I’m often asked what we do all day. That is a lot of why I do this, why I’m trying to get back in the habit now that the blog is fixed. If you asked what we did last week or last month, I’d be able to tell you the big things – vacations, field trips, excitements – but not the little moments that make our days. And just the act of writing it down, or typing it out as the case may be, helps me remember.
Yesterday was a pretty usual Wednesday. Everyone read. Well, actually that’s relatively new. They’re all excited about reading right now so we’re spending quite a bit more time than usual on it.
We had park day with our homeschool group. No two park days are the same. Depends on the park, which kids are there and the position of the moon in relation to what they had for breakfast. Yesterday one of the boys had brought a mortar and pestle and some of them were crushing leaves of plants to see how much liquid they had, colors, etc. Another had brought paper and was showing kids how to fold origami stars. Some kids were on the playground equipment, some wandered, one read, some climbed, some ate, some played tennis – kinda – in an open field.
In the evening the kids had akido. They love it. I like that it is defensive and it is a martial art where size isn’t as important. The dojo we go to is also brilliant with the kids and they learn a bit of Japanese while doing it. In fact, D has been invite to test for a belt next month and it’s the Japanese terms for moves and positions that he needs to work on.
So, pretty standard Wednesday…but what did we get into in our unorganzied free time? Well that’s were every day is different and you never know what’s coming. Well daddy had found the first of these at a joke site so I showed the kids. And in internet fashion one thing just kept leading to another…
which led to…
and this Donkey Kong Parody…a some previous favorites Avada Kedavra by Steve Goodie and Perform This Way by Weird Al
I’m elmo and I know it.
:)