The weekend retreats
We're still spending weekends at Edelweiss with the children - it's like our weekend holiday retreat. Now with the 2 older ones in "school", we have to be consistent in coming back home on weekdays so they don't miss their classes.
There is the occasional temptation to let them miss school with the excuse that they are "not really" in school - as in full-fledged school yet. But I think it's good to stick to principles - if you start them young, next thing you know they'll be skipping school on their own when they get older - and that's definitely not a habit we want to instil in them.
So it's school - everyday, never miss a day! Unless they're sick - which, touch wood, they have not yet been.
There is the occasional temptation to let them miss school with the excuse that they are "not really" in school - as in full-fledged school yet. But I think it's good to stick to principles - if you start them young, next thing you know they'll be skipping school on their own when they get older - and that's definitely not a habit we want to instil in them.
So it's school - everyday, never miss a day! Unless they're sick - which, touch wood, they have not yet been.