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WHY? Our Journey Into Homeschooling
Wednesday, September 26, 2007
We're Still Alive, Really
I'm sitting here in my dining room listening to the sound of the air conditioner and the baby monitor humming, and it's become obvious why I don't get enough sleep. When the house gets all quiet like this, it's the first time in the day that I really relax and can just breathe. I guess I like to savor it as much as I can.
Anyway, so what have we been doing? Unschooling, Funschooling, and all sorts of other stuff in between.
A.J. has been more and more social and has really been enjoying our outings, including the recent La Leche League picnic, where he ran around with the other Leaders' children and grandchildren. He's also had a good time at our three Funschool meetings so far this year, two at our meeting house and one field trip (he's already asked to go back to Big Meadows). We have another field trip to a place called Boxerwood Gardens this week. A.J. also enjoys his quiet time and computer time just as much, if not more, though. I think, like me, he needs that time to decompress--that, and cuddle time before bed (as long as the dogs don't try to jump in!).
We've also had our own activities, like doing some science experiments (on recycling and measuring) with our Young Scientist Club kits. A.J. also made up his own science experiment just the other day. I came in the dining room to find his some of his toy cars and Hess trucks lined up on the table. Later, he told me he had measured the kitchen floor with his ruler (9.24 feet, he said) and was counting how many seconds it took each car to get across. He then figured out how many feet per second the car was traveling and converted that number to feet per hour (by multiplying by 3600, of course) to find which cars were the fastest and which were the slowest. He continued the experiment today with some new cars, finding one that went about 2 miles per hour. ;)
Lily is growing, too, and developing in new ways. She took her first steps last week, and said a definite "Daddy" this morning (although I think she's said it plenty before, just not so pointedly toward him). When she wants me, she doesn't say "Mommy," she just bangs on the gate (if she's in the bedroom with Daddy) and says "mamamamamamama." :) She's definitely smaller than A.J. was (he weighed over 19 pounds at 6 months, and she's just that now at 10 1/2 months). It takes some getting used to, but I checked the breastfed baby charts that the World Health Organization publishes, and she's right in the middle for height and weight, so no worries, especially since her behavior and development are right on track.
I'd love to post some pictures, but this site has a limit on size, and I don't have time to compress each picture before posting it here, so you'll just have to imagine! :)
Until later...
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Usborne First Nature: Fishes by Alwyne Wheeler
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