May. 28, 2008
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The summer plan, into day two, is better than I even hoped. They actually love the list,and are having fun planning what they will do. Yesterday Joshua taught Jessica and Sarah a math lesson,which was somehow twice as fun as when Mama does the exact same thing. Thomas planned an art activity for the younger children....helped them make their own books and then draw a picture story in them. Thomas made us all breakfast this morning. Bedtime was so easy.....I usually get very cranky, it is like being ringmaster of a circus, organizing bathroom time, dragging along the stragglers. It is only day two, plenty of summer left for the novelty to wear off but hey, if I get a good month of not nagging out of this.......joy. So, around the house this morning.......there is that wonderful summer feeling. Relaxed, easy yet full of time to have fun, do what you want, do new things...........we are actually all a bunch of geeks. The History Channel was having some Civil War marathon yesterday......we watched them all. And then last night we watched PBS about some African tribe having problems with termites. Summer is fun because we do all the learning things.........but because we want to. I think we would be great unschoolers.......this is where I am thinking about heading last year. With the children sorted out, I am thinking about how I want my summer to go. This is my chance to work on my projects, have a bit more free time.......what am I going to do with it? I have some ideas but this list might, hopefully will, evolve over the summer...... Camping.........we have a beautiful place already found last weekend. There is a lovely creek there, more of a brook really. Just deep enough to play in, maybe four inches deep. Trees, rocks to climb on, privacy. I think I would like to be more creative with our camping menu though. We head out into the woods and fresh air and nature........and eat food that is more chemical than food. This summer would be a fun time to find some yummy,healthy recipes. Maybe it would be fun to plan a couple of activities for the kids......leaf rubbings,or flower pressing or nature scavenger hunts. Not to take away the fun and make it a planned actiivty the whole time, but I think my children would respond well to this Gardening.......we just decided last night that a garden might work. We will have to bring it several inches of topsoil because the dirt here is sand and lime but it will be great to have the children help in the garden and grow some of our own. Organizing the house........so it is easier next year when my focus goes back on the kids....... Ok that is the boring stuff LOL.....here is what I want to do for me..... *write a chapter a month for my book **decorate the house with pictures and my little touches (which what I love and finally we have a little bit extra for me to be creative with) ***start moving this family a little bit toward the green side........I am a hippy,earth mama at heart but I have a very conservative family (husband). I think a recycling center in the garage, natural cleaners, organic produce(that we grew ourselves) and more whole grains would be a good place to start and would go a long way to making me feel my life was more authentically me ****work on my list of books from earlier this year. that was a great idea that has slid a bit...... And there is a long list of family outings I want to take along with the camping.......spending a day at Manitou Springs (a lovely town in the mountains with some Indian cliff dwellings fifteen minutes away)......a day spent at the Denver museums (science, history) and then a great restaurant......... a train ride through Royal Gorge........weekly hikes through the trails around here with guide books and nature journals........ I say this every year but, LOL, I think this is going to be a great summer! |
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