Right now we're talking (and praying) a lot about the idea of homeschooling. I think I've mentioned on here that I didn't transition to being a 'school mum' as smoothly as I thought I would and I've become more and more interested in the concept of homeschooling as the year progresses.As I was praying about it the other night, a former colleague came to mind who I knew had homeschooled her 2 boys when they were very young. I wondered why she'd decided to stop and thought it would be great to chat with her about the whole thing.
The next day, who should I run into at the shops but her! I told her it was a 'God thing' (as opposed to a 'coincidence') and she agreed. It was awesome to be able to get her perspective and encouragement. And lately there have been a lot of blog posts on homeschooling that I've found encouraging as well. Particularly this one that I read tonight, because as I shared the 'God thing' experience at HFG the other night, someone asked me WHY I wanted to homeschool...and my answer was pretty pathetic! But in reading this post I just totally agreed with her :) plus a few other reasons.
The other topic that came up that I've been thinking and praying a lot about this week is stress vs peace, and the choice we have in responding to each situation. This post was good confirmation about what God was speaking to me about.
Otherwise around here I've been trying to get back to normal life after full time work.
I bought Ariella a couple of new pairs of shoes and some new clothes as she continues to grow like crazy! I just LOVE these boots, and the other pair are red mary janes. I remember loving a pair like them when I was little so it's especially nice. I also finished off the dress I made her, overcoming my fear of buttonholes! Hopefully I'll get a shot of her wearing it this weekend.
Last sunday I tried to get a group shot of the kids...there was success in that they all sat on the couch together for a reasonable length of time, but this is the ONLY shot I got with them all looking at the camera :( they were having too much fun and after this shot went completely silly. It was fun but I wish I'd gotten just one good shot lol.
I did get a (kinda) lovely one of the boys tho (Malakai is working on his smiles!)
A short while ago we took down our play pen. I love the way it opened up our living area.
We're looking at plans for a cubby house and thinking about the boys sharing a room. Lots of ideas getting tossed around. Malakai turns 3 in a couple of weeks. wow. He's really looking forward to his party :)Better stop procrastinating and get back to work!
God bless
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