I definitely think I have the best job in the world! I truly enjoy learning as I prepare for homeschooling Handsome and home-preschooling Hunky. I never thought I liked Science much in my school days. But I have discovered that I LOVE Science. It is fun to learn about life, and how things work, and the laws of Nature and how things are created. I never cease to marvel at the findings my boys come up with, either. Like, this week, we were enjoying a leisure time on the patio, when Handsome shrieks that he sees something "really cool!" Indeed, it was! A dragonfly was desperately wanting a drop of water from the spicket. He flew around, his wings beating so rapidly that they almost looked stationary. He looked like a little miniature helicopter as he hovered, waiting for one of us to turn on the water, apparently. Since that wasn't our intent, he flew around our heads as if trying to give us a hint, and then hovered again over the facet. He landed and attempted to extract fluid from the spout and then flew off again. He seemed to be unafraid of us and unconcerned that we could possibly catch him. What a marvelous creature!
And then Baby Girl became fascinated by "rocks" of dirt, that, once touched, disintegrated into powder on the patio. She giggled each time Handsome brought her one to touch into oblivion. I, simply enjoyed the scene, with my ice water in hand. Yes, that is the best job around! Even when, like today, I took my attention off the boys momentarily...and suddenly the patio table was the center of a mud bakery. They were simply making cookies, but were covered head to toe in the "dough" of mud. And Baby Girl decided to taste some, too! All this, in, literally, less than a minute. (Unfortunately, she LIKED it! Yuck!!)
But then we have the giggles that won't stop because we are chasing each other around the family room, sometimes with a pillow, sometimes not. Either way, someone (me, most likely) is going to get sabbatoged at any moment! Sometimes the boys don't know when to quit, but that beats the days when the boss's constant emails and memos drove me crazy! There were no gales of laughter there!
We have made cake in a cup, "painted" with a feather quill, made up silly sentences, played Abby the Alligator word game until I can recite them all in my sleep, examined the vanes of feathers with a magnifying glass, visited the gymnastics clinic, and counted to 100 by ones, twos, fives, and tens...all in a week...PLUS we also got our math and other reading assignments accomplished along with the Social Studies and Bible we had planned. I decided to combine a bit of history and Bible, in that this is the season of the beginning of the Jewish Holidays. We started with Abraham. I never realized the impact the story of Lot's wife turning into a pillar of salt could have on little boys. They were fascinated by the story enough to repeat it in surprisingly correct detail, to their mother. They told her, "God told that lady not to look back at the burning city where she had friends, but she didn't listen, and looked anyway and she turned into a pitcher of salt." My daughter said, "I think you mean 'pillar'of salt, don't you?" The interesting thing, is though I did use the phrase, "pillar", I described it as a ""statue"...funny what they pick up on...and what they imagine in their minds! Oh, I must be careful in my descriptions of Scripture and Biblcal stories! They will embellish them with gusto!
And we get to go on outings to experience God's Creation. And Baby Girl joins in as much as she can. As you can see, she thinks she is a student as well! (She is! She is learning where her nose, eyes, ears, mouth, are...and recently increased her vocabulary to include, "horsie" and "ME!!!!Stawbaby mil!) (Strawberry milk!) I had asked the boys who wants regular and who wants strawberry milk for lunch. Each had responded by stating "Me! Strawberry milk!", so she followed their lead.
See? I DO have the best job in the world! I get to laugh A LOT. I get hugged A LOT! I get to learn and teach all at the same time. Wouldn't trade this for a high-paying regular job in a million years!