Tuesday Coffee Chat

It's back! Well, Leslie has had her Tuesday Coffee Chat prompts up and running for over a month now, but I am just now getting back on board.

My kids went to the midnight release of Halo 5 last night, and it's a rainy morning, so I am letting them sleep in a bit today. This gives me a great excuse to sit in bed with my coffee and my dogs and ponder today's question ...

The long work day is done, you arrive home and the first thing you do ..... ?

Oh, this is an easy one.

I am just imagining our typical Wednesdays. We do schoolwork all day, then drive 30 minutes to Eli's speech therapy in the afternoon, drive home and drop Brynne off at softball pitching practice for an hour, run home to get ready for our hosted enrichment class, pick Brynne up from pitching and pick up one of the kids for class, come home and host class for an hour and a half.

Then when the last kid walks out the door to go to his/her own home ....

I go straight to my bedroom and put on my pjs.

Yep, after a long day my body needs my comfy pjs, robe, and slippers. I have arthritis and any regular clothes at the end of a busy day are screaming to get off of me. My body is so achy and tired and needs to be comfortable. The second I put on my pjs, robe, and slippers, I can feel myself relax. My achy legs and back almost take an audible sigh of relief.

On those busy Wednesdays, what do I do next?

I immediately fix a cup of chai tea. Then I serve my kids whatever easy dinner I have prepared for that evening. We eat and I clean up, which takes just a few minutes because we just had an easy dinner. Then .... I hit the couch. I watch Survivor then Criminal Minds then Law and Order: SVU. And then I go to bed and read.

This is pretty much every Wednesday.

And if we have had a really busy day on a different day of the week doing something else, like a field trip or sporting event, I do much of the same but just watch different shows at night.

How about you? What do you do first thing after a busy day? Join Leslie at Ink Interrupted to share.

ABCya

Eli's reading resource teacher shared a website with me yesterday that I would like to pass along. It's called ABCya . There are separate educational sections with fantastic games for ages kindergarten through 5th grade. I browsed the 2nd grade level, and it includes age-appropriate games about Letters, Numbers, Shapes, Geometry, Patterns, Mouse Manipulation, Art and Holiday games. There are lots and lots of fun and creative games for children to play. They are fun, but oh, so educational. Eli's favorite, in his short time playing it, was Create a Car . A lot of the games also have Apps available for purchase (99 cents for most of them) for the iPad and iPhone. I have been looking for another free website for games similar to Starfall , for some time. I think I have found it. I can feel confident having Eli and Brynne play these games.

A Thomas Jefferson Education "This Week in History" ~ Schoolhouse Review

Talk about a GOLD MINE! A Thomas Jefferson Education's This Week in History by Rachel DeMille is her "labor of love" ... and I absolutely LOVE it! " This Week in History is a daily resource that brings your home school or classroom to life." For just $9.99 per month, you can log onto TJEd.com and click the "This Week in History" link to obtain many, many, many resources tied to specific events that occurred in the upcoming week in history. Or even better, you can receive the summaries and links to ALL resources right in your email Inbox each week! It doesn't get any easier than that! What does this really look like in real life? Each week, I receive an email from Rachel DeMille that sets out each date of the coming week. Under the date, there are listed anywhere from one to several events that occurred in history on that date. THEN there are ALL kinds of things to do related to that event, such as books to read, websites to visit, ac

Cells ~ It's What's for Dinner

Dawson made edible cells on Friday. He made an animal cell pizza ... and a plant cell chocolate chip cookie ... He reviewed what he's learned about cells the past two weeks, and I had dinner made by someone else. Win, win!! I am linking up at Science Sunday at Adventures in Mommydom.

KismaslifeOctober 27, 2015 at 4:01 PM
Fuzzy pajama's is a perfect ending to a busy day!
LA BotcharOctober 27, 2015 at 5:57 PM
PJs and Tea sound perfect!! And I often have chai tea in the early evening too, and then switch to a green tea after dinner. Love Criminal Minds!! Every year I say, okay -- I should find a new show, I've been watching this forever. And then... I get sucked back in again because I just love all the characters. Also, Morgan. :)

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