Our spring has been swallowed up by projects. Our self-proclaimed love of gardening, homeschooling, community activism and so on has somehow caused months to disappear. SO, today I find myself holding a cup of coffee at a nameless corporation with my five year old, having a heart-to-heart.
"Let's talk about something, mom."
"Ok, what?"
"I don't know. My birthday party."
Her birthday isn't until August.
We outline a theme for her party and sketch out some ideas. But mostly we talk about the REST of the summer and all the fun we have planned with summer library programs, Vacation Bible School, special family visits, camping trips, beach trips, playdates and, my favorite, weekly local hikes. We got excited about having no regular agenda beyond the weekly calendar. By September I'm sure we'll both be ready for homeschool co-op, violin lessons, choir and gymnastics.
Coming up this fall: The Three Week Roadtrip: That thing that all homeschool families talk about wanting to do and that's why they homeschool. I will be blogging about it, here.
What are your summer plans? What are you looking forward to in the coming year? Share...
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