Platt Discovery Cottage

no active learning

October 5th, 2007

So, I totally fell flat on my face, figuratively late this week.  Perhaps it was the lack of caffeine (and yes, I know about all the negatives of the stuff), but Thursday I was hardly even able to read to the kids.  They ended up spending most of Wednesday and Thursday running around the house doing their own thing.  I would read on occasion, but I just couldn’t deal with them much.   ~sigh~  I so wanted to finish that darn pirate lapbook! 

Dad is on holidays (it started today), so I’m hoping to get some time with Fuss to finish up a couple of things.  We had music today, so Fuss went off to his class and then Dad offered to take the Bug to her class so that I could have a few minutes to myself!  Wow!  So, I luckily had my book with me.  I pulled that out and actually got a few pages read.  Close to the end of the class, Bug figured she’d had enough time without ‘MA-MA’, so out she came.  Dad stayed in the class until the end - very funny.

We came home after running a couple of errands and picking up sandwiches at the organic butcher.  The kids fell asleep in the car, so we added a small glass of wine to each lunch and had a picnic in the front yard so we could be near the car in case the kids woke up, which they did - right as we were finishing up.  It was so nice just to have that short time together.

 I feel more energized just having an extra set of hands on a weekday.  Oh, and a Starbucks to start the day….

Enjoying the journey,  Amanda

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