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One of the tasks I managed to accomplish this morning was cleaning out my inbox. I had been saving all the newsletters from TOS until I had time to actually READ them - and today was the day. One of them really caught my attention. June 6th is our 180th day of school - our last required day to meet the state standards. I had planned to take a week off and then jump right back into our studies and keep right on trucking through the summer while it's too hot and humid to play outside much. The pace would slow and we wouldn't necessarily school every day, but I didn't plan to change what we had been doing. Then this morning I read the newlsetter about vacations and the article by Todd Wilson really struck a nerve. He reminded me of the NEED to take a summer vacation and the NEED to "put on our FUN hats". He went on to say, "You need to enjoy your children as children NOT as students, and your children need to experience you as their mother NOT as their teacher." Ding ding ding ding!!!! Oh man did I NEED to hear that! I have not really been enjoying my children lately. We've been fretting with each other a bit too much and Mr. Wilson is right. We DO need to take time to experience each other as mother and daughters. So, we will finish our "official" school year on June 6th and my oldest (the party planning queen) has a big end of the year party planned for June 7th and then we'll relax and enjoy each other. I came up with a list of things that we've been meaning to do but keep putting off like building a volcano, making a nature journal, learning how to sew, binding the books the girls have written, reading, playing games, riding bikes as a family..... This is shaping up to be a FUN summer! |
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