Or is that middle of home schooling. You can imagine with four children life is strethed. Add home schooling two of them and I can get exasperated. A few things that have helped.

1. Telling them they can play when school and chores are done. And sticking to that.
2. Allowing the 3 year old to join us at the table, having some thing for her to do.
3. Teaching all to read as quickly as possible so they can self-teach.
4. Save one on one time for when the baby takes her nap.

Mostly I am learning to relax, have fun, laugh and smile. My mother often said, “I will know what kind of mother I was when you have your own kids.”

A friend has said, “The psycologist can fix them when they are 18.”