The Rhythm of Our Days

We had 5-6 inches of snow this weekend and stayed home the whole time because. All of us played in it for hours; we read and watched movies and had steaming cups of hot chocolate. Most significantly, Dad and Mom watched The Secret online and got a new inspiration.

Today I woke up ready to have a really productive day. I planned to get back to a full Monday with formal school stuff and really cross a bunch of stuff of my “list”. But watching the kids for a few minutes made me hold my tongue a moment and then a moment became the day.

Firstborn spent hours creating floor plans and diagrams of rooms and arrangements for future project ideas. He measured walls, mapped out details like doors and windows, and worked on scale.  He read The Once And Future King for a large chunk of the morning and then took it upon himself to “detail clean” the living room, including vacuuming in the cushions and dusting the electronics!

Sunshine made a series of drawings to go with some poems she’s been working on. She put on classical music and dressed up the baby and taught him to dance. She helped W with money and watched a documentary on skeleton systems (endo and exo) with him.

W cut out pictures for collages with me. He gathered eggs and tended the chickens. He worked on a puzzle and watched that documentary.

RK played with dominoes. He danced. He laughed. He played. He watched. He listened.

All of the above was self-directed.  A dictated day from Mom would have thwarted all of it. Sometimes it’s just good to let it be.