So many days and nights have gone by since my last post!
Time! I tell you...is no friend of mine.
Procrastination, however, is!
Over the past 6, 7 or 8 months things have happened,
not happened and are in the process of happening.
The move back to the RSA was...well eventful, but all in all a great success.
I love trekking! (not with luggage though)
Next time, a nudist colony!
We came back planted, sewed, made new friends (I lie!),
after 4 months got Rosebud out of Quarantine, ate, got fat,
stopped running, stopped yoga, ate way too much,
went back to church, english church, started been kind to the environment,
had too many SA puddings, wanting to know what God wants from me,
went to the sea, my sister visited from OZ, ate too much again,
teaching sunday school, met old friends, played with their new babies, enjoying time...
Now its time to play, work, write and teach Joshy and Lijie.
We have not started school as most kids have in RSA, due to Procrastination!
She has visited often!
Not sure if you know but we homeschool the boys.
Last year we (I mean I) milked it and made our (my) own curriculum,
which worked out very well! (We assessed Joshy and he is on par).
We did cheat a little... for the Math part we used the Singapore Maths part of the Sonlight Curriculum.
Which also went well.
(In my opinion...at least)
So this year we start a new venture, homeschooling in the RSA. The government has requirements and I have not yet fully investigated the situation as yet. We have chosen for Josh and Lijie the South African Public Schools curriculum.
Wish me luck...
(feeling like a butternut again)
Showing posts with label Parenting. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Parenting. Show all posts
Thursday, January 26, 2012
Monday, May 23, 2011
Chat, Chatty, Chatting
Sometimes I desire a need to take a few breaths in privacy.
I am not sure if most Mommies or Daddies experience this, but a moment to yourself is deeply cherished. (Even if it is doing something as dull as washing up the dishes, by YOURSELF!)
My day is usually filled with Josh and Lijah’s around the clock playtime commentary; it’s quiet entertaining. (There is nothing more delightful than these little conversations.)
Whether I am in the shower, in the middle of a telephone conversation, talking to the neighbor, or really trying hard to understand Jacques’ thoughts on Christology; the boys never fail to include me in their goings on. (Now I know why little kids get into trouble for talking in class, they actually don’t stop!)
I have just realised how much information one requires when they are parenting children and yes, I have only figured this out after being a Mommy for nearly six years now!
You seem to think it would be basic questions, it is exactly how it starts out, it just progresses as the minutes (I am not exaggerating) go by!
Your need-to-know HAS to increase.
Your ears and eyes have to be sharper.
Understanding different dialects of English, is incredibly important. (Or of your home language)
Being able to play catch with one child while you teach the other Number Bonds, apparently requires skill that no tertiary institute will teach you!
Having at least ONE new exciting thing to do in a day is required by those you are in the company of.
You need to have a high speed internet as queries get made often and just as quickly.
Answers need to be backed up by videos or images (a kids interpretation of ‘fact’).
Be prepared to move off topic and then get back on it five days later!
These are also some of the reasons that I am never bored, or finish a 100 page book in 500 days, or forget what I am doing while trying to look up tornados. I could never do this anywhere else, at any other time of my life or with any other two little boys.
(Lijah has just come in to tell me about spiders got to run!)
Love and Light
I am not sure if most Mommies or Daddies experience this, but a moment to yourself is deeply cherished. (Even if it is doing something as dull as washing up the dishes, by YOURSELF!)
My day is usually filled with Josh and Lijah’s around the clock playtime commentary; it’s quiet entertaining. (There is nothing more delightful than these little conversations.)
Whether I am in the shower, in the middle of a telephone conversation, talking to the neighbor, or really trying hard to understand Jacques’ thoughts on Christology; the boys never fail to include me in their goings on. (Now I know why little kids get into trouble for talking in class, they actually don’t stop!)
I have just realised how much information one requires when they are parenting children and yes, I have only figured this out after being a Mommy for nearly six years now!
You seem to think it would be basic questions, it is exactly how it starts out, it just progresses as the minutes (I am not exaggerating) go by!
Your need-to-know HAS to increase.
Your ears and eyes have to be sharper.
Understanding different dialects of English, is incredibly important. (Or of your home language)
Being able to play catch with one child while you teach the other Number Bonds, apparently requires skill that no tertiary institute will teach you!
Having at least ONE new exciting thing to do in a day is required by those you are in the company of.
You need to have a high speed internet as queries get made often and just as quickly.
Answers need to be backed up by videos or images (a kids interpretation of ‘fact’).
Be prepared to move off topic and then get back on it five days later!
These are also some of the reasons that I am never bored, or finish a 100 page book in 500 days, or forget what I am doing while trying to look up tornados. I could never do this anywhere else, at any other time of my life or with any other two little boys.
(Lijah has just come in to tell me about spiders got to run!)
Love and Light
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