Our Schedule

Many people have called our home, and the first words out of their mouths are "Sorry, to interrupt you, you must be right in the middle of teaching..." The funny thing is, it doesn't matter what time it is when they call! Actually, that's probably very accurate! It seems that I spend most of the day teaching... and in just about every circumstance.

For your reading enjoyment, I thought I would write out our weekly schedule. While it is certainly not cast in stone, we do try to follow it on most days. I LOVE the flexibility of homeschooling!

On weekday mornings, we generally start schooling around 8:30 am. We have devotions first, then a Bible study. Then Adie plays "quietly" by herself, while Pili and I do work on math, spelling, history, grammar, and science. When Bryan is home, he does a wonderful job of teaching math and science. Pili and her daddy share a love of space, so they really enjoy learning about our solar system and going outside to look at the stars! It usually takes us about 2-3 hours to complete her work, finishing just in time for lunch! Adie joins us for reading time, which is usually a book related to the history lesson we are working on at the time. We have lunch together around noon, then Adie naps and Pili reads silently in her room until around 3:30 pm or so. After quiet time we are free to play and get some light housework done before dinner. We are home on Monday, Tuesday, and Thursday evenings. Pili has gymnastics on Wednesdays from 4-6 pm, and then we all go to church from 7-9 pm. Pili also has gymnastics on Fridays from 6-8 pm.

That's it, in a nutshell. Of course, while the girls and I are on this "normal" schedule.... Bryan is on his shift that no one ever seems to understand! He works 24 hours, then is off for 2 days, then works another 24 hours, and then is off for 4 days. It really works out quite nicely - and he is home during the week, which is nice! Of course, he also has to work on weekends and holidays when his shift falls there - that's the not-so-nice part. But we take the challenges with the blessings, and in all we are thankful that he is back on shift and not working M-F anymore.

Today we spent the afternoon planting a tree - a 14 ft. red maple - in our backyard! We also planted some Rose of Sharon shrubs, and a butterfly bush! The girls were napping, and woke up just in time to help with the planting of the shrubs. They were quite helpful - and it was nice to spend time together outside working on a project that we will all enjoy.

After the planting, the girls rode their bikes for quite a while. Pili has now mastered the "big" bike, and she looks so grown up riding around! We put the training wheels back on the smaller bike for Adie, and she took off! They are now both mobile - and I am so proud! If it doesn't rain tomorrow we are all going riding on a nice, flat bike trail! What a joy to get to ride without having to pull them in the trailer! Bryan will enjoy that the most!!!

We send everyone our love. We pray you are enjoying these beautiful fall days as much as we are!

The Meckes'