Moving forward with another school year.

I am sitting here with renewed excitement.  We traded in our Honda Odyssey for an accord.  I know to many that will seem stupid as we have 6 kids and an accord will not seat us all.  Reality is we rarely if ever go anywhere together as a family that we do not take 2 vehicles.  We now have an 18 yr old driver and a 15 yr old driver. We also have a 15 passenger van that I drive primarily due to doing daycare.  If we all go as a family and do not take 2 cars we can very easily take Big Red.  Yes I know the think scares the crap out of me as far as attempting to park in crowded parking lots, but I will survive.  We will be saving over $200 a month on the swap.  My goal is to continue paying that $200 a month since we have it budgeted anyways.  Now I will not pay it on the accord, but we will be adding it to our snowball.  We will put it on the lowest debt first and lower them accordingly. 

I am also excited about the fact that I can envision exactly what I want my daycare rooms and layout to look like.  I am excited to have the funds to do the projects I am needing to do.  I cannot wait to paint the rooms and get them ready.  I am hoping to have them done by Nov 1, 2016.  I always seem to have lofty goals with no help and well running a 24 hr daycare with no help really leaves me no time. Preschool will be starting up again soon and I am excited for the every changing growth we experience during this time.  Some kids just take off with it while others sit back and soak it all in.

The 3rd thing that has me screaming from the inside is that I am finally getting things organized.  My living room (primary daycare room) has been cleaned and organized for going on 2 weeks.  We keep it cleaned up, swept, and mopped.  It is looking rather amazing if I do say so myself.  I have moved onto the dining room.  It is also coming along.  Yes much slower but still getting there.  I have been going through all the papers and things that just collect in this room.  I am still in need of all my "office supplies" to continue the organization process, but I will get there one step at a time.

I have 4 kids in one school this year and I can already see the benefits it will have on my time.  I have been getting up and getting breakfast for them in the morning.  They have been able to eat something other than cereal before heading out for the day. Monet is driving this year so that alone is such a huge relief.  She is able to take them all to school so I can attend to the things I need to do here at home.  I have been trying to get on a schedule/routine that allows things to be less chaotic and more organized.  So far this seems to be helping.  I set a list of tasks I would like to accomplish during the day and use meals and nap to work on them.  I have been getting up with the kids in the morning and staying awake which really gives me extra time to work on things before my daycare gets busy.

Next week Serenadi starts school out at Calvary.  This should be a good year.  I still have my reservations on homeschooling this child and think it may be something to look into in the near future, but I think an extra year in school will be good for her.  I am trying now to figure out how to get everything worked out as far as being able to take her to school, pick her up, and also pick up one daycare child.  We always have time to tweek it if things do not work.  I feel guilty for not keeping her home this year...but I just do not feel confident that the time is right.  And it may may never be right.  We will know with God's guidance. 

So here is to another busy school year and hopefully a fun successful year of daycare!  God gets the Glory for all life has to offer and I am expecting to see great things!