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Daily Schedule (from Tracy)

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Hi..I "think" this is how our day goes....

6:45am...Get up and wake my son up for school (he goes to PS); MAKE COFFEE, or else!!

7:30am...Wake my daughters up (one is HSled & the other goes to Pre-K (MWF); ENCOURAGE my son to "hurry up"!

8:00am...FRANTICALLY rush my son out the door to drive him to school!

8:15am...Get my 4 yr. old dressed for school (M/W/F) and REMIND my oldest (HSled) DD that school begins at 8:30am for her!

8:30am...Make sure my HSled DD starts school & ENCOURAGE my 4 yr. old to "hurry up" for Pre-K!

8:50am...Take my 4 yr. old to school!

9:10am...Return home...get coffee, AT LAST & Begin lessons w/ oldest DD as follows:

  • Math and L/A: 4 days a week for a hour each
  • Science and History: 3 days a week for a hour each
11:20am (M/W/F)...Pick up 4 yr. old from Pre-K

11:30-12:15pm...Lunch time!

  • Geography: 2 days a week for 45 minutes
  • Health/Art/Home Ec/Sign Language: 1 day a week each for 45 minutes
  • Spelling: 5 days a week for 45 minutes
  • Reading: 5 days a week for a hour
2:45pm...Oldest DD finishes or continues work that needs to be completed & I pick my son up from school!

4:00pm...Start homework w/ my son & Start "thinking" about dinner...

5:00pm...If "figured out"...start dinner or run to the store for "dinner stuff"!

6:00pm...Eat Dinner!

7:00pm...Showers (grudgedly)!

8:00pm...Bed time...NOT!

Alternate Plans: (which have been "scaled down"..)

  • Mondays: Oldest DD and son make and plan dinner!
  • Tuesdays: Son has Street Hockey @ 6:00 or 7:00pm & Oldest DD has Girl Scouts every other week!
  • Wednesdays: Oldest DD has dance class @ 7:30pm!
  • Thursdays: Oldest DD and son have tutoring for Reading & Son has Street Hockey @ 6:00pm or 7:00pm
  • Fridays: 4 yr. old DD has dance class @ 5:00pm!
  • Weekends: Do homework w/ son & have each child read for a half hour each day!
That's pretty much what my week looks like...

~ Tracy

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