The easy flow of our days

I am constantly amazed (yet not) at the way our days just normally flow and fill themselves out without effort.

As usual, it started off with a bit of TV and Nathan reading his First Reader book again while waiting for breakfast. While I was off down in one of the other rooms I returned to the TV turned off, Nathan in dress ups (a pirate today) and he was in his room playing with his dominoes. He invited me to join him in making a snake to knock down. We then moved on to playing a game.

Danielle then joined us and she pulled some books out for me to read to her (and she is at the point of filling in a lot of the words of her favourite stories). While she was sorting out what books to read, Nathan's Bad Jelly The Witch fell out on the floor. After stories were read, Nathan was inspired to bring some paper and the same coloured pencils as were used on the cover page of Bad Jelly the Witch. He requested I write out all the words on the page. Even though he's been right into writing lately, I could tell this wasn't his focus for today, and if I were to encourage him to write it himself he would lose his desire and the rest of whatever he was wanting to do would dissipate. So he directed, and I did it. He then copied the picture from the cover page and then flipped it over and coped the next page's illustration as well.

He's been aware lately that when people grow up they get a job to earn money. I let him know that being an author or illustrator were what some people did for a job.

He then wanted me to write out the entire book onto about 20 pieces of paper - I drew the line (hehe) at that! I suggested he try some copy typing on the computer which he did for a few minutes and then just played around with the way the letters and spaces and lines worked on there.

Since being right into playing Spiro on the playstation over the past 6mths he's gone through a range of skills and interests and focuses. Lately he has been really noticing the words and numbers appearing on the screen and asks me what they all say. Last week he was wanting me to say all the numbers as he retrieved treasure - it was probably his first introduction to "big" numbers aside from road speed signs. I'd just count up (in 2's, 5,s etc) as he scored. I noticed a couple of days ago he was chanting to himself 63, 64, 65, 66 - seems he's figured the code out on his own. Then today we were chatting and laughing over all our corn cobbs we'd collected yesterday he was saying "I want to eat 102" and I'd come back with another number which he'd then repeat. After I'd gotten to about my 10th new number he changed the sequence and chose his own "new" number and was off and away with building a larger number.

As I was preparing lunch he bought me a piece of paper from yesterday that he'd written one of his made up words and asked me to say it. I attempted it which he found amusing. I then explained that words needed vowels for them to be pronouncable - I made an attempt at explaining that but not sure it made sense - but no worries, I'm sure it will present itself again some time.

Nathan then vacuumed the house as we were having a friend over to play in the afternoon, the kids made more things from lego and after their friend had gone he vacuumed again (half the sandpit came inside) and helped me chop up veges for dinner.

I couldn't plan this day if I tried.