Summer Goals

Over at GirlTalk they are talking about summer goals. When I was growing up, my mom had a summer theme for each of us girls. Usually, it involved one issue of the heart and one life skill. So last week while the kids were at Karate class, I wrote down some of our summer goals for this year.



Evan: Learn to keep track of the time and be ready for _____ on time. (Need to buy a new watch!)



Amy: Learn to keep clothes and shoes organized and put away.



Emily: Keep working on being able to play by herself quietly for a short time.



Me: Organize and declutter rooms.



Usually I have a bit more free time in the summer since I don't have lessons to teach. This year, I am hoping to take one room per week and focus my energy and time on tackling the clutter. Drawers, cupboards, and closets are all going to be turned upside down one at a time as much as possible. We are in town for 9 weeks so I have picked out 9 rooms: kitchen, school room, my bed room, living room, Emily's bedroom, dinning room, downstairs bathroom, guest room, and our bathroom. I purposely left out the older kids rooms since I've been trying to help them get organized throughout this year.



We are also planning for some fun! We are going to have "park" days once a week with our friends from church. I am also hoping to have some friends over for dinner more often. That was put on hold over the winter because Sean's schedule was so funny. And we are adding swimming lessons and horseback riding lessons (for Amy) to the summer schedule.



And last but not least, I'm not taking my teaching hat off entirely. We are going to have a full school day once a week on the Monday's that we are in town. Sean will be home and has offered to take Emily out for the morning. We have some Science and Latin to finish up and a little bit of Math and Language arts as well. Usually we just do a little each morning (an hour or so), but Sean suggested this idea and the kids liked it so we're giving it a try. We should actually get close to finishing the Latin book with 9 weeks of lessons!