One of Those Days . . .

I should have known it was going to be one of those days . . .
I should have known because Hudson woke up with a LOT of energy VERY early this morning.  I like to have a hot breakfast already prepared before the kids get up.  Hudson was up WELL before I even started breakfast.
I should have known because when I told Bethany and Brittany to finish their breakfast and get ready for school, Bethany looked at me with her great big eyes and said, "School?  Again?" 
I should have known because Joy was the last to get up and she had a sore throat and cough and congestion.
I should have known because I woke up with a migraine.
I should have known.
I made a rushed decision to change our format this morning and do some work with manipulatives to help with all the extra energy and give the kids something fun and educational to do before we started our regular schedule.  It did not work out well.  The kids loved it, of course, and the activity was good and the tangrams and attribute blocks were really fun.  It is just that I wasn't fully prepared and I was running around like a crazy person trying to get everything out for each student.  Crazy Mommy.  I know better than to start an activity without thinking it through or preparing my materials.  Still, I was amazed at how well Bethany and Brittany did with the activity.  Hudson, of course, was a natural and was sad when the activity was finished. 
Sometimes, with everything in life, things seem to fall apart. 
One of the toughest lessons to learn for me was that my children don't expect perfection from me.  Yes, I want to be a perfect Christian, wife, mother, teacher, pianist, etc . . . But God didn't make any of us perfect.  If I were perfect, I wouldn't need God.  I need to need Him.  I need to lean on Him because of my own weakness.  I need His strength.  II Corinthians 12:9 " . . . My grace is sufficient for thee; for my strength is made perfect in weakness." 
Crazy mornings, that's just one of the reasons we start our school day with Bible.  After the rest of the craziness, we sang songs, quoted Scripture together, reviewed the books of the Bible, and reviewed the story of Adam and Eve in the garden and our need for a Savior.  It was a sweet time with my children. 
Yes, there were more bumps throughout the rest of our school day (chaos in the morning tends to permeate the rest of the day).  But Hudson did a great job with his first 'real' phonics lesson and kept asking to do more even though he finished everything I had planned for today.  Joy's reading and comprehension is impressing me each day and Josh's handwriting is so much better this year.  So, even in those cray days, God has a purpose and we have a great calling as keepers of our homes.
I hope this encourages you to keep leaning on the Lord each day whether a great day or One of Those Days . . .