Feelin' Good.

I have an amazing husband and an amazing Mom.

Both of them took care of the kids so I could go on a Mom's Retreat last night. The First Grade Teacher at Ike's Waldorf School organized a Mom's retreat for everyone. We rented a funky house right on the water in Santa Cruz.. I was the first to get to the house yesterday and had the place to myself for 2 hours! I sat on a lounge in the sun (Sun! We actually had warm, sunny weather. What fun!) and knitted. It was a wonderful thing to be in a house with 14 women working on craft projects, talking about dreams, wishes, kids, husbands, birth and all sorts of things. Wonderful food, too much wine and chocolate and a Sacred Eurhythmy exercise. I slept well, woke refreshed and wanting to come home to my family. It was a wonderful and needed break.

Some of the moms asked me how I could handle leaving Gray. My response: "This night is my oxygen mask. I have to put it on myself first before I can give it to my kids." And they understood.

I just need to do it more often than once every 2 years.

I'm glad I went. It was awesome to come home feeling as good as I do.

Homeschooling This Week

Month of January: Language Arts Block
Spanish for month:
Wheels on the bus (Cante 46)

Homeschooling plans for the week of January 25-29
Music for the week: Baa Baa Black Sheep

Monday:
Ike: The Letter G and The Golden Goose (First Grade 109) Draw a G Goose in MLB
Elli and Gwen: Jack Frost (they get this story all week)
Baking: Icicle Bread Sticks
Afternoon: origami cranes
Activites:

    * All TKD (assuming I get to talk to Mr. Moore about it)

Tuesday:
Ike: Narrate and Summarize. Copy summary into MLB
Form Draw; First Grade page 110
Painting: Blue Hides her Face (WHE color story) Didn't get to this last week.
Activities

    * Ike: Eurythmy at MGWS at 8:40AM
    * Ike: Vision Therapy @ 2PM
    * Girls: Off to M's at 1:30

Wednesday:
Ike: The Letter K and King Thrush's Beard (First Grade 112)
Modeling: Thrushes
Afternoon: Milk Carton Bird Feeders
Activities:

• All: Co-op at Lincoln Glen Park @10AM

Thursday:
Ike: Narrate and Summarize, Copy summary into MLB
Form Drawing: review waves
Copywork: this week's Music
Afternoon: Ice Candles
No ACTIVITIES!!! WooT!

Friday:
Ike: Forest Friday
Elli and Gwen: KidsPark
Library Day


Last week's Goals
work on mollygm's hat (Finished on the Mom's Retreat. CUTE!!!)
finish "Ask and it is Given" (Even returned to the Library)
Start one of the sleeping books  ( Finished Both. Started some with Gray, but then he came down with a cold)
Practice Recorder twice (I cleaned house instead)
Prep for Mom's Retreat this weekend. (Awesome! See post here about it)

This Week's Goals
Practice Recorder Twice
Finish First Lord's Fury
Finish Temperaments in Education
Request St. Francis Book from library
Work on mollygm  daughter M's hat (Third try is the charm).
Paint with the kids this week

Musings Adding Co-op and Vision Therapy has eaten more out of my schedule than I realized it would Oy! I'm going to try and do school with Ike before co-op instead of walking the dog. That way we can just be done. Last couple of times we did it after we got back while the girls were in quiet time, but then I didn't get quiet time and I got cranky. We'll see what happens.