I have the absolute utmost respect for parents that homeschool. I don't know how you do it. I can't even fathom it. Yesterday both of my kids had homework and the drama that came from it was insane.
Dylan rarely has any anymore. He finds his lunch hour (or however long it is) to be a big waste of time, so he has an arrangement with one of his teachers that he can eat his lunch in her room and do his homework. Yes, I know this is strange.
Maddie brings home a packet of work on Mondays to be turned in by Thursday. Because of baseball and ballet and other activities, we usually have to cram it all into one night - this night was last night. I posted before about how she was struggling a bit in school. She wants to do her homework herself - which I would be happy to allow, if she actually did it right. Sometimes I let her go at it and make her erase the wrong answers and correct them. Sometimes I just make her do it right the first time. It's probably better for her to do it her way and then show her the right way, but I don't have the patience for that and neither does she. She was sent to her room for a time out twice during the course of a 3-page packet last night - once for eye rolling and once for pencil throwing.
Dylan just can't focus on one thing. He had a spelling list to correct. With no distractions it would take probably 5 minutes TOPS. It took 30. I catch him staring at the wall with the pencil on the desk.
Focus Dylan.
I am.
On the homework, not the wall.
Since I clearly was not in the most patient of moods last night, I probably should not have volunteered to play a board game with them last night. They choose Sorry. Huge mistake.
First off, we don't play board games with the regular rules. That's lame. We make up new rules to suit us. For instance, the game of Sorry takes forever if you only use the 1 and 2 to get out. So we use any card to get out and we use the Sorry card to put anyone back in their home, regardless of whether or not we have a piece in home or not. This is great for my kids unless the "new rules" start benefiting one more than the other. Then, it's called "cheating." *sigh*
Dylan had his first game on Monday, which they won 2-1. Sounds like a dull game right? Yes. Two great pitchers means very little hits for either team. Top that with sitting in the cold rain for two hours. Game over. He has another game on Friday, which I am really excited about. They play Dennis's team, which means Rachel and Marin will be there. Woot!
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