Mason's, Maddox's, and my footprints. On Friday, the weather was just beautiful. So we crusied through school and headed outdoors. First we went to a park that Mason has wanted to go to all summer. While we were there I decided we would head over to Canal Park. The weather was too beautiful for us not to be at the beach and near water. Mason, Maddox, and I had a wonderful time. It was a perfect day. About 80 degrees, sunshine, the lake....This is one of the perks of homeschooling. We were able to relate some things we have learned about the sun and moon while out at Canal Park.
Mason had fun skipping rocks and even did a "triple". (He says Craig can do a "fipple"--that's five skips mom, you know like "triple" is three?) Maddox had a blast playing in the wet sand. He was covered in it. He would have crawled into the water too. He doesn't seem to have too much fear about anything (except the vacuum, and the sound of loud waves). Then we walked down to the lighthouse. Mason had fun trying to lift all the anchors along the way--and was amazed that he couldn't. All in all, it was just a picture perfect day for all of us.
Studying space has been incredible. We watched a Nova program about Black Holes and it is all so amazing to me. Everything out there in the universe is all lined up so perfectly. I feel so small and insignificant when I really think about it. So often I go through the day dwelling on what I "deserve" and my "rights" to this or that. And really, I am just a tiny part of this whole expanse we live in. It's amazing how God put all that in order. I mean, Jupiter has 62 moons. And they don't crash into each other. We have a black hole in our universe with the potential to eat our galaxy, but everything is spaced out so perfectly, it doesn't. God seems so much bigger to me now. And then I am amazed at how much he cares about little ol' me and my challenges and struggles. At times it is overwhelming.
Yesterday a friend called and let us know about a free event at the Duluth Art Institute, so the boys and I headed out the door. It was a wonderful event. They had art stations set up for the children to try different art activities. Mason wove a bracelet, made a mobile, did some metal tooling and made a bowl out of clay. He loved it. And he was very serious about it. There isn't much talking going on when he is a workin'. I didn't get too many pictures
because my battery was almost toast. I'll get a picture of him with his projects though and put it on his blog.
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Today Craig and Mason are at Boulder Lake for "Boulderlakearama". There is fishing, pontoon rides, bonfires, a BBQ and I think a hay ride as well as hiking. They should be home soon.
Maddox is doing well, but he just cannot have bananas. He is so uncomfortable if he has them and has horrid nights. Peaches don't seem to be sitting with him too well. Sometimes I delude myself into thinking everything is fine, and all we need to avoid is coconut, peanuts, dairy, soy, goat milk, white potato, green beans, peppers and eggs. Feeding him is going to be a challenge and I need to take it slow with him and just really pay attention. And pray. And pray some more :)
He is still just a happy little guy with laughs and smiles for everyone. He will give Mason "luvs" if you ask him to (not so much for me though), gives fives, waves "bye-bye" and loves to scoot through things and under things. He often gets stuck, but his basic style is :"I am going this way no matter what and you had better get out of my way". Not crawling yet, but man, he is fast with the scoots, and is stealth-like. He is pulling himself to his knees and has pulled to standing a few times. He may walk before he crawls. Junal was like that. Sleep at night has been getting better, only because Craig is helping out. He will take Maddox downstairs in the middle of the night and just hold him while he cries.(it usually doesn't last long...20 minutes if that) But...the other night he actually went over 7 hours without needing to eat and woke up happy and content...but hungry. I hope this becomes a trend.
1 comment:
oh, canal park, sigh.
It sounds like the perfect day with your boys. xoxo
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