Apr. 25, 2007
Play Hide and Seek
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I asked Moo a bunch of questions about herself this morning and she answered "play hide and seek" to half. We're not moving along as planned. We got hit with warm, summery weather, after such a long winter/spring we were pretty happy to be outside. We did have a little picnic lunch (I miss those!), planted broccoli in the garden, transplanted day-lillies that my sister grew tired of seeing in her garden (these plants are hardy! they shot up an inch within a few hours after planting), rode bikes, bbq'ed, played hide and seek (of course), enjoyed seeing our neighbors & kids and busted out all our summer clothes. Boo had her second piano lesson and loves it. It's especially nice to have a little gourmet shop next door with an ever-so tasty bakery. When I watch her practice, I can see that she really gets it. I just need to keep her focused. The piano book I started her on "John Thompsons's Easiest Piano Course, Part One" is good but I can see why the teacher selected "John W. Schaum Piano Course, Pre A - The Green Book". It has more repitition without boring. And it has some cute illustrations to keep it fun. It was interesting to see Moo drawing on a grease-board yesterday. She drew a round face with eyes, eyelashes, ears, nose, smile and lots of hair. I wish I took a picture of it, she's a natural. Is it me or do they just florish in environments that allow them to do as they please? I did a lot of drawing lessons with Boo when she was 3 and she did great, but now she's almost 6 and back to stick figures. Meanwhile, Moo (almost 4) seems to have a great deal of control and a good eye for placement. I picked up a "Draw Write Now" (farm) book for Boo and she rolled her eyes at me. I miss those days when she was excited to burn through every workbook I had lying around. She loved to copy my drawings and then we'd switch pictures and watercolor each other's in. We did manage to get down to our library. I love books. Everytime I'm at the library I recall how I used to long to sit and read when I was younger. But I was typically with friends and they were always on the move. I used to imagine all the books, and think of all their wonderful stories of distant people and places. It seemed to exciting to me. I still feel that way :) The book of James has been on my mind a lot lately: My dear brothers, take note of this: Everyone should be quick to listen, slow to speak and slow to become angry, 20for man's anger does not bring about the righteous life that God desires. (James 19 & 20) |
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