Reading

As a stay at home full time 24/7 mama, I have moments sometimes good, sometimes bad, that make me stop and think about whether I am doing this job, that God gave me, right. Before I had the baby, me, Rachel and Charlybug had a system that worked for us, a routine. After welcoming little miss Summer into our family 6 months ago, our world was turned upside down with dirty diapers and zero sleep, and ooey gooey sweetness. My girls are perfectly imperfect and I am so blessed. 

I home school, and with 3 kids, it has been a challenge. After having the baby, I kind of turned her into a "home school experience" for the girls and having the chance to sit down with them to do book work has been next to impossible. Summer is spoiled rotten (every baby should be) and requires constant attention, she wants eye contact or the fit starts. She is in my lap right now and im actually starting to be able to type pretty good 1 handed :)  Anyways, back to my point ( I get side tracked a lot) the girls and I fit in school time whenever we can, I kind of put my faith in the idea that as long as we were living a "learning lifestyle" that this would work out. We even learned a little French and German together.

 During my pregnancy, I stayed so sick that we did all our work in bed, cuddled up. Me and Rachel took turns reading to Charly. Even though she wasnt in school yet, I took every opportunity to include her while me and Rachel conquered first grade. Now that Charly is in kindergarten, reading has been our main focus, and its something that the girls can do together, if I am preoccupied with the baby. 

Tonight in honor of Dr. Seuss birthday, we thought it would be fun to set up camp in the living room, bake cookies and read some of his books. Rachel read 1 out loud so Charly wanted her turn. I didnt want to tell her no, but I figured that we still have a lot of work to do in that area. I have struggled to learn the right way to teach her to read. She picked up the book and told me she could do it, and she did!! She read me the entire book. Proud is an understatement for how I felt.   

The Vreader I got for her just a week ago has made such a huge difference, I wish I would have had it sooner. Every home school mama has their own method of how they choose to do things. Somehow, I just know that I have done something right. It may not sound like much, it was just 1 book, but to me it means so much. I havent been a complete slacker when it comes to their schooling, but I feel like its never enough. But right now I feel like if I can teach a child to read, the sky is the limit.