Happy Wednesday. It has been awhile but we had a crazy and productive weekend. I finally got a new camera and even better, David figured out how I can upload pictures. The girls spent the weekend with their dad. Friday before they left was spent with a slow lazy start of books, art and music. We lounged around in our pajamas until daddy came home and then we went swimming at Airway heights Parks and Rec pool. We love it there and try to go every other Friday. I find it freezing- always! And I'm not a big fan of hot tubs but I have come to really enjoy the sauna. Occasionally the girls and I go to this same building on Wednesday afternoons. There is a homeschool p.e. group in the gym. It's kind of hit or miss but the girls definitely run off a a lot of energy!
Landon worked his second weekend making apple pies with the marching band at the Windsor Grange Hall.
Sunday we worked ( when I say we , I mainly mean David) on a surprise for the girls when they got back. David cut their bunk beds apart so they each had a twin bed. There had been some fights lately over the top bunk so we gave them both the top ( and bottom ) bunk.
The girls love it and so do the animals, lots of comfy beds to within reach. The beds quickly became forts thanks to the help of an older big brother / expert fort builder.
Monday was veterans day and everyone was off. Unfortunately, we didn't get much of a chance to sleep in. We started out the very cold morning by helping load my mom's stuff in a U-Haul. She is moving back to Oregon. Camber and David made fast work of it though.
The night was cozy and filled with Spirographing, room signs, pumpkin muffins and lots of fairie treats.
A lot of what we worked on is a blur. I am noticing the less I push structured school the more eager they are to learn. Reinforcing the unschool concept so strongly. If we don't work on a math worksheet for a day or two the girls will start constantly spouting of equations at all times during the day. If I say we are going to read a chapter out of the History book or the LA book there is moans and groans and fighting. If I tell them to choose any two books out of the book basket ( a huge basket full of library books that are chosen to go with whatever we are working on at the moment) then they curl up and are excited, fully attentive and asking for more as we read them together. If I say we are going to work on grammar now- no go! If I say I am writing to my grandma would anyone else like to write a letter ( that just happens to work on grammar as we write it) then it's a fun, special, meaningful activity.
We are still slowly making the transition and may never fully be unschoolers- we like to learn. Sometimes worksheets and the school books can be fun. But nothing forced is fun!
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