I can't believe I didn't make an entry all weekend. I wasn't exactly very busy. We kind of just spent a nice weekend around the house. It was gorgeous here on Saturday. It rained Saturday night and Sunday morning, but then cleared up and the sun came out; it was a little cooler, and we watched old movies with the kids all afternoon. It was kind of nice not having to go anywhere or do anything special.
Tonight it was back to normal. Rush in from work, get dinner going, throw in a load of laundry, exercise, feed and water the dogs and help Eler Beth with her homework. Wow, did she have a lot of homework. Thomas finished up dinner while I helped her. She had 12 math problems in her math book, 5 on a math worksheet (adding and subtracting negative numbers!), 10 vocabulary questions, a story to read, 22 reading questions and then she had to work on the timeline for her autobiography. (Is a 10 year old even old enough to have an autobiography?) It's a good thing she got a perfect score on her spelling pre-test or we would have had spelling words to study, too! After homework it was baths and teeth and now everyone is in bed! I am worn out!
Thomas jokingly said to the kids at 9:00 "We'd better get to bed and give Mom some 'brain space' so she can relax." That was sweet, but now I'm too tired to use it!
And it's only Monday!
6 comments:
Oh my gosh; that is a whole lot of homework for a 10 y/o! WTG that she got a perfect score on the spelling pre-test!
Aren't quiet weekends great?
betty
Wow, that is a lot of homework for a ten year old! What a busy day you had....good thing you had a relaxing weekend! LOL. ;o)
I am always surprised when my daughters tell me about my grandchildren's homework. I almost feel sorry for kids now days and I really do when I see them with those backpacks loaded down. It seems they don't have time to be kids like we did. But then they can't be left behind either I know. Paula
Funny how fast the week catches up with you, isn't it? Sounds like my favorite kind of weekend. - Barbara
My granddaughter is 10. And she used to bring home so much homework that I would have to give it to her one lesson at a time and hide the rest, or it just totally overwhelmed her. Then she'd cry and we couldn't get anything done. That was last year, she does a lot better now. And the back pack! It scared me the way she walked when she was carring that thing. I thought she would be permanently deformed. But last summer she shot up and filled out. She's still a slim little blonde, but she went from a size 7 slim jeans to a size 12 slim just over the summer break! All other clothes shes a 10, but jeans are 12.
Glad you got a nice break after all that homework!
Darlene
Thank you for reminding me why I'm glad my children are grown! I hated doing homework!
Shadie
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