Spring Break for our little Waldorf school starts on Friday and with the advent of homeschooling in our very near future, we are planning outings and experiments to take baby steps into the homeschool world that lurks all around us.
We figure that between trips to the zoo, the science museum and hopefully a trip to the beloved art museum, we have a lot to look forward too. Add a puppy and a 7 yr old golden retriever to take on long daily walks, friends to have over for lunch and dinner and a fair the day before Easter and you have yourself a doozy of a first week!
In preparation for the fair, which is quickly becoming a family affair, my oldest daughter kindly offered up her services as model for the new bunny clips I have been working away on to show examples of how they can be worn. At the same time, my thirteen year old son has started to develop a decent work drive and is making felting kits to sell. So, now armed with how to photos on different ways to wear your hair with a bunny landscape in it (we call them "Hare Style") , we are working together to create a beautiful booth for the fair that everyone can contribute to. I am hoping that the children will even come and take shifts with me- See?- We're gnomeschooling already!
In addition to the aforementioned outings, I am have heard the whisper that there are plans in the works to write some stories over break and my own personal goal is to do some of those 5 Minute Math Problems every day and finish my Cesar Milan books as well as finally listen to the Teen/Tween lecture by Kim John Payne.
On the other hand, perhaps we will drink hot cocoa and play Quiddler or just practice our Choroi flutes, alto recorders and the trombone together- Maybe we can add in the guitar, drum and piano and make up a strange little musical family circus--alas, if we could only get the dogs to cluck like chickens and the geckos to do the tango, we could be a real roadside attraction......
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