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Not that today was all that bad but the beginning of the week even when you don’t work a 9-5 job just is tough, at least for me. Is it the impending doom of having to do the laundry, having to admit I have no clue what our days will end up looking like. Especially if like today they are filled with down pouring rain? Or is it knowing that most of my and Fins friends will be busy all day and we will not have the comforting interruption of a impromptu play date? Whatever it is, Mondays usually blow pretty hard.
Anyway in homeschooling developments Finley had his first Montessori Math class last Friday and it was AWESOME! I think it is going to be just what the terrible at math homeschooling mom ordered. He seemed really engaged and plugged in and I was kind of amazed at how all the kids seemed naturally interested in math and numbers. I was so impressed I wondered why I had abandoned Montessori as our primary teaching style and after some research I was reminded of the Montessori no creative play/imaginary play rule. That’s just not going to fly with two creatives as parents. So its Reggio Emilia all the way. Not that I was unhappy with Reggio I just was so impressed with how well Finley responded to the Montessori methods. When I was talking with Tobias he made a good point though, he said “He doesn’t really like to do that stuff anyway…” Good point. Fin isn’t much for the imaginary play and while he is happy to draw a picture every once and again if I never made him do another craft he would be just as happy…which again takes me around in the circle of, is Montessori a BETTER fit for him…all this thinking…so stressful, so tired.
Here is something completely unrelated and random…I was looking at farm property today. I don’t know why. Well actually I do, I am completely and utterly jealous of soulemama. She and her family just bought a beautiful farmhouse and I want it or at least my version of it. Then I think, could I really live on a farm with animals and do all that farm living stuff? I think at this point in my life the answer is YES! I would be thrilled to do it. But a farm? Not a country home like a farm where we would live and have to work and clean.
Anyway I am allowing myself to over romanticize what it would be like to live on a farm and this is the property I want:
http://www.franklumiarealestate.com/listings.php?lid=00077103
Okay go look I will wait…
Okay did you see the swimming pond? And the kitchen? The fireplace(s) …It has SEVEN bedrooms. And all the glorious space, trees and water and grass, O MY! How cute would A and F look sitting on those little white stairs?
Yea. I want it, like yesterday I want it. Ah! A girl can dream.
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