Treasured Moments (2)

Erin at Seven Little Australians and Counting is away at the moment, but I thought I'd still do my week's worth of treasured moments.

Do you find yourself falling into a pattern of daily grind, skipping the 'fun' activities because you don't have time or lack energy?

Do creative arts, nature walks, drama, read alouds or spontaneous acts seem only a distant dream in your life?

Yet these Treasured Moments shared with loved ones uplift us, nurture our soul, remind us of the beauty and joy in our lives.

We want Treasured Moments for ourselves, for our children, for our families but how can we make it happen?

... Commitment ... Encouragement ... Support ... Ideas ... Plans.

You are invited to join us at the end of every week and share your plans and ideas, your targets and goals and your stories ... your 'Treasured Moments'. In this way we may inspire one another, encourage ourselves and start achieving our dreams. Hosted by Erin at Seven Little Australians and Counting

My Treasured Moments this week are:  

 

1. Last weekend was my Dad's 70th 'surprise' birthday party.  Those of my family who could get together were there.  Dad seemed really happy to see us all in one place, and having lots of bouncy grandchildren to play with was a special bonus!  We bought him a musical birthday card, which could record a vocal message.  When he opened the card he heard us all yell out 'Happy Birthday Grandad!", then it played a lively country jig .... which I said he could dance to in celebration of his retirement.


2. We're planning some bedroom renovations with the children.  Each child has an idea of some things they'd like to change, and now that they are a little older, we're giving them some more ownership and responsibility.  It's been lovely watching them get excited about what they could do and sharing ideas together. 



3. This was Mariposa's 'week off' from bookwork.  That means she gets to do lots of 'unschooling' activities. One of her priorities was sorting through her books and toys.  We also took time to go op-shopping together and she found some lovely summer tops and skirts.  She had fun trying to find some outfits for me also.

4. Maestro had more time to do his bookwork with me, due to Mariposa's week off, and we have especially enjoyed reading his Sonlight history book "Caesar Augustus".  Very easy to read and understand; we're 1/2 way through it now.

Later, I'm sure I heard him say "Yay, Mum's going to help me more with my maths this week!" in his put-on 'cutsie' voice.  I realised then that he must be finding the NSM Singapore maths challenging, so we spent lots of time together going through that.  He's covering Fibonacci sequences, so I'm sourcing some more living maths books for him.  It was a good reminder that (i) he needs to let me know when he's struggling, and (ii) I need to clue in more to his needs / read his textbook ahead, so he doesn't feel lost.


5. Both of the children have been working fabulously together using the ACID digital music program.  My husband found he had a sample program already, so it's been downloaded to the family computer and both children enjoy working at compiling their own masterpieces.