Our Elul thru Tevet

6:30am on 3rd /5th
6:45am on 2nd /4th /6th

Rise & Shine: take/record temperature, brush teeth, wash face, fix hair, take pro-biotic, empty dishwasher, get dressed, make bed, & start a load of laundry

7:15am
DS rise & shine routine while I prepare breakfast


7:30am
eat breakfast, read a chapter from Proverbs, and clean-up afterwards

8am
laundry goes in dryer, DS free play
Mom checks email because I have 2 pcos accountability partners and a new IRL home-schooling mom I am mentoring so if they need something I want to make sure I at least checked before getting too busy to keep up my end of the bargain.

8:30am
2nd /4th /6th = Mom works-out, DS free to join in or educational play

3rd /5th = start Home Education time

9:30am
2nd /4th /6th = daily cleaning privileges w/music on in
background – see right column

3rd /5th = finish up Home Education time

10:30am
3rd = Mom freshens up for class
5th = Board Game or Puzzle Time followed by quiet sit while Bible is read aloud
2nd /4th /6th = Mom Shower and Dress

Time Varies
3rd = 10:45am Dinner prep, eat, listen to music choice of the
day, & clean-up/ 11:30am leave for class

5th = 11am if nice weather pack picnic and get ready for
park or ready for Playland if not nice enough weather/
11:30am leave for park or playland

2nd /4th /6th = 11:15am Dinner prep, eat, listen to music
choice of the day, & clean-up


11:45am
2nd /4th /6th = until 1:45pm Home Education time

3rd = until 3:45pm DS at either Grammy’s or Grandpa’s/
12:30-3:15pm mom at managerial accounting class

5th = until 3pm at the park or playland

Time Varies
2nd /4th /6th = 1:45-4:45pm side yard play (I play too and do
any reading: Torah Study, college study,
other free reading)

3rd = 4-4:45pm take a walk (if DS was at Grammy’s use
Tread Climber last 2-3 3rd of month only)

5th = 3pm-4pm grocery shop/ 4:30pm at Sisters to Bum a ride to God’s House


4:45pm
2nd /3rd / 4th / 6th - Quiet sitting practice while mom reads
Bible aloud

5pm
2nd /3rd / 4th / 6th - Supper prep


5:30pm
2nd /3rd / 4th / 6th - Eat supper and clean-up


6pm+
2nd = Family Time
3rd = first of month Torah Study Group, second of month RHE meeting, the other two/three are Family Time

4th = 6:45-8:30pm DS at Awanas and I make trip to library
5th = at God’s House
6th = Welcome the Shabbat as a Family and once a month
with members from Intro to Jewish Roots class


9:15pm
3rd & 7th = DS bath for sure and any other nights as needed
(read somewhere that daily bathing is actually
too drying on the skin)

9:30pm – DS bedtime routine


9:45pm
DS’s targeted bedtime