life

(sara): I am great at planning. So great, in fact, that sometimes all I do is plan, and never get around to implementing. :)

I like to plan "school work" in 4-5 week stretches. I plan presentations for both the 3 & 5 year olds, Monday through Friday, a couple things each day, plus violin practice. It really isn't a big deal, the presentations are all basic Montessori and easy to do... yet it's the doing that life just doesn't always permit. We're in week 3 of my latest batch of plans, and haven't done hardly a single thing!

Life has lately provided a very sick 1 year old, several sleepless nights and rainy days, immobilizing back pain, a crashed computer, and a very busy husband. Oh, plus these things want to move in for the summer, so I had to vacuum out every window sill in the house.

But you know what? My kids don't know about my plans. They wake up each morning, refreshed and just happy to be alive. I don't think I've ever seen them bored. I see them playing together and just stop and remind myself: perhaps their plans are better than mine. My ideas can wait.