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That's 100% precious. Just the kind of thing I've experiencing from
Karl. He has such great little thoughtful moments. I like taking note
of them and storing them up for good memories. He knows how to write
down separate letters of the alphabet but since he's not a fluent
reader yet he often dictates notes and stories and draws pictures with
them. I have a lot of notes and stickers Karl has given me.

I have one on the refrigerator that says: "Dear Mommy, I just wanted
you to have this so you can be happy" with a smiley face he drew
himself. He asked me to write it down for a note he wanted me to have,
and then he put it on the refrigerator.

While in church today, to keep him interested during a longish music
concert (the whole service worth) by some very wonderful accomplished
musicians, all three of us .... me, Brian and Karl .... drew a picture
on the blank back of the program sheet. He drew a boy (himself), Brian
drew his clothes, Karl drew our dog (great picture of Katie), I drew a
cat (unfortunately not OUR cat but serendipitously a Siamese cat),
Karl drew the dog leash, a soccer ball, the sun, a bolt or ray coming
from the sun (and later he said lightening is just a flash that comes
from God's eye -- I was like "wow! how like Zeus"), I drew a hula
hoop, a tree, a flower. It was drawn to the music. Hopefully I'll get
around to blogging it this week.

Unschooling to me is about developing and noticing the relationships
between people that are developing in the family for years... while
they're happening. And not letting those things slip away unnoticed.
It's about nurturing such things. And enjoying them as they happen.
Living in the moment.

~Katherine





On Sun, Jul 18, 2010 at 2:49 PM, Lauren Stranahan
<mrsstranahan@...> wrote:
> Earlier in the week I went to bed with one kitchen counter really cluttered
> up with stuff and crumbs. I woke up to a clean counter with the fruit and my
> teas all organized nicely and the crumbs wiped off. A note left by my 11 yr
> old daughter written in pink marker on a paper towel was in the middle of
> the counter that said, "I love you."
>
> It's not uncommon for Olivia to go on little cleaning bursts late at night.
> She also likes to leave me notes to find in the morning. Recently I work up
> to a note on the refrigerator that said, "Make muffins." So before she got
> up for the day I made some banana chocolate chip muffins. I melted the
> butter in the microwave and forgot to add it to the muffins. I didn't
> realize I'd left it out until after they were baking. The muffins were good
> enough .. we ate them all.. they were just a little solid and dense.
>
> The next morning I woke up and my 9 yr old son had added to Olivia's muffin
> note .. It said, "Add butter!!!" So I made more. :)
>
> My mom has been telling me for a couple years now that the kids are old
> enough to have chores. She gets frustrated with me and tells me I would be
> helping them learn responsibility, but I'd rather have the love notes.
>
> Lauren
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> On Sun, Jul 18, 2010 at 12:23 PM, Sandra Dodd <Sandra@...> wrote:
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>> -=-but we must pick up our toys inside before going outside-=-
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>> This is cast in the form of a rule, and you're using the "we" that
>> nurses use when they say "How are we feeling today?"
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>> http://sandradodd.com/rules
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>> Sandra
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