when life is making you low/well you can always go/downtown. Even though we were far from low, we went downtown to the main library today to catch Ali Baba and the 40 Thieves, which was a hit. We saw it twice. Hansel and Gretel is next, and we're so stoked.
We had a good day today, although I probably spent too much time cleaning and too little time playing. Note to self: play more, clean less. I think my spring cleaning fever has finally broken and I should be back to my normal, on the verge of slovenly self in no time.
I slipped a little today in my unschooling reading efforts. Our caterpillars arrived today (we are going to raise Painted Lady Butterflies) and DD announced that she was going to draw pictures for them and read to them. Naturally, I endorsed this heartily and continued to bring it up "naturally" (ha ha) all afternoon. Finally she said "I'll read to them when I want to" and that was that. Objectively, I can see that learning to read is going to be like potty training. I struggled and struggled to "train" her and she finally did it herself when she was ready. As soon as she learns to read, I'll forget all about how worried and obsessed I was, because I will have moved on to the next thing, long division or what have you. Will I ever learn?
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