Confused

Today was an interesting day. My mother in-law came over at 9:00 am so that I could go out and run errands and get a test done on my gall bladder. So I made a long list of things for the kids to get done. They did spelling, math, Latin, memorization, grammar, cursive and reading. It is amazing how quickly and without complaints they got there work done. I was gone pretty much all day but school still got done. When I am here it seems so much harder to get things done with complaining, whining and lack of motivation. So why are they so good about getting there work done when I am not home? Hmmmmmmmm? I will have to think about that one for awhile.