Parent of a rebel?...Parent of a genius?

It's amazing that I can feel so many emotions on the same day related to being a homeschooling mother.

I have one kid testing all the boundaries and another that does anything I ask willingly. Are they both my kids or what? How can they be so different today and then...why will they completely switch roles tomorrow and be just as different then?

My high schooler is great. I don't believe anymore that the teenager years have to be murder. I do believe they are years of accelerated growth and development....kind of like a two year old. We accept it at two but we get angry about teens. It requires the same amount of commitment. I think the main different is that the teenager uses words and the toddlers don't. Maybe we accept that since our sweet toddlers are still our "babies" and we know they are growing.

Well....my teenager is still growing too. So even as I discipline and direct. I must be patient with her. I'm typing this to remind myself b/c...I really wanted to SCREAM when the clothes were folded but not put away, the dishes were washed but not all clean, and the landing on the stairs held ALL the things I asked her to put AWAY.

UUUUUUUUGGGGGGGGGHHHHHHHH!!!

Now on this same day, my 3yo BLEW me away by writing letters on his MagnaDoodle. I haven't taught him to write not one letter. He just decided today that he wanted to write an F and then he did it. Then he wanted to write an A and he did it again. My mouth was WIDE OPEN! He went on and wrote another 6 or 7 letters. How does he know how to do this? I dunno. I'm just glad I was with him to witness his moment of genius :) I don't have a picture of his letter but I do have a picture of his genuis moment before that....

My preschooler is a puzzle maniac. We just recently graduated from frame puzzles to this Cars puzzle with 24 pieces. He put it together by himself the first time he tried. This might be normal for a 3yo but I don't know that so...I'll just settle for thinking he's a genius. Here's a pic. I tried to crop out the Buzz Light Year undies but couldn't get it all :o

This was TODAY....tomorrow I'll be raving about my daughter and pulling my hair out with my son!

The important thing I'm learning as a Mom is to take the good with the not so great and just do the job knowing that it pays off in the end. Each day will look different. Some will be successful, some will be torture, and some will be mixed. Just do the job to the glory of God and ask HIM to direct your steps with HIS children on loan to YOU.

btw...

Sweet Baby K-No is still my precious toddler - he does no wrong :) & Bessie is on the A Honor Roll at school - no issues with them right now but their day for being blogged is coming...