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One month into homeschool 📚💗 Here’s what I

As much as I would have loved to have a perfectly

Homeschool - here we go! 📚🍎😱 . #lowesp

Do you do mandatory quiet time with your kids? 🤔
I’ll be honest - when Isaac was in full day Kindergarten, we didn’t have quiet time. And when Nora was in preschool, I felt bad having her do quiet time after she was away from me in the mornings.😣
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But now we’re allll home & together allll the time 🤪😂 and since we’re homeschooling next year, this isn’t changing! I love LOVE my children, but quiet time is essential 😅 (see my stories for what ‘quiet time’ actually looks like now that Heidi isn’t napping 😩🥴).
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I think it comes down to boundaries. I am naturally VERY bad at setting up boundaries. It’s a problem 😅 this is a boundary that I’ve noticed works well for all of us 💗 I need it to be a better mom, and my kids really need it too! It’s a nice ‘reset’ in the middle of our day... and hopefully my kids will realize that healthy boundaries can be a really good thing for them to implement in life later down the road too 😉
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Now - people in my stories are asking for quiet time activity ideas ... if you have any simple realistic ideas - leave them in the comments so we can all help eachother! 🤗
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#quiettime #settingboundaries #fireplacedecor #Shiplap #limewash #livingroomdecor #homeschoolroom #sensorytable #lifewithlittles #momlife

And then he was 7 😭💙 as I watch you grow, I

Well -we made the official decision to homeschool

What turned into a ‘let’s simplify & rearrange

I filled them! 🤗🤗 The picture frames have be

Taking a moment to celebrate good dads - including

Messy counter 🤦🏼‍♀️ but let’s focus