Simply Homeschooling
Jan. 2, 2008
Back to normal
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The holidays are over, technically. Christmas is past, New year has been rung in, and it is back to work for many. We are still on a home school break till Monday, so today is the day I lay out lesson plans for next week. The holidays were both quiet and busy- if you can imagine that. We chose to skip attending the extended family gathering for my side because there simply were not enough hours in the day. It is almost impossible to combine singing at four services and extended family Christmas plus add your very own family celebrations. As all of the kids get older they start developing adult relationships of their own, and the sudden squished but happy gathering of 20 people has swelled to 60, and there are only so many molecules that can fit in a small space without blowing the walls off. Our weight loss has been going terrific. Not only are we eating healthier, but we are more active. It was mutually decided to buy a rebounder- a mini trampoline with a handle bar, and keep this in the middle of the living room. Not decorator chic, but oh so convenient to use many times during the day or while watching TV. Another purchase was inexpensive MP3 players to load with our own exercise tunes. Some songs you hear and you just cannot sit still when you listen to them, and these make for great work out tunes. Son loaded his, i loaded mine, and because these players have jacks for 2 headphones, we got to share each others choices. I like the Rolling Stones and The Who, and son likes listening to a lot of old bubble gum music( Remember the 1910 Fruitgum Company ??). His was a mix of these, Reliant K and several selections off one of his Kids Worship jams CD. It was so much fun to share these musical moments together ! Teens and music go together like fish and water. Something about music that helps a teen deal with all of the emotional turmoil that comes with those growing years. Happily my son has heard a wide variety of music and gravitates to things that neither his father or I have a problem with . He has some genuinely good taste in these matters , and we are quite proud of him for that. I wish all parents could say the same for some of the choices their teens make. |
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