So, today we set up our old bounce house. The 9-year-old, Bug, (who is really too big for it) has been bouncing in it for much of the day. The 2-year-old, Dot, is mortally afraid of it, just like Bug was when he was her age! I had really wanted Dot to bounce out some of her energy.
We were afraid that Bug had made a hole in the bounce house earlier, and Bee was dispatched to see if there was anything he could do. He determined that the problem was with the air pump connection, and the bounce house was soon working perfectly again. Later, Bug wanted to use it again and asked me to help him. I told him I was busy getting the crockpot ready and he should do it himself. Lo and behold, he hooked it up himself and proudly told me that it was working better than ever.
I was just thinking about how homeschooling provides all sorts of little opportunities like that for children to problem solve and feel useful and good about themselves. This is in the midst of a rainy day with lots of audio book listening
for Bug, woodworking for Bee, and way too much Daniel Tiger for Dot.
We are not as much on summer break as I had originally intended, due to unexpectedly taking off time to move house locally (!) , but are having a pretty laid back couple of months.
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