Reality Check #1

As the sun rose this morning I found myself enjoying some wonderful alone time with my precious little boy.  We snuggled on the couch and waited patiently until the rest of the family joined us for our day.  I was then able to sip my morning coffee while thoroughly enjoying bonding with my daughter while we baked some yummy chocolate chip cookies to share with our precious co-op friends tomorrow.  As my eldest and I worked hard on our homeschool work for the day, my baby enjoyed some breakfast and played quietly with her dolls in the living room.  I was able to enjoy a shower while my two girls spent some quality time together downstairs.  What a precious morning with my family. 

Reality Check (aka what really happened this morning)....

Cooper woke up before the crack of dawn this morning and begrudgingly I drug my tired body out of bed to turn on the "extras" for his video game.  I spent slept on the couch and then checked my email while Cooper was fully involved in the TV.  When Kaelyn finally woke up we said, "Oh crap - we have to make cookies for co-op tomorrow!" and frantically threw together some cookie dough.  We crammed our school work in as quickly as possible all while Campbell was eating a sucker (yes, at 9:30 in the morning), watching Sesame Street and completely destroying the family room.  I was finally able to cram in a shower (my first in the last four days) while Kaelyn "watched" Campbell.  This consisted of Campbell sitting in the stroller in the family room and both of their brains being sucked out by the TV. 

Do you get tired of reading blogs, postings on facebook, etc... about those perfect families out there.  They creatively homeschool their children every day, they feed their children only organic homegrown vegetables, their kids never fight or watch TV or eat candy.  Their families are full of harmonious family bonding moments and their house never has clutter or dirt of any kind.  Well, you won't find that here.  At our house we live in reality.  Our kids watch TV, eat candy and sometimes we throw a homeschool lesson in there.  But guess what?  We wouldn't change it at all.  We love our reality.  And hopefully, I can share a little bit of our reality with you so you'll realize that your life isn't so uncommon after all!  :)