In my life

We had an excellent adventure planned for today...but alas it was not to be. Both the boys were up in the night with sickness and so today was a stay at home day and lie on the sofa under a blanket. And there endth today's post? No. The learning goes on. Even in our half awake not so energetic state.

This morning was playing games on the ipad and a long sleep in for Plum and mummy. The boys were so quiet in their 'we're not well' state that we slept right on until 10am. There was an attempt at food but very little was consumed even by Pumpkin although he was most insistent that he wanted porridge and toast, he didn't eat either. He had tried to get himself a drink of milk this morning and when I emerged from slumber, I found milk all over the kitchen floor. 

The next few hours mostly passed with Reading Eggs and a string of questions about volcanoes from Bean which we spent time googling and he also wanted to know why it said gooooooooooooooogle at the bottom of the page and read it perfectly. I put together a little book of his volcano questions and answers for him. How hot is lava? Which is hotter lava or the sun? What is lava? What happens when you touch lava? where are volcanoes? 

I spent about 20 minutes looking at the Where's Wally book with Pumpkin and making paper aeroplanes which he then drew on to make them army planes.

We did think about going outside in the garden as it was such lovely weather but Bean was quite right when he pointed out that he got tired walking from the sofa to the door (all of about five steps) so we opted to stay put.

We attempted lunch, all seemed quite keen but again the food consumption was low, practically non-existent. And the afternoon was a watching fest and a cuddling-sleeping-milk feeding fest from Plum. As is the way, when the solid food consumtion is low the milk requirement goes back up. Love that I don't have to worry about her intake as breast milk provides what she needs. 

Bean drew this on Reading Eggs: A picture of the sunset (black lines are the night coming)
 and the sea going in and out (it is out atm and the white line shows where it comes in to)

Sometimes I think the blog sounds like i'm trying to justify our every activity, defining the educational in everything or squeezing out what is deemed to be educational in everything, when in fact it is not like that at all. I like blog to remind us of our journey (I have the memory of a goldfish) and to remind myself that, even in the tough times, the joys far out weigh any sticky moments we may have. I like to blog about the educational slant on our day by way of demonstrating that life is enough; that encouraging my children's natural inquisitive nature and taking interest in their interests and introducing them to others is enough; that playing is enough; that doing life together is enough; and, today, being the one that is there for them when they are ill or when they fall or when they question or when they are angry or when they are confused or when they are laughing or when they are alone is more important than 'can they read?' 'can they write?' 'do they know their 2 times table?' It's sometimes hard to convey that when you blog about the 'what?' in the day rather than the 'why?' but I love spending my days with my children and i'm glad i have that option in my life.