Roadblock!

We have hit a roadblock! For whatever reason, this weekend Will (my oldest) did not want to do his homework. His dad and I gently reminded him early on that he would need to get his work done by Sunday evening. Well, Sunday evening came along and Will still hadn't completed his work. My husband had a meeting that evening, so I was here with all 3 kids trying to convince Will to do his work. At 7:00 p.m. I asked Will to get started on his homework. THREE HOURS Will DID NOT have his work complete! I was fuming! My husband was frustrated! We were doing SO good, why now to stop listening, stop obeying, stop DOING?! I don't know what was different from this weekend than the other weekends. AND, this morning did not get any better.

I had to take my daughter to her first day at preschool, which is supposed to be a happy day, but I was so exhausted from last night, and not mentally ready to start today, that this morning was just kind of a blur for me. I did manage to get one picture of my sweet little Emily before I took her to school. While I was with Emily, my husband was supposed to be the substitute teacher. From what he told me and from what I saw, my youngest son worked on his language workbook(which he ended up finishing COMPLETELY before lunch), read in his reader, and TOGETHER, they read the Lord's Prayer. My oldest continued to work on his spelling/vocabulary and language worksheets from the night before. BUT, the minute I got home, Will's attitude changed, and not in a good way. We struggled the ENTIRE morning trying to get Will to get his work done and to be good. Is that so much to ask?

It is now 4:15p.m, and Will is still working on his language sheets. As you can tell from this blog, I am in the living room typing while Will is in the kitchen "working". Ugh!!! I even played some Schoolhouse Rock videos for him about grammar and verbs to help him and to give him a little break. I just don't know. This is what A LOT of last year was about, AND I don't want to go backwards. I want to progress. I want the kids to progress.

I have given Will until 4:30p.m. to finish his worksheets, then I'm grading them. Final, no more chances. I don't like doing this to Will, but I feel like he's not getting it or he's not understanding the consequences of not doing your work.

Sow your seed in the morning, and at evening let not your hands be idle, for you do not know which will succeed, whether this or that, or whether both will do equally well.
Ecclesiates 11:6

I am at a lost right now.

Cindy (frustrated and confused homeschool mom)