Quote Originally Posted by Momof4 View Post
Give yourself a break! You are all doing great and the children are all doing great.

I've calmed down and relaxed about this so much over the past few years after the first
I'm starting to relax too. I used to spend hours on the computer every night planning, then I created a theme based program and spent months completing it. I tried to do a theme each week (trying to complete EVERY activity) and realized how thin I was stretching myself. now my themes are every two weeks. I plan all my activities quickly every other sunday since the program is completed and if the kids are too busy having fun to do an organized game I let them play. we'll do it later, or not at all. As I tell my parents, structure is introduced, but its not the be all and end all.

I see how intelligent my kids are. The parents and I are doing great with these kids.