I feel like I lost the last couple of years, between working with AO and having the baby. But this year is going to be different. My children are growing up so fast and I feel like I could be making more of the opportunity to be with them while I still can. I've had this verse in my mind for awhile: "A wise woman strengthens her family, but a foolish woman destroys hers by what she does." (Prov 14: 1) I don't want to let the time I have with them slip through my fingers. I'm inspired from the recent AO conference, both from hearing the speakers, and from watching Queen Shenaynay's family in action during our stay at their beehive. I'm hoping to spend more time enjoying my kids and enjoying our school year instead of just trying to rush through it. I haven't got it all worked out yet, but one thing we're going to do is to have tea a couple times a week.
We've done that some Sundays, but I think we need something to make our schooldays a little more fun. Tuesdays and Thursdays we have nothing going on, so those will be our tea days.
The first thing to do--plan for success by getting the tea things out where they'll be easy to get to, and easy to put away. I re-organized a shelf to make room for the teapot and cups - including Miss M's plastic cup and saucer. :)
Then a trip to the health food store to get some non-trans fat treats and organic cheese. I figure fruit-nuts-cheese-and a treat ought to be a nice routine.
Today, being Tuesday, was our first school tea (even though we don't start school for almost two week). We put on Bach's Brandenburg Concertos, buckled Miss M in her chair, and we had tea.
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