Go visit Kendra’s site, Preschoolers and Peace to read an interview I did for her about exercising and being a mom of young kids! And then look around at all her amazingly helpful posts 
No carpool line.
I didn’t fully appreciate the time suckage that is the carpool line until my kids started VBS last week. I showed up 10 minutes early only to line up and sit.
And wait.
And wait.
And then merge with another long line of cars.
And wait.
I had Audrey with me and after 10 minutes of sitting and waiting, she asked, “Mommy, can you drive?”
“I can’t,” I said, “There’s a car in front of us.”
She considered that, and then asked, “Please?”
“No, I can’t drive, but thank you for using your good manners.”
After several more minutes, we finally crawled ahead a few car lengths, and I said, “There! We drove!”
She considered that, and then asked, “Mommy, can you drive far?”
Pattern blocks are one of those activities that really show the differences between my kids’ temperaments.
Luke quietly concentrates on putting each piece exactly in its space.
Chloe keeps up a running monologue about what she’s doing and makes up stories behind everything.
She calls this one “Four Fox Faces Kissing a Square.”
The biggest difference between the two is how they react when they finish.
Chloe basks in my approval…
Luke cheers for himself…
Then jumps up and down…
Then, inexplicably, roars like a lion.
Audrey, you’ll note, is not pictured. We had to put her down for her nap when we started because her favorite thing to do is knock everyone else’s patterns down.
And unfortunately, Chloe and Luke have the exact same reaction to that.
And it starts with screaming and ends with crying.
For homeschoolers, spring and summer are often planning times, as we start getting ready to order or create materials for the next school year.
Oh, who am I kidding? I never plan ahead. I don’t even plan our week, I just open my teacher’s guide when I feel like doing school and then pick something that looks like fun.
But, there are people who actually do plan ahead, so I just thought I’d let you all know that I updated my homeschool page (the link to it lives over in my sidebar under the “decaf” section).
It has what we’re studying now, as well as some of the things we’ve studied in the past, and a brief comment on what I thought about it.
And links! I linked everything to make it easy to find.
There’s not a whole lot there, since Chloe is somewhere between kindergarten and second grade, so we haven’t been doing this long.
Isn’t that first grade, you ask? (you think I don’t hear you, but I do!)
But you see, if Chloe were in public school she wouldn’t be allowed in first grade because her birthday is in November.
One of these days we’ll move to a state that requires forms and tests and stuff, and then we’ll pick a grade for her, but for now?
Eh, whatever. We do what works.
Otherwise you might not know you’ve been nominated for an award…
A big thank you to those of you who nominated me! Now go vote for me!
