There is No Super Mom at My House

I call my blog "Mom Like You", because I'm just an average mom. There is no supermom at our house.

I'm sure some homes have them, but not ours. I guess when they were giving out the talents for supermoms I missed out. I try to make bread, but it doesn't always rise. I sew, but rarely. I clean, but it usually has the lived in look and full laundry baskets are often part of the decor.

I'm just a mom, probably a lot like you. I do a lot of the same things every day. Directing school work, preparing for dinner or cleaning, laundry, settling or stopping disagreements and cuddling my kiddos.

We are late starters in the morning. I try to get up before the children, so I can have some quiet time reading and praying. At 8am I begin waking everyone up. Eric is long gone, leaving most days before the sun is up in order to avoid sitting in traffic during his hour long commute to work.

Waking my slumbering kiddos can take 20 minutes. After their personal quite time, they eat breakfast, do some chores and get started on their school work.

Each child has an assignment sheet of seat work to accomplish. Some days we accomplish it all, but we don't allow the sheets to rule our lives. The assignment sheets give my children the direction they need to get their work done each day and they like being able to check off the work they have accomplished.Sometime between noon and 1pm we have lunch, on a good day I have started dinner preparation and the children have their assignment sheets completed. Our favorite thing to do in the afternoon is read together. I choose a book that either compliments what we our studying in history or a fiction book just for fun. The children work enjoy building with Legos or drawing while they listen. I begin the reading, but when I get tired the children take turns.Most of the times I don't get much done during the day other then some housework and helping the children with school. However I wouldn't change a thing. I like the relaxed approach we now have about school and I love the opportunity to have all my children with me all day. I don't regret not being a supermom, I just want to be the best mom that God created me to be.
Blessings until next time,
Melissa