As I've said before, I am always learning things right along with the kids as we go through our adventures in homeschooling. In this particular instance I needed to be reminded of something I already knew. In the last couple of weeks Nick, Zack, and Michael have all been studying the 10 Commandments. Michael is memorizing them as part of his preparation for First Reconciliation and First Communion, and they have come up in the others' catechism books.
In our discussion of the commandment to keep the Lord's day holy, we were talking about how it means more that just going to church on Sunday. Now, we never miss Mass on Sunday unless someone is sick, but we easily forget that there is more to it than that. It means not doing any unnecessary work on Sunday and to do things that honor God. So preparing meals and taking care of the kids is certainly necessary, but I am always doing laundry and catching up on cleaning on Sunday. It also means not doing anything to cause others to work, like going grocery shopping or going to my favorite store Target.
So I am going to make a better effort to make Sunday a day of rest. I'm going to try to get all my errands run and shopping done during the week and take Sunday's off from doing laundry. This is harder for me than it may sound since I typically do laundry every day.
It seems funny to me to call it a day of rest since I hardly ever feel rested. We don't do much resting when it come to child care since we have an active little guy and 3 busy big kids. Luke has started crawling and yesterday he figured out how to climb stairs. Still, there are ways that we can do better in keeping the Lord's day holy, so my goal is to improve and strive to live out that commandment the best I can.
I do go out shopping sometimes, but I try not to do any laundry on the weekend at all. I have to try to schedule periods of rest sometimes! :)
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