A collection of our ordinary days, recorded every week. At the end of the year, I’ll publish them into a keepsake to treasure.
Around here, I have been:
struggling. Why is February so rough? I am still feeling like I can’t catch up. When I focus on one area of life, another one lacks. Comes with the territory, but it’s hard. I hold myself to an unrealistic standard and need to extend myself a little more grace.
wrestling with social media. What do I share? How much do I share? Are my photos good enough? Are my stories even good enough? I’ve intentionally stepped away this week in order to try to figure it all out and while I haven’t come to a clear conclusion, I do know I still want to be a participant for now. Too many good things have come from it.
reading Overcoming Dyslexia and Everyday Sacrament: The Messy Grace of Parenting.
feeling excited about homeschooling again. Watching D struggle made me question my abilities, but lots of research, the support of many online friends (who have dyslexic children who are thriving!) and our new reading program have really given me hope.
working on new product for Big White Farmhouse: soaps, bath salts and small gift sets! All of them smell so good!
listening to the boys talk about tattoos(?!):
D: Uncle Bud says they use needles. NEEDLES. Nuh uh, no way.
J: I think I’d get a purple Power Ranger.
M: Uncle Matt says it doesn’t hurt that bad. I want “LEGO” on my arm right here.
singing the ABC song over and over and over again. We’ve been singing it everyday in Kindergarten and it’s now become Sophie’s favorite song. “Again, again, mama!” And don’t you dare try to change to Twinkle, Twinkle.
homeschool notes:
+ After trudging along for way too many weeks, I finally switched our history curriculum to Story of the World. We all love it so far! This week, we talked about Ancient Africa and listened to folktales about Anansi the spider. We also drew Anansi using a video from Art for Kids.
