April 29, 2008

• Hard to Say “No”

  This is one of those perfect weather days.  It is cool this morning and will be around 80 degrees this afternoon with low humidity (the lack of humidity being the key to the beautifulness of the day).

  The girls are dressed with their hair combed and shoes on – all ready to go outside and play.
  

  But, wait!  There is a dilemma.

  No one did a neat job when cleaning their room.  In fact, one person didn’t really even finish making her bed!

  

  *I* made MY bed.

  

  How do I teach them “work comes first” and still take advantage of the glorious weather?  And then there is another kind of work that makes home schooling year round VERY difficult on days like this.

  

  So, what am I supposed to do?  The three of them rushed to finish making their rooms tidy.  No one uttered a peep about WHEN we would have school today.

  But what about the books???  I suppose the girls can always use the extreme hot summer days to make up school time.  AND, we *are* in school for many, many more days a year than required by the state . . .

  When they look at you like this and say please,
  
  it’s hard to say no.

  So, *I* said, “Go ahead and go outside.  We’ll have to do SOME school work after lunch.”

  P.S.  Notice the boo-boo Luci had on *her* right side of her forehead is now just a white blotch?  As large of a goose egg as she received and for as ugly of a scab that formed less than a week ago, she sure healed quickly!  Thank you, Lord!

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