Marathon Kids

This year, my daughter has been entered into the Marathon Kids program. We recently celebrated at their Kick Off event, where we both did the first quarter mile. There were kids, teachers, and parents from all over the area- both traditional schools and homeschools. She had fun racing one of her homeschool friends during the lap, and ended up way ahead of me! When we looked at her tracking sheet, her only dissapointment was the box to check off she ate squash or zucchini- she dislikes both.

Marathon Kids is a national program that encourages physical activity and good nutrition. It is open to any elementary school child. Visit their website!

A really distracted day...

I know how important routine and predictablity are to my daughter, and today demonstrated what a mess things can become when our household routine, homeschool routine, and my general activity level tanks. I work at the nearby public school part time and it seems I catch every respiratory virus that comes around. Most of the time, I'm just a little sniffly- this month I caught a full-blown cold to sinus to asthma mess that has left me drained- still moving and getting through the days, but absolutely drained. I have tried to keep up with the homeschool lessons, and for the most part things have gone well. Not today- my daughter spent the day unable to focus on anything (I mean anything) for longer than a few minutes, kept needing my attention, and I was too tired to keep redirecting and trying to talk and stay focused on what I was supposed to be teaching. So, we gave up. Part of the work done, the rest will be added to tomorrow and we'll plug along as we can. Honestly, I pretty much knew the day was over when doing sentence contruction, I asked her "where do shooting stars shine?" and she said in a village... and she was serious. So, tonight I will continue to treat myself, boost my immune system, and hopefully get enough sleep to be ready to focus and keep her interest in the morning.