It’s Show Time, Again and a School Update!

I can’t believe it’s show time again. Well, not action show time, but audition for their school’s production of The Music Man is tomorrow. Their small Classical Christian school is non for is top notch performances which is great, but also means there’s a chance they might not get the big parts they are getting used to getting. But they don’t really mind. They just want to have fun with all their friends.

They went to a workshop last Saturday which was fun. Then I saw the rehearsal schedule. Not so fun! They will be practicing Tuesday and Thursdays from 3- 6pm which is better than the last show they were in which was from 7-9pm, but on Tuesdays and Thursdays they get out at 1:30pm. I really don’t want to run home for an hour and then run back, plus I have to pick up Grace at 2:45 at her school. So I’m not quite sure how that’s all going to work out yet. But the worse part of the practices is that they have them also on Saturday morning from 9-noon!

I guess this schedule isn’t any worse than Chris’ schedule last year playing baseball (which he missed tryouts because they were last month! Last month?) But he said he doesn’t even watch Saturday morning cartoons anymore. Which really just means he’s excited about this show.

The only big concern I have is that Chris’ grades might suffer. His grades went down several points in some subjects when he was doing Narnia, but he reminded me that at least he won’t be getting to bed late and he can do his homework after practice. As it is he spends all his time in his room doing homework when he gets home from school. I asked him today which he liked better homeschool with no homework or school with friends.

He said, “When I was homeschooled I had lots of time to play but no friends to play with. At school I have no time to play, but lots of friends.”

I was thinking how much I’ve been enjoying Chris (13) this year and how agreeable he’s been, hardly arguing about things I ask him to do. It’s night and day compared to when we homeschooled. In fact, so much in this family has change since I’ve put them in school. I have really changed. I have more peace. More patience and I’m able to handle stress better. I still spend too much time on the computer, but I’m working on it.

Still, I’ll thinking about bringing Timmy home next year for 3rd grade. I really don’t have a good reason why. His teacher adores him and he loves his friends (not the work.) He gets great grades, but I’d still like to have him home and homeschool him. I miss sitting down as a family reading about science and history which they don’t get enough of in a fun way at school. And I think it would be more fun to homeschool Grace with Timmy. Yes, I’m planning on homeschooler her (God help me! I really mean it!) But I think it’s the best thing for her. Not sure if it’s the best thing for me.

So that’s the update on the family. I really wish I was able to be that laid back, homeschooled, Charolette Mason, unschooler, but God didn’t design me that way. I’m not sure if I’ve totally given up that dream, yet, but the way I feel now compared to the way we all felt homeschooling is undescribable. I feel like Job after God restored all he had lost.

Hey, that sounds like the makings of a really good devotional. I’ll have to give it some thought!