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Schoolin' Reyes

Jesus following, coffee loving, homeschooling mama. Teaching my children with the grace of God. This is where I share about our homeschooling journey, parenting, and everyday life.

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I missed Friday introductions, so I thought I’d go ahead and say HEYYY today to all my new friends! 💕💁🏻‍♀️ I’m Kandace. 🤟🏻 I’m a 29 (HOW AM I ALMOST 30!?) year old mom of six. We’re homeschoolers and have been for five years now. We like to keep it simple around here, and we love spending time squished together on the couch enjoying a movie. We live in a small town, and my kids enjoy the freedom they have to roam and bring me back all sorts of cool (And sometimes gross.) things. 😂😩 I’m always a little afraid when the walk through the door with something in their hand. 🙈 If you’re new here, tell me about yourself! 👇🏻👇🏻

Happy Friday friends! 💃🏻I hope your week was productive! Today’s one of those days my goals feel unattainable. As if I JUST KNOW that when the end of the year rolls around, all our efforts will be for nothing. —❄️But it’s only January!❄️— I recently realized my anxiety was a lot worse than normal. My sleep patterns have shifted, and I can’t fall asleep until after midnight. House clutter is bothering me more than usual, and most of my dreams are panic-inducing. I remember feeling this way right around the time Emma hit six months, too. At least I’m able to be better about staying on top of my mental health, since I’m aware of what’s going on and know what helps— mostly stepping away from things that induce stress, staying on top of what I eat and working out, and immersing myself in the Bible more. Realistically I know that we’re only 17 days into the new year, but mentally we’ve already made it to December and I’m not closer to my goal than last year. If you think about it, please say a prayer for me, and if I’m less present, please understand. We’re going to take full advantage of this dreary weather and watch movies, read books, and enjoy the ability to stay home on rainy days.☔️ We don’t have any plans this weekend, and I think we’ll keep it that way. What are your weekend plans?

Today’s home economics lesson: pumpkin pie. Ryder made a pie all on his own— he also made the mess all on his own. 😂🥴Now he’s patiently (Just kidding.) waiting for it to come out of the oven.😂 He’s the fourth child to hear me say, “part of cooking is cleaning up the mess.” He’s also the fourth child to scan the area with wide eyes in awe of the mess. I’m pretty sure he’s next in line to choose his utensils wisely, and learn to clean up as he goes next time. 😂🤣

Happy Monday! I hope you’re motivated to do alllll the things today! This is our second week back to our regularly scheduled programming, and it felt so go this morning when the kids got up and went straight to breakfast and zones without a question. Last week was a STR-UUUU-GLE. 🥴😂 Are you happy to be back in a routine, or are you missing the holidays?

The ONLY way I got anything done yesterday was to put this little girl on my back. She’s figured out how to get her arms out now. I think I lost a few handfuls of of hair in exchange of productivity yesterday. 😂🙈 At least she’s not at the stage of making a new mess while I clean up an old one... yet. 😂 #toddlers Do you have any tips for getting things done with babies?

Last month I took some time off from social media. When I’m feeling stressed or overwhelmed with life, or new information, I tend to take a step back and go silent. I NEED to be introverted and focus only on my family while I’m processing. And I needed that mid-December. For a while we noticed Lucille’s head was “too round,” and much different than any of our other children. Her head never flattened a little (Normal for newborns.) when she was still in the stage of getting that bald patch on the back of her head. So, at her four month checkup, I shared my concern that it seemed lopsided, and oblong. The doctor agreed, and in December we saw a specialist. Lucille has Sagittal synostosis, meaning part of her skull fused together sooner than it should have, causing her head to grow only front to back as her brain grows. Other than a diagnosis we don’t have much more information. If surgery is required, it can’t be done until 10-12 months anyway, so doctors aren’t in a rush to do imaging to avoid early exposure to radiation. She goes back at the beginning of February to see the surgeon. We were told he’d decide one of three things after comparing her pictures taken in December to new ones: 1. She won’t need any type of therapy, and her head will not be as noticeable once she has hair. I was told this is the most unlikely, but still a possibility. (We like this one. 😆) 2. She’ll need helmet therapy to help shape her head into a more normal appearance. 3. She’ll have skull surgery in the summer. I hate surprises, and waiting. Not knowing something drives me insane, so you can see why I was feeling overwhelmed and needed to take a step back. Do you ever need to take a step back from things while processing?

Today is national Clean Every Room Top to Bottom Day! 🧼 🧹 I just made that up, but it is what’s happening around here right now. My husband is the type to just grab a trash bag and throw it alllll away, so that makes for an eventful time when we’re working on the school room and the girls room. We found some THANGS in their room. 🙈😳 Anyway, here’s a throw back to last year, (haha, I crack myself up.) showing what we’d all rather be doing right now. Instead, as soon as the baby falls asleep, I’ll be joining everyone in the boys room. 😬 Did you share a room as a child, and/or do your kids share a room?

You know you’re getting close to your thirties when you decided which glasses you’ll be getting by: 1. How much can I see without turning your head. 🤓 👀 2. That’s it. 🤷🏻‍♀️😂 I just wanna see all the things, with minimal effort. And if I look like Barbra Holland from Stranger Things while doing it, then so be it. 🙈👀 Do you wear glasses? Which do you prefer: metal or plastic frames?

Do the hard things. Give the compliments. Share your truths. Success is achievable. Failure is possible. Jump. There might not always be someone there to catch you, but at least you will have tried. I’m jumping into my goals this year. How’d your first day of 2020 go? Are you crushing your resolution?

ＨａｐｐｙＮｅｗＹｅａｒ! ɴᴇᴡ ʏᴇᴀʀ, ¿noʎ ʍǝN The New Year has always been a time that I would make lofty goals that I’d give up by the end of January. This year, I started the things I wanted to accomplish in 2020 before resolutions were on anyone’s mind. I started on a journey to be more comfortable in my skin before 2019 was even halfway gone, and I made a big decision to open up my home to women in my community for a bible study that starts next week. 🙈 This year, Herman and I DO have one collective goal for the new year: to save as much money as we possibly can. While Herman makes pretty good money, being a single income family of 8 can make a dollar seem to not stretch as far as it used to. Frugality has always been our way of life, but this year, we have a specific vision of how we want to be ringing in 2021. So, with that in mind, do you have any money saving tips for us?

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