What was I thinking?

This weekend was nuts.

I have known for awhile that I need to make changes but I am not sure how to make it happen.

Again I left little or no time for homework.

Our schedules are crazy on Saturdays and its insane right now.

We get in the van at 9:10 and get Elizabeth to Gymnastics by 9:30.   Then Ella and I get back in the van to get her to dance across down by 10:15.  That goes until 11:00 and then we get back in the van and head back to watch the last 30 minutes of gymnastics.  Then we all get back in the van and head home for lunch.  Then at 2:20 we get back in the van and go to school.  Elizabeth has soccer at 3 and 4.  What was I thinking?  I want to support my kids but this is nuts.  I want Elizabeth to try new things and she had been saying no to any new sports for awhile.  When she asked to do soccer, I wanted to support that.  So I said Yes.  Ella wasn't enjoying gymnastics and wanted to do dance instead.  So I found a cheaper class that fit our schedule and she is loving it.  But we can't keep this pace up. 

Then today we left our house at 8:30 am and didn't get home until 5:30 pm.  No wonder we were all short with each other and had to put the homework aside.

We met Dad and Uncle Kevin at church at 9am.  Then all of us went out to breakfast.  I loved it.  Dad was not having a great day but it was good spending time with him.  Kevin has been busy with work and fishing tournaments so it had been a few weeks and it was nice to catch up.  From there we stopped and picked up a birthday gift for later.  We then went to the Apple Orchard.  We were meeting friends at 1 but Ella was invited to a birthday party at 3 so I figured it would be easier to go to the orchard early.  The girls had fun playing and feeding the petting zoo animals but we really only had about 30 minutes with our friends.  I felt bad leaving but there was the birthday party.  We went to the party and Lucy's family let Elizabeth stay too.  She has been wanting time at Eagles Nest indoor playground.  But I was hoping for some time with her one on one.  I can't compete with fun with friends and Lucy's family was very nice to let Elizabeth stay.  I stayed too.  I wish I had brought my book. What was I thinking?

It's time for me to stick to the plan instead of driving us all over. 

I talk to the girls about how important homework is all the time but then I don't leave enough time in the weekend.  No wonder it doesn't get done during the week. 

I am waking up nights with these thoughts so now I need to find an action plan that works better for us.  My kids do come first but I need to put more value on their education.  We need time for fun but we also need to work and earn  and learn.