What A Day!!!

September 3, 2013

7:17pm

So, how'd it go?

SEND HIM BACK TO PUBLIC SCHOOL!!!!!! Ha! Psych! Folks, I just want to shout to the Lord!!! What a mighty God we serve!!!!!!! Today was such a wonderful day! The Lord moved through this little house! I have NEVER seen my son the way I saw him today! I have NEVER had the patience before that I had with him today! It was a stress-free day, filled with tons of learning! I had no idea that Jay was so insightful! I was so taken aback at his intelligence that I started crying when I told California sister about it! What a major blessing this has been, and it's only the beginning!

I didn't get much sleep last night, considering how excited and nervous I was. I was up about 5am, and the kids woke up not too long after me. We were ahead of schedule, as we were all dressed and downstairs eating breakfast by 7am. Promptly at 7:30, Jay and I were in the living room, holding hands, and saying our morning prayer. We started our Phonics & Reading lesson discussing short vowel sounds. We had such a good time with that lesson! Jay paid full attention to everything I was saying and answered every question correctly. The activity was completed in a timely manner-with time to spare- and before we knew it, it was break time. 

Jay had five minutes to transition and get his Spelling and Vocabulary books. I started the lesson by saying the ten words for this week while he wrote them down. He spelled every word correctly! By the middle of the lesson, we both were getting tired and Madison had awaken from her nap. We finished up the lesson early, so I told Jay to lay down on the couch to rest a bit while I nursed Mad and prepared for the next lesson. Five minutes before math began, I turned on some Daft Punk, got Jay up, and we danced a bit to give us a boost of energy. Oh, boy, did he love that! I gave him a snack, and we got right to work!

After math, Jay ate his lunch, played outside for a half an hour (for those who know me, you already know I can't stand going outside, but I endured it for him. lol), and came back inside to prepare for penmanship. What a blessing that lesson turned out to be! Each week has a theme scripture, and although the student won't actually be writing scriptures until about week seven, it encourages you to discuss the scripture. This weeks lesson happens to be the scripture I pretty much chose to live my life according to: Colossians 3:23 "Whatever you do, work at it with all your heart, as working for the Lord, not for men." We dissected that scripture and Jay gave such wonderful insight to what that scripture means to him!

We drew circles in the air and on the white board to prepare for properly writing manuscript. After penmanship, we started what was unanimously voted as our favorite part of the day: baking! I'm so glad that I developed a love for baking since moving to Texas. What a great way to incorporate math, science, and safety lessons! Jay had such a great time!

When Stephan came home, he and Jay got started on their 15-minute lesson on plant life. Stephan used the one plant that has not died on me to demonstrate what plants need, the parts of a plant, and other cool little factoids that I never knew. They watched a short video online that went into detail, too. Jay must've really enjoyed having Professor Daddy as his teacher, because that's all he talked about during dinner! 

It was an overall awesome day! I thank the Lord for blessing mine and Stephan's efforts in teaching our son. I just pray that the Lord will continue to bless our family and that Jay will continue to blossom before our very eyes!