daybook

My Daybook ~3 August

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Outside My Window ... gorgeous blue skies, stereotypical clouds, cool breeze, warm, absolutely perfect weather
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I am thinking ... how heavy a baby gets when you have to hold him aaaaaaaaaaalllllllll daaaaaaaaaay

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I am thankful ... my family
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From the learning rooms ... more books checked off the list from our Sonlight curriculum, and we haven't even "started school" yet. The more I do with homeschooling, the more I'm all about the unschooling tendencies...

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From the kitchen ... awesome burgers, leftover birthday cake, fresh veggies

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I am wearing ... a faded teal Gap tee shirt I've had since college, and yoga pants (and I didn't do any yoga either.) Seems like I always wear loungey clothes on Mondays.

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I am creating ... memories

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I am reading ... Free-Range Kids --and totally laughing my head off. I LOVE this author! She's hilarious. I read half the book before I went to sleep last night. You already know I agree with her philosophically, but I didn't know the book would be so FUN to read.

An excerpt:One of my favorite warnings, reprinted on many Web sites including Halloween-Safety.com, tells parents, "Make sure, if your child is carrying a prop, such as a scythe, butcher knife or pitchfork, that the tips are smooth and flexible enough to not cause an injury if fallen on."

Fallen on?

Ding dong. Trick or--HELP! I've fallen right on top of my plastic butcher knife prop--how do you like that? Darn its non-rubber-tipped sharpness, it is slicing straight through my sternum? Why oh why didn't my mother heed that advice on the helpful Web sit that just happens to be sponsored by a Halloween supply shop and buy a smooth and flexible butcher knife (or pitchfork or scythe) instead?

I have just one question for the folks who dream up those safety warnings: Have you ever seen a knife land blade side up?

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I am hoping ... to see my Grandma many more times.


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I am hearing... The girls "singing themselves to sleep"

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Around the house ...still meeting my goal of keeping the kitchen clean after a whole week! This is SO not my natural tendency; this is a huge conscientious effort on my part. I'm the kind of girl who moves around in a whirlwind, and the next time she walks back into the kitchen goes, "Who left all those cabinet doors open?"

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One of my favorite things ... sleeping (I'm not gonna lie)

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A few plans for the rest of the week ...order my passport, dinner at a Thai restaurant with my besties, maybe another knitting class, lunch with my sister
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Here is a picture thought I am sharing~