It's nice not to be too hot and humid. We enjoyed a trip to the park this week. T climbed up several slides all by himself, and I enjoyed watching him try to prance around the sidewalk. He is getting stronger on his feet. He's been walking for several months now, but he can't step up and down very much yet. So watching him do that little skip-step was fun for me. In the last picture, he had crawled into a little tunnel that has circular windows. Then I played peek-a-boo-you-got-me with him. :)
This was a fun event that we attended. The Bubble Mania"c" was a really good entertainer - he interacted with the audience and had the stage presence of a circus performer. He manipulated bubbles, put bubbles inside bubbles, put bubbles outside bubbles, made a square bubble, put fog inside bubbles, and ... put on a good show. We arrived 30 minutes early, and the line was already out the door and up the stairs (the auditorium is on a lower level). The show actually started 10 minutes early, because we were seated to capacity by then, and they were turning people away.
I love to hear/watch my daughter practice piano. I have given her the "first" piano lesson several times - trying when she was 4, 5, 6. This year, she has shown ready understanding, everything is "clicking" for her, and it has been easy to get her going and watch her take off. She is at the end of her first book and will start the next level this week.
4. My eyeI didn't take a lot of pictures this week, and in part, it's because I've been sick! My eye got an infection - I think related to a headache and congestion (and some vertigo) I also experienced during the timeframe. It made me a little bit nervous to see my eye swollen half-shut and red, and to wonder if I'd still be able to see well. I consider my eyesight to be one of the hugest blessings in my life, since I am the only one of my immediate family without glasses. The jury is still out on the kids. On Thursday, I decided I was ready to be all better, and by Saturday I didn't have to have tissues on hand.
5. Homeschooling Workshop
I attended a homeschooling workshop on Saturday to make sure I understand all the laws of Alabama and to meet other homeschooling families and such. It was good. I heard some interesting homeschooling stories, and decided which church school we will join. In Alabama, it's not exactly considered homeschooling - that is there is no offical legislation on homeschooling. What you do is join a cover school or umbrella school - in particular a church school - because church schools are exempt from having to have their teachers state-certified and lesson plans approved, etc. This take on things allows a lot of liberty, although with continued increase interest in homeschooling, it will be interesting to watch if new legislation comes out. This year, in fact, a new law was passed on how to become your own private school - but again it's just a lot of hoops, so most homeschooling families will use a church school. The workshop also gave me some time to reflect on the reasons we homeschool. When you know your "why," everything else falls into place.
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