A Backward Generation

A few months ago, a friend asked me,
"what's it like to have backward kids?"
(I was a little taken a back)
Looking at it now, I do have backward kids!

There seems to be a move toward simplicity and in this moving forward,
its teaching us skills and activities that were practiced back in the day.
Home schooled and fully equipped with a wonderful curriculum ...hmmm.
That's what I thought they needed right? In the spirit of growth, our days are wildly interrupted by snack making, wanting to read books that are NOT on the reading lists,
questions that have nothing to do with the appointed work,
a deep desire to knock in MORE nails in their treehouse (proudly built by an older cousin),
an urge to look for more worms to put into our veggie patch.
Looking for berries and all sorts of leaves that we could possibly put into our salad!
They are now on a new path and have to catch a bird!
I have on my hands a pair of hunter gatherers!
A backward generation, see what I mean!
My reason for homeschool is to create a desire for others in my boys lives.
To lessen the me factor in their hearts.
We have chosen to be servants a peculiar bunch, chosen to help Humans, the Earth, All God's creatures; and in doing that I pray that God will honor my children like He promises that He will.
I will continue to listen to their hearts and even though the industrialised, tertiary educated me screams NO!!! I will press on and LEARN to teach them what they want to. I hear CS Lewis was educated in a similar way. "wink"
 Our days in captures...

This was taken a while back soon after we arrived back in South Africa. Its something that the Boys do often, gumbooted and having a jol in the veld!

We joined a farming project at our church. It is to help people live healthier and provide food parcels for those in need/hunger.

Last week we decided to make our own...for the boys it was a stuffed Robot.

We chatted about the design and they sewed on their own buttons!

And this was my attempt at piecing it together!

A typical day of homeschooling, well that's when we have a typical day.

Jacques & Lijie cutting up wood that we salvaged!

And some fun...

Its always wonderful to share. I'm trying to break out of myself and feel comfortable with where I'm at. In so doing I'm trying to write more!
Love and Light
>i<.