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Living Life By Design
Friday, March 2, 2007
Ramblings Upon Re-entry
Haven't posted here in a while and it's only because we got so carried away with the living of life, there was no time to document it.
Since my last post, we've added G to our family. That was November and already we can't imagine life without him. So I've gone through my post partum-ness, which has been MOST interesting the fourth time around. I'm much better acquainted with my body and hormones at this juncture that the emotions didn't take me off guard this time around. Instead, I just awaken for the day, take inventory of my state of being, identify the glitches, and pray for God's grace to work through it. The last month or so, though, I did realize that something was "off" from the last pregnancy. I just felt different. Why? That's when I remembered that I didn't use the Happy Cream this time around. That has since been rectified and all is right with the world!
So Thanksgiving, Christmas, and the New Year have all been celebrated with Baby G. January saw the passing of my wonderful grandmother, known affectionately as Grandma Grape [Great] to the boys. And now we're trying to settle into some sort of a schedule.
We were quite unit study in our approach, but the children are all so little that I had to switch back to CM in approach because I can catch the moments. It's easier to have a book and sofa ready than simulcast project supplies ready and attentive little boys. I'm no magician!
The last few days there's been a snowstorm in our area. The public school kids have been out of school. I mentioned to my father that we homeschooled kids don't get snow days. Nope! They come in from playing and have to answer questions, such as, "Is a snowflake liquid, solid, or gas?" and "What was the estimated velocity of that snowball you threw that nailed the postal truck?" Nope, no snow days around here! Snow is just a welcome tool to be used in the world we call a classroom! In the next week, we'll be welcoming in Mr. Wind, Ice, and Rain.
The snow has helped the school approach transition. After coming in wiped from a couple hours of snow play, J has willing sat down with a mug of hot chocolate and is ready to listen to a story or two. I love that! I've noticed how developed his narration has become. The challenge is allowing only him to narrate instead of have the tag-team narration with J and T. The good side of that is that they are both actively listening and both excited to tell me all they learned.
Well, I've re-entered the world of "blog" (which I'll have to give my blog theory in a forthcoming post) with these ramblings. I'm going to more diligently post, as it will keep me off the phone when I know folks can catch up here rather than the phone. That's the theory anyway.
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Sunday, March 4, 2007 - Hi!
But, wanted to come by and thank you for visiting me and for leaving a comment!
Hugs,
Suzanne