A Typical Afternoon

I very much relish my time at home, so most days we leave school as soon as we can.  This is partly because I'm usually ready to be home and partly because the girls make a mess of the closet in my classroom if they're allowed too much time to play and be there.  Lately they've turned it into a snowflake shop.  They make paper snowflakes and "customers" come to buy them.

When we get home, the girls get busy on homework and I get busy fixing dinner. (Right after changing into my comfy clothes, of course.)  Typically the girls have to read a bit, practice their word study words and will sometimes have a math worksheet.  They're always encouraged to practice their math facts with an online program as well.  Here was the scene earlier this week:

They like to work in the library.

Hannah reading at her "desk."

Sophie working in her math workbook at her "desk."

When Charles arrives home between 5:30 and 6:00 (if he doesn't have a meeting keeping him out late) we sit down together and have dinner.  At dinner we like to share our favorite parts of our day, and Charles and I usually nag the girls to finish eating their food.  On a good day when all is going smoothly, the girls might have time to watch a little TV (typically Netflix) before or after dinner.  Their evening chores involve packing part of their lunch for the next day, getting their backpacks ready to go, and picking out clothes for the next day.

Baths are then taken, teeth brushed, stories read, and songs sung so that little girls can be tucked in between 7:00 and 7:30pm.  When you have to get up around 6:00am to get out of the house by 7:00am, getting to bed early to get enough sleep is important!  Hannah's always been a morning person, but lately she's complained of being sleepy a lot.  It will be interesting to see if she gets up a little easier when the time changes and it's not so dark in the mornings anymore.