Today is a good day. Here is a short list of things that I am thankful for today:
-- My lovely uncle sent Nate a couple of books: On Food and Cooking - The Science and Lore of the Kitchen by Harold McGee, and The Curious Cook - More Kitchen Science and Lore, also by Harold Mcgee. How incredibly interesting. Now we can make some souffles in the new little ramekins I just bought, and we can learn about how and why they work. These are volumes, so they will be references for years and years to come.
-- We discovered this homeschooling life without ever having had to experience the alternative. I am so grateful for that.
-- Kids learn all by themselves when they are interested. It just happens. I was just listening to Maya reading to Nick in the other room. Awesome.
-- We found an awesome community here! Everyone I talk to one-on-one has an incredible story to tell.
-- As Eli and I hung out at the little playground while the bigger two were in their adored classes learning things that they want to learn, there was a little girl running around with blue hair. I looked through a window to see a class full of completely engaged teenagers and a teacher with full arm sleeve tattoos. There are babies and teenagers and nursing mothers and people with disabilities and people who look "normal" and people who most certainly don't. I am so grateful to be able to be around such a variety of people.
-- My best friend is pregnant! Complete awesomeness.
-- I get to go to Mexico next month. What an awesome opportunity.
-- I have a cousin who homeschools her kids, and she is funny and intelligent and full of love, and she wants to have a craft day with us! Hooray.
-- I am learning to knit, and during the knitting club that Maya turned out to be not so interested in, I get to chat with a really cool woman while I work on a knitting project. And the kids are all happily engaged.
-- I truly love my family.
-- After the kids' classes today, they wanted to stay and play for a couple of hours! New friends, great weather, wonderful.
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Good for you, Jen. Me and Oscar have just returned from a claymation workshop at the local library (the class was for O, but I did all the exercises as well - lots of fun). Our library isn't a patch on yours, but we still like to visit regularly.
ReplyDeleteWow, claymation workshop! That sounds awesome. We actually haven't been to the library for a couple of weeks now - Nate is so into his Calvin & Hobbes comics, I checked out a boatload of unschooling books, and we have a bunch of other things still hanging about. Maybe I should take them today...
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