I have
come to a shocking realization:
Each
day continues to have only 24 hours in it. This means that each
week insists on holding steady at 168 hours.
So
schedule cuts have been made this school year. (Wait, really? We
have been busy every single night
this week.)
The
sad news is that none of my kids are taking music lessons this fall.
For the past 8 years, there has almost always been one kid or another
learning piano or violin (or both). But it is not the passion these
days, and something had to go.
In
effort both to enrich the upper elementary grades with practical
extra-curriculars as well as to get cheap help in the kitchen, we
have implemented a rotating lunch prep schedule. My older kids have
been cooking lunches and snacks for themselves for quite a while, but
there is a caveat this semester. One person fixes lunch each day for
everyone, instead of each person
choosing his or her own culinary adventure. This can be anything
from leftovers to boxed mac-n-cheese to homemade spanakopita—cook's
choice.
It's
working pretty well so far.
