Good days…

Just when I was thinking that I just couldn’t handle all.the.things, life has thrown me a bar of chocolate and a warm duvet. The last couple of weeks have been full of good conversation, cuddles with my gorgeous children and praying and thinking out loud with others walking the road of “we don’t know what we’re doing but it looks like God is somehow in this”. (They’ve also been filled with trying to cram in my last project and ‘exit’ interviews before I can be declared (more or less) a responsible ‘fully accredited minister’. I’ve tricked them all, apparently!) 🙂 If I get through all the requirements then I will be getting a handshake and a prayer in May at the Baptist Assembly. Finally! Oh joyousness!

DD is nearly 5 years old. 5! 5?! Of course, I can’t believe that it has flown by so quickly, etc etc. She is going through a particularly sweet phase at the moment of being ridiculously helpful and affectionate. Its pretty awesome. I’m really enjoying hanging out with her and DS. He is as random, hilarious and quirky as usual. Regularly wearing DD’s clothes and accessories, and being more than just a little bit obsessed with his naked body. (In fact, make that general nakedness. Shouts of “You’re naked! You’re naked!” seem to bring him particular delight. We’ve had words.)

Last week I decided that it would be good to try to make our mornings a bit more structured than they have been. We have been trying out http://www.teachyourmonstertoread.com and also doing the free exercises on http://uk.ixl.com. You get 20 ‘free’ ones to try a day but after that you’re supposed to pay for subscription. I’ll see if DD is interested enough before a forking out the cash. It has been fun so far and its great seeing DD discover that she can do things herself. She has been trying to blend more sounds into words and seeing the excitement and thrill when she has read a word correctly is just priceless!

On the good days, HE is so awesome. On the bad days, it is really hard. But I think that that is just a description of parenting in general, isn’t it? I don’t believe that all the people who have their children in school are floating on some kind of higher plane than me just because they have their children in school. I guess we all have to roll with the punches to a certain extent but the stakes are higher for those of us doing something a bit alternative. I don’t get interrogated too much, but random members of the general public do ask me more about our choice to not have DD in school yet than I imagine most school-sending parents would get asked about why they send their children to school…

Anyway, for the moment I’m trying not to worry too much about what the future holds, and just enjoy the learning, time and freedom that we have now. Its a sweet sweet thing.