Jun. 20, 2006 - The "perfect" homeschool day

The kids and I just spent a lovely afternoon flying kites.  We relished the warmth of the sunshine and the breezes blowing gently on our face.  We talked about wind speeds, aerodynamics and the first man in flight.  Yeah, right!  If you believed what you just read, you might want to go read someone else's blog!

The part about flying kites is true.  It was warm and windy.  And the thought did cross my mind about some of the lessons we could have learned along the way.  What a nice story it all made.  I guess it's all in how you look at it.

In fact, the afternoon was a lesson in perseverance, patience and self-control...and those were just the lessons Mommy learned!  We spent the entire hour running up and down the street with our little kites, trying desperately to get them up in the air.  The only thing we succeeded in getting them into was the trees.  I was able to praise my four year old for his stick-to-itiveness...he never gave up, but worked for a long time untangling his string.  I was able to help my oldest laugh at himself a little...something he has trouble doing.   We laughed a lot and chose to look at the humor rather than giving full vent to our frustrations.

So no, it wasn't the "perfect" homeschool day, but it was a good day nonetheless.  A day spent making a few more crazy memories.

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Jun. 20, 2006 - Angela,

Jun. 21, 2006 - That depends....

Jun. 21, 2006 - You're awesome!

Jun. 25, 2006 - flying a kite