Staying Home

So God just keeps convicting me. Believe it or not Im actually ENJOYING the things God has shown me in the past few weeks.
Here is a look at my schedule
Monday: Home
Tuesday: Bible Study, Play date
Wed: Home
Thurs: Home
Friday: Errands

Now last week looked like this.
Monday: Doctor for baby
Tuesday: Bible study, play date, haircuts
Wed: Playdate with new homeschool group (it was raining so we did not do this. Instead we ran errands all day!!)
Thursday: Home
Friday: Home

I have a Bible study I really enjoy on Tues morning. I think Im going to keep that. I am however going to see about playdate with my friends happening monthly. I just joined a homeschool group and they meet once a month for park days, once a month for a field trip and then once a month for meetings. They also have a co op that meets every week which I was struggling with joining. I will stay with the homeschool group through the year and see how it goes. But I will not be joining the co op.
I really need to be at home. I need to be homeschooling, playing with my kids, reading to them, and keeping my home. I will go on field trips once a month, maybe do the park day once a month, and visit with my friends once a month. I am also not going to put my kids in any extra activities for now. The exception is when we get a piano, the two older girls will start piano lessons. I will try to keep errand day on Friday, because thats our light school day. I just need to be home more.
God has shown me that through a lot of different ways. Im frustrated because I dont think we are getting anything out of homeschooling (or at least not what I think we should be getting out of it) its becoming book work. BLECH! My house is a disaster no matter that I spend most of the time I am home puttering around it. And we are down to one car for the forseeable future. Its a pain to drive all the way across town twice a day. A pain! And when its raining and rush hour...well lets just say I use that time to praise the Lord Im not working anymore! LOL
I had a revelation the other night. Ya know in pioneer days unless they lived in a big town the kids rarely had school. Maybe they had church a few times a month if they were fortunate. The kids saw their friends on rare trips to town and when familys came a calling. They adapted and made do with socializing with their families. Why cant we be content with this as well? I mean my kids get church every week. So thats more socialization then the pioneer kids had, right?

Ok thats my soapbox for today. :)
Be blessed.