The past few weeks have been complicated by illnesses. Our little man brought home a nasty cold that took him nearly two weeks to recover from. He kindly shared it with the entire family, leading to several sick days where we didn't do school and our middle child gained an ear infection from. I can tell we are finally getting to the end of it, but there are still times that it just wipes me out. Yesterday I felt pretty good. Today I took a three hour nap and barely functioned before that nap. I'm hopeful that we'll be able to keep our school schedule this week -we've got a dentist appointment and two homeschool outings planned!
Our homeschool group does "Presentation Days" once per month and this month's theme is "Poetry". Both girls have memorized something to recite. Our oldest is reciting the 'Toddler's Creed' poem by Dr. Burton White, and our youngest girl is reciting John 3:16. If our little guy cooperates, I hope to video tape their presentations, and at least, I hope I am able to keep him busy so he is not an interruption to them. He did well last month sitting in my lap and playing with his pom-pom balls and wipey box.
With the potential of moving this year, I have in my spare time...the little I get...been packing items we aren't ready to let go of, dropping of bags and bags of stuff to the thrift stores, and de-cluttering the house to make it more "show ready".
Whether or not we actually move, this process has been really good for me and has provided a good perspective for working on our home. I re-purposed my prized desk as a tv stand because our little guy was biting the paint off of our hand-me-down desk we were previously using and I didn't know what kind of paint he was eating. My desk actually looks nicer and fits better in our living room anyway. I miss having the surface to throw clutter on, but I'm enjoying the forced organization it is making me do to adjust.
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