Ew! Tonight i really hate homework.

I really do. Sophie has always had to do homework but it seems like 5th grade is just crazy busy with homework!!

I remember my sister Jami telling me about a family in her neighborhood that had to decide to quit all extraciricular activities, like sports or music lessons, just to keep up with the school workload. At the time I thought that was so stupid and i would never do that. Well, it seems like that's just about where we are these days because when we do anything else on any given day there is not enough time for everything and we end up staying up until 11pm . In fact, sophie is still up reading as i type this at 11:10 pm.

Part of the problem is she's so honest! I know that doesn't sound like much of a problem, and i refuse to do anything to change that but...don't you agree that it's ok if i cut and paste vocab words to index cards while she finishes up her science? I do! I was just busy work that wasn't teaching her anything. But since she didn't want me doing her work for her, I stopped and we eventually finished it up together.

As she would say....Oy Vey!! I know that's a totally jewish saying and i have no idea where she got it, but she says it ALL the time.

Anyway, i guess I should be grateful she's so dedicated to her school work. She's a smart kid and loves her teacher. I just pray it lasts through college and she doesn't burn out somewhere near 10th grade.