From year to year I never feel ready, knowing how much more we could do without overdoing if I just felt that a bit more organized. I worry for not doing enough and of doing too much. I worry about making sure they are challenged enough, but not pushing too hard. I worry much less about pushing too hard when they are here at home, because homeschooling, in general, leans towards allowing them to grow and learn at a more natural, independent pace anyway.

Then there is the added stresser of my Oil and Water Pressure Cooker always on the verge of steaming with a bit too much pressure. Left to themselves, playing alone, with no other they are fantastic! When they play together there must always be someone with them, that is when the Pressure must be watched without fault or failure. These two, oh. my. goodness. They can not stand to be without the other, but they can not be left alone together either. When Moggie and Mc were this age they were great together. They could play together, while there were plenty of messes, they were still fine being together. But Flyntster and LottieLoo left together for even a mere five minutes creates such havoc that I worry constantly about which one is going to kill the other first. Having them in the room with me is not even enough. It’s actually doing something with them that must take place. These are the two that are going to put me in my early grave. I can have them coloring at the table while the others do work, but that is not enough. Someone must be coloring with them or talking directly to them. It is very draining.
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