Some favorites this Friday:
1. Music class with my youngest. We ended up going twice this week because we had a makeup class, and she was so cute dancing and singing and imitating the teacher. She also had a checkup and entertained herself while waiting by singing all of the songs from class. I tried and failed to get a good video of this.
2. The bands Plains and Snocaps. They both have Katie Crutchfield in them and a folk sound, and something about her voice feels good for my soul. If you want to check them out, my favorite songs from Plains are No Record of Wrong, Line of Sight, and Abilene. I’ve just started listening to Snocaps (the album only came out last week), but so far I’m really liking Heathcliff.
3. We recently stopped doing TV on weeknights. I’m not against the kids watching TV, but I noticed that they were having a hard time getting immersed in playing when my oldest got home from school because it wouldn’t be that long before they watched their show while I cooked dinner. Then they were cranky transitioning from TV to dinner and my oldest wouldn’t want to eat. I thought this change would feel like a lot of work or like I had less time to myself, but it’s been nice. Dinners have felt more relaxing, the kids play outside more in the limited time before dark, and my six-year-old has been helping me cook dinner here and there. For now this has made evenings feel more relaxing.
Some afternoons lately:
4. Filling out reflection pages in my planner. Many months I skip this, but this month I really enjoyed answering all the prompts. I use a Sprouted Weekly Planner.
5. Making foods that go with the cooler mornings and evenings: lasagna, beef stew, and tomato soup were a few favorites this week.
1. Music class with my youngest. We ended up going twice this week because we had a makeup class, and she was so cute dancing and singing and imitating the teacher. She also had a checkup and entertained herself while waiting by singing all of the songs from class. I tried and failed to get a good video of this.
2. The bands Plains and Snocaps. They both have Katie Crutchfield in them and a folk sound, and something about her voice feels good for my soul. If you want to check them out, my favorite songs from Plains are No Record of Wrong, Line of Sight, and Abilene. I’ve just started listening to Snocaps (the album only came out last week), but so far I’m really liking Heathcliff.
3. We recently stopped doing TV on weeknights. I’m not against the kids watching TV, but I noticed that they were having a hard time getting immersed in playing when my oldest got home from school because it wouldn’t be that long before they watched their show while I cooked dinner. Then they were cranky transitioning from TV to dinner and my oldest wouldn’t want to eat. I thought this change would feel like a lot of work or like I had less time to myself, but it’s been nice. Dinners have felt more relaxing, the kids play outside more in the limited time before dark, and my six-year-old has been helping me cook dinner here and there. For now this has made evenings feel more relaxing.
Some afternoons lately:
4. Filling out reflection pages in my planner. Many months I skip this, but this month I really enjoyed answering all the prompts. I use a Sprouted Weekly Planner.
5. Making foods that go with the cooler mornings and evenings: lasagna, beef stew, and tomato soup were a few favorites this week.
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