Mom's Eureka Moments

Since we've gotten back from our trip, I've been spending a lot of time sorting photos. Over 4,000 of them! Still working on that project, and I'll be posting some small slideshows from different parts of the trip.

We've all been settling into a steady school routine, a little more conservative and traditional than we've been. I think we are all feeling the need to get back in a routine and maybe play a little "catch-up?". The kids have been working out of several textbooks, and have been attending workshops.

"The Dad" and I were both talking yesterday about what a good attitude "the boy" has had lately about school, music, cleaning his room, everything. Its been neat to see him get focused, and take pride in his accomplishments. It feeds on itself. Watching that unfold has been a Eureka Moment for me this week.

I haven't been pushing too many special projects this week (except the croissant project, which turned out well, but we all--even the kids--were feeling a bit sick from eating too much, and that was only two each!) It has been wonderful to see the kids generate their own special projects. "Sam" read her social studies chapter this morning, about the California Indians, and went outside to find acorns. She wants to make acorn mush for herself. C found a rusty bolt in the fire pile and wanted to rehabilitate it. He looked it up on the internet, and asked if he could have some oxalic acid. . . that was re-directed (who has that around the house, anyway?) and now they are disolving a nail in muriatic acid (from the pool).

When they ask us something we don't know the answer to, we tell them to look it up. We used to get a lot of "aw mom!", but lately they seem to just go to the computer and look it up! Very exciting!