There was a time, back when I had only two children and we lived a little out of town on acreage, when we had a very routine but carefree life. Oh, it seems so long ago. My older daughter learned to read and the two little girls played endless dress up and make believe games. No TV or internet but we spent a lot of time in the garden and we had chooks and geese. We got up early and went to bed early and all sat at the table for all of our meals. It was so idyllic. I like to think of those times because it was fleeting and the storms of life since then have really given us a belting....
My younger son is at school now. He has settled in very well. Where the teachers had been concerned about his "social" life going to school after 8 1/2 years of being home educated I felt all along that he would have no trouble fitting in but that keeping up with class work would be a challenge.
He has managed to find his way around easily, picked up a regular hand ball game in the lunch break, and signed himself up for the football team :-(
It is a school of almost 1200 students so I think it must be quite daunting.
Whether his mental health issues will be a thing of the past is not clear yet but he is
certainly dealing with things in general a lot better.
He is exhausted at night which is good.
My older son is struggling a little to get motivated doing his school work at home alone.
My having to be out of the house quite a bit at the moment is not helping but also
he would like to ditch school and start working.
(Lots of attitudes to deal with in both boys and sadly myself.)
So with a new home and with all the hectic-ness of our new schedules we
have found a new normal.
It is quieter and more orderly at home but we don't seem to be "at home"
quite as much.
The twins!
It is difficult to grasp that my grandchildren are growing so quickly.
The twins were two a month ago.
They are both speaking well and very bright and energetic!
The youngest of the bunch will turn two in September.
Oh, where did the baby go?
