Homeschooling & Daily Living on Vacation?

We're heading out in a matter of days now to Georgia to visit Danny's family. Whenever we travel, I always pack more clothes than I need, more books than I could read in a life time, and take along more food than any sensible person should snack on during normal travel. This particular trip is unique because we'll be gone for almost 6 weeks. This is an official experiment to see if we'd like to do this annually. Danny is a pilot, so he'll commute in and out of Atlanta. HELP!!! Somebody. Anybody?

I decided to put together a daily plan for the children. Nothing like a clear set of guidelines to live by. Remember, the lines are our friends! Here's hoping for a plan for them and sanity for me. Each child will have a laminated card that looks like this:

MY DAILY PLAN

MORNING TIME
READ MY BIBLE
· MAKE MY BED
· BRUSH MY TEETH
· COMB/BRUSH HAIR
· PUT AWAY PAJAMAS
· PUT ON CLEAN CLOTHES
· PUT DIRTY CLOTHES IN CLOTHES BAG
· PICK UP TOYS & BOOKS


THROUGH THE DAY
· USE MY GOOD MANNERS & PLAY HABITS
· SHARE
· COMPLIMENT & ENCOURAGE
· PRAY
· OFFER TO HELP AROUND THE HOUSE
· SAY THANK YOU FOR ALL MEALS & ALL FAVORS

SCHOOL WORK
· GEORGIA HISTORY
· MATH
· LANGUAGE ARTS PAGE
· COPY WORK/VACATION JOURNAL

EVENING
· DAILY BATH & HYGIENE (TEETH/HAIR ETC.)
· BATHROOM IS CLEANED UP
· REASONABLE BEDTIME
· READING QUIET TIME

Mark set a little too high? Perhaps, but I don't think I can handle that much time away with zero structure. We'll be staying with family members, and knowing their lifestyles and ways vary from what may be our normal, this could go from being an apple to an elephant; one clearly being easier to eat than the other! Even as our plans for this initial trip are being re-shaped daily (another post for another time) I suspect even this plan will reshape itself as we go along. I wonder if the children will go for this???