Stop the Clock

How often I pause in my tracks now and wish there was a way to stop time in its tracks.

How fleeting are these childhood days! How blessed I am to spend these dawning days!

How often do I spontaneously burst out, as Wendy did to Peter Pan, "Oh, the cleverness of you!"

A Confession Note

Jed's lessons from We Choose Virtues and stencil art came together last night when I got home to find this note taped to the main door.

It says, "I am so sorry, Mom. I broke my wax hand. I am feeling scared. Please forgive. Love Jed " with a checkbox for "Yes, forgive" and another for "No forgive".

How could I possibly turn down such an honest & cute letter of contrition? Of course, I checked Yes.

P.S. The wax hand was made in HongKong and stored in my ref, as my memento of Jed's fleeting childhood days.

Reading Out Loud in Filipino

Jed reads out loud from his Filipino book. Filipino lessons are excruciating for both him & me. But, we march bravely on.

I admire his perseverance because he has no idea what these words mean, most of the time.

Here we go at his pace, which is as slow & persistent as a garden snail. I do not push him as hard in Filipino as I do in Math or in English.

An Essay on Jed's Grandma

Jed reads out loud from his Composition book, a short essay he wrote about his grandmother. 

Equalizer

Jed insisted we play a game and when I asked him to "choose a game any game", I was pleasantly surprised that he chose Equalizer, a Math version of Scrabble. I love that he finds Math as much fun as I do. 

Playing with the Neighbors

Jed took a break from homeschooling lessons to have some normal rough-and-tumble with the neighborhood kids in the parking lot, while I took photos from the third floor balcony. 

Reading: Toy Story

We love to read before bedtime. When we drop by National Bookstore, Jed always keeps an eye out for fun comics with lots of words & equally lots of photos. The latest addition to his collection is Toy Story. 

Stencil Art: Animals at the Farm

Today, Jed picked out a stencil book from his library and got to work.