charts, graph charts, tally charts, read LOTS, studied nouns, 3 types of verbs, art studies, nature studies, learned about three types of wasps, memorized two scriptures, one poem,completed two spelling tests, several reading lessons, gobs and gobs of art (aka coloring pages)....Whew! No wonder the teacher is TIRED!

The learning curve is HUGE, and my teaching style is less than perfect. In fact, yesterday, in true flawed human form...I forgot....MATH. Yea, thats pretty important. I'll work on that one.

My review, from one short first week...I think I am going to REALLY like it. I see our future...its pretty awesome! The review from the children is....well...less than enthusiastic? I keep waiting for them to look up at me, with starry eyes, perhaps a small tear falling down their cheek to say "Mom, wow. We love this. We see the benefit in this. We understand and appreciate all of the time, prayer, and work you have put into this endeavor." No such luck. The conversations really are more like this:

Me (fishing once again for a compliment): "Lauren, do you like school?"
Her (annoyed at me once again fishing for a compliment) Shrugged shoulders.

Me (a WHOLE hour later, because I wouldn't want to badger anyone for a pat on the back, or perhaps a small ticker-tape parade): "Hey, isn't this great? Don't you LUUUUUVVVV school??!!"
Lauren (once again annoyed at my persistence): "Well, in public school......(this begins several of her statements as of late)________________ you can imagine the comment, something about more science experiments, the ability to pick WHATEVER book out of the library that she should want to read, how she didn't really have to read for a WHOLE hour last year, blah, blah, blah.....

I am, as you may already know, raising "nay sayers." The dictionary describes them as: a person who habitually expresses negative or pessimistic views. Yep, but their picture looks adorable next to the definition, though.

I do think they like it. On more than one occasion, I have sneaked a peak from whatever book I was reading aloud and I have seen...wait for it....A SMILE.

So, I may have to wait for the outspoken gratitude. I will just take their sweet smiles, and occasional hugs as confirmation that we are right where God intends us to be for this season.