one down, many to go

i think i can say we've officially switched to a 4-day school schedule. we finished our first week last week. i created a new look for the kids' assignment sheets and added a few things to it. doc macgyver is now tasked with doing science experiments with them on saturdays and i'm so glad to be relieved of the responsibility. not that i was doing it anyway, but i still felt responsible. besides, isn't that the most enjoyable part of science anyway? the doc would be a much better homeschool teacher than i and he has always expressed his frustration that he doesn't have more time to teach the kids stuff. so they have done it for 2 saturdays in a row now and it's been working really well. and even though it's only been 1 week, the 4-day schedule was fabulous. of course, luigi (the oldest) didn't get his work done by thursday night so he didn't get the day off friday. but at least he's starting monday all caught up, which is miraculous in and of itself. and dash (the 1st grader) asked me 3 times over the course of the day if he needed to start his handwriting. we had to remind him he had the day off. no one had to remind me that's for sure! i'm notorious for taking the day off even when i shouldn't, so this time it was nice to hibernate and know that it was ok. we didn't get through the week free of frustrations, but i think we still made progress.

here's to many more 4-day work weeks ahead...