A Day At The Beach

Wednesday, October 25, 2017

A Day At The Beach

When we first began homeschooling park days and times spent out of doors were a must.

Just the 5 of us doing our thing.

The four kids playing together creating, building, laughing, sharing.

These times helped to build another layer of our family life.

More than most things, I want my kids to know that they have each other's backs in life.

I want them to always look out for one another -

No matter how old they get,

Or how geographically far apart they live from one another,

Or where they are at in their life's journey.

I want them to know that they can always depend on each other.

I want them to know that each of them has value and has something to offer that the other three kids don't have ensuring that they all know that collectively they each have something to offer the others.

Homeschooling certainly helps us reinforce that vision.

I have gotten away from time together doing fun activities.

I don't know why that is.

It seems like homeschooling has been stressful for a while.

A lot of me trying to get this done and that done

And feeling like a complete failure when it doesn't work out the way that I had planned.

And the kids fretting about not knowing this or that yet.

And while their book work is certainly very important.

So are days at the beach.

We are blessed to be able to live the nomadic lifestyle that we do.

The places we are able to see and the things that we have been able to do are so conducive to a homeschooling lifestyle.

And yet I have forgotten that.

I have been fretting over how little time left there is.

And how fast this time has gone by.

Instead I need to remember to rejoice in the fact that there still is time left.

And that there is still time to be with them in my most favorite ways.

Arcadia Beach

This tree looked like the spine of a dinosaur to me.

Lily chasing a seagull

While the kids were playing Lily and I took a walk down the beach.

Waiting for me to catch up...

There was a haze -which you can see to the right of this rock - that prevented you from seeing very far in front of you. It was really weird as it only covered half of the beach. It was like a thick fog on an otherwise clear sunny day at the beach.