I feel neglectful of this place. We've been busy.
Mostly, we've been playing outside! It's finally warm, and we are soaking it up, playing on the swing set, jumping on the trampoline, digging up the garden, going for walks, going to the zoo, and just generally enjoying the sunshine!
Also, Levi doesn't take naps anymore, and rest time, just doesn't work well for us, which was when I would always update this place. I better figure that one out!
Anyway, we've just been outside, which is so nice after a long winter.
feeding giraffes
Ruby is 17 months now, and is a crazy ball of energy. She LOVES animals. She points to them everywhere we go, and is slowly learning the names and sounds each one makes. This morning she brought me an animal book, was pointing to the Lion and roaring. Her vocab is exploding everyday now it seems. Yesterday she said orange, what?!? where did my baby go? I love her so much, she is a ball of energy and fun.
Levi is riding out his last days of preschool. He has 3 days left! He has thoroughly enjoyed school this year. We are thinking a lot about what we want to do next year for him. His preschool recommended he skip the 4's class, and do a young fives classroom. (This was of no surprise to us, he's crazy smart, and LOVES to learn.) It would be a jump, from 2 days a week, to 5 days a week, 1\2 days. We have also toyed with the idea of homeschooling him this next year. (and who knows, maybe more?) Ack! I don't know... homeschooling feels so scary to me... and then you're one of those people.. you know, the weird homeschoolers, and while I KNOW that's not true, and I know plenty of perfectly normal people who home school, it still feels like you might just be one step closer to jean skirts, and buns in your hair...
I wish there was a easy answer. I feel like we jump back and forth on the home school boat constantly. I think there a lot of valid reasons to home school, I also think there are a lot of valid reasons for public education. Which is why, depending on any day, I will have a different answer for you if you were to ask me about it. I mostly just wish it were an easy answer, so far, it hasn't seemed that's the case.
And my heart?
It's May, and while, for most, it brings about lots of thoughts of spring, warmth, and sunshine, May for me is always a hard month. If you've been around long enough, you know that we lost our first pregnancy (back in 08) to miscarriage, and I was due in May. It, without fail, brings out thoughts and emotions in me, that never, and I don't think will ever, go away. This year, it feels fresh, as the baby I carried in the fall was also due in May.
I'm so incredibly thankful for the blessing of children. I'm thankful that I've carried 4 children, even if I didn't have the opportunity to hold them all in my arms. That's where my heart is these days, thoughtful, a little sad, but most certainly, thankful.
