My Daybook ~3 August
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Outside My Window … gorgeous blue skies, stereotypical clouds, cool breeze, warm, absolutely perfect weather
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I am thinking … how heavy a baby gets when you have to hold him aaaaaaaaaaalllllllll daaaaaaaaaay
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I am thankful … my family
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From the learning rooms … more books checked off the list from our Sonlight curriculum, and we haven’t even “started school” yet. The more I do with homeschooling, the more I’m all about the unschooling tendencies…
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From the kitchen … awesome burgers, leftover birthday cake, fresh veggies
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I am wearing … a faded teal Gap tee shirt I’ve had since college, and yoga pants (and I didn’t do any yoga either.) Seems like I always wear loungey clothes on Mondays.
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I am creating … memories
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I am reading … Free-Range Kids –and totally laughing my head off. I LOVE this author! She’s hilarious. I read half the book before I went to sleep last night. You already know I agree with her philosophically, but I didn’t know the book would be so FUN to read.
An excerpt:One of my favorite warnings, reprinted on many Web sites including Halloween-Safety.com, tells parents, “Make sure, if your child is carrying a prop, such as a scythe, butcher knife or pitchfork, that the tips are smooth and flexible enough to not cause an injury if fallen on.”
Fallen on?
Ding dong. Trick or–HELP! I’ve fallen right on top of my plastic butcher knife prop–how do you like that? Darn its non-rubber-tipped sharpness, it is slicing straight through my sternum? Why oh why didn’t my mother heed that advice on the helpful Web sit that just happens to be sponsored by a Halloween supply shop and buy a smooth and flexible butcher knife (or pitchfork or scythe) instead?I have just one question for the folks who dream up those safety warnings: Have you ever seen a knife land blade side up?
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I am hoping … to see my Grandma many more times.
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I am hearing… The girls “singing themselves to sleep”
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Around the house …still meeting my goal of keeping the kitchen clean after a whole week! This is SO not my natural tendency; this is a huge conscientious effort on my part. I’m the kind of girl who moves around in a whirlwind, and the next time she walks back into the kitchen goes, “Who left all those cabinet doors open?”
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One of my favorite things … sleeping (I’m not gonna lie)
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A few plans for the rest of the week …order my passport, dinner at a Thai restaurant with my besties, maybe another knitting class, lunch with my sister
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Here is a picture thought I am sharing~