Hot on my realization, I’m keeping this week as slow and gentle as possible. Our goals for the week are:

Mothering/Family

• Bake ginger biscuits together
• Read a chapter from our chapter book The BFG every day
• Have a family games night
• Read the Bible 3 x as a family
• Go for a hike at the beach together
• Arrange for a friend to come over to play with my daughter
• Book our mini break {struggling with the how, but know we need something small and a couple of days at a cabin this summer is good for us all!}
• Read a poem to both every single day
• Return library books

Personal Goals

• Do deep breathing activities every day
• Finish going through all my childhood items and donate
• Trim all cats nails {no easy feat!}
• Drink 4 glasses of water every day
• Finish reading Away and The Encouraging Parent
• Chat to closest friend in the UK
• Finish replying to lovely emails/offers from blog readers

Homeschooling Goals

• Complete a daily activity about the seasons again as both are forgetting
• 25 sentences per child
• 20 pages of kumon math per day per child
• One hour of reading per day per child
• Typing sessions for 30 minutes per day per child
• Continue learning about governments and leaders: currently they know who Stephen Harper, Kathleen Wynne, Rob Ford, Barack Obama and David Cameron are, and what their role is. 
• Begin project on the Queen with final presentations due next Monday
• Review their bat projects with them both and give grades/strengths and areas for improvement
• Review days of the week, months of the year and important dates
• Continue with general knowledge program I developed – 30 minutes per day
• Write a letter to their godmother in the UK.
• Both: review 1-5x tables daily
• Write a poem each
• Have each child write their experience of the month of nothing on the blog

Financial Goals

• Pay all bills
• Plan a budget for March
• Update grocery spending on the side of the blog

More soon!