But not without a flurry of activity before it was really
over. In classic form a very real shift
in weather happened Labor Day weekend and since then we’ve not had a day over
75, with nice cool nights and almost chilly mornings, along with a lot of
afternoon showers. It was a pleasant
summer I think, the hottest days occurring late August, just as it “should” be.
In typical end of summer quasi-panic I realized I wanted to
connect with several Mamas and kiddos before summer totally quit and I set up
lots of visits and activities, we were out doing doing doing (hence I was not
inside writing). So, an update of whatnot.
Toddler E is starting to be more and more interested in
toileting, she really enjoyed practicing on the potties in the consignment shop
(yes, people do consign potty chairs and the like). She is adept at letting me know when her
diaper is dirty and will tell me when she has gone “shee-shee”, signing as
well. We need to go ahead and make
available child size toilet seat and tiny potty chair for her, maybe speed the
process along. She talks, big sister
taught her, “No!” and “Mine!” Then of
course there are Mama, Papa, Bye-Bye (with kisses blown), Duurhtee, and many
other semi-gibberish interpretations.
Maybe I’m more aware this time around, the quickness of progressive
learning is amazing to me, and the silliness this one possesses is different, I
observe, from the serious intensity of The Firstborn.
Miss Monkey has started Homeschool Connection on Mondays,
then Rising Tigers (invitational pre-competitive team) 3 evenings a week,
Fridays we’ve our little co-op Mile Hi Mommas have put together, and the middle
days are chock full of other activity. I’ve
yet to purchase a solid curriculum to work from, though we read a LOT, and
explore even more. Yesterday F & I
had a touching conversation about growing up and how hard it seems. Tried to impress upon her that she’s lucky to
be aware of her growing so that one day she can look back and think, “it was so
fun when I was little enough to do that!”
She’s been growing through some stuff lately, and Love n Logic has
helped immensely. Enki will be a
wonderful diversion from standard homeschool curriculum it seems, fostering my
own passion for learning to ignite my children’s. This system expects that the curriculum
should serve the family and not the other way ‘round. Also, that trying to DO too much can backfire,
down time (a.k.a. boredom) is the breeding ground for imagination.
Labor Day weekend The Man and I celebrated—yes actually set
aside time and celebrated—eight years
of marriage. We tripped up to Vail for a
night and a day to see the Gospel Prayer Meetin’ of the annual Jazz
Festival. The first time in 5 years that
we’ve taken an overnight trip alone, it was fantastic. We returned refreshed and enjoyed the rest of
the weekend with the girls.
More to come, it’s late now and I’ve dreams to meet.
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