Spring fever has officially hit the Sutton Ponderosa! ELO is over, kids want to sleep late, lessons are being rushed through, tempers are short and the days are long. We are ready for summer! We only have four weeks left until we are done with our curriculum for this year! So hard to believe. Over the last few weeks we have been super busy with school, gardening and planning end of year activities and all the while trying to keep our sanity during our hard school days :) Not sure I have kept up that end of the bargain...
Today was one of the hardest days thus far! Can I just say LONG DIVISION?! OH MY GOODNESS!! Never thought that would be so difficult to teach but it was! After 3 1/2 hours, more then 20 problems, 3 different "teachers", tears, and even a little blood (JUST KIDDING)...HE FINALLY GOT IT! Sheesh. I admit it. I lost my temper, pulled out some hair, slammed a door and cried like a baby, LOL! But he got it and that's all that matters. Didn't say I was perfect, just a real mom trying to teach long division to a hard headed little boy and that is a recipe for a very difficult day.
So after I came out of my room from pouting... he showed me the circled problem he worked CORRECTLY without any help!!! I gave the the biggest and longest hug ever and then we had some lunch. We feel so much better now. I hate having bad days. All the good days don't even come to mind when you are having a bad day. All the victories, successes and great moments seem to be forgotten and stored away in never never land. In the midst of turmoil, it is so hard to see the whole picture and remember the reason we are doing this in the first place. So taking my husband's advice, I took a deep breath, went for a walk and remembered all the good days. I wanted to share some of those with all of you:
This is Bubba at ELO playing dodgeball during PE. He looks so little but the guy behind him is a giant! It makes me smile every time I see it :)
One of our great park days after ELO. Loved seeing the "older" kids still enjoying the swings!
My crazy, sweet friend got hold of my phone during our Presidents' class and had a little fun! This picture always makes me happy when I am having a bad day :)
We learned about butterflies in Science this year and found this beautiful butterfly in our green house. It could not escape, so Bubba rescued it. Pretty cool!
This is not a recent picture but it always reminds me that even when Little Man has a bad day, he is still a little boy and deserves his mother's forgiving heart!
I am so glad that God decided to forgive me, even after all the miserable, stupid and ignorant things I have done. Man, He must have been really angry at me at times and even today when my patience ran thin. But He still loves me and I most definitely still love my Little Man.
For if you forgive other people when they sin against you, your heavenly Father will also forgive you. Matthew 6:14
