Conversations...

It was just one of those days where Nathan must have been pondering things and wanting to chat about it all.

This morning after getting dressed and while I was tidying up the bedrooms etc, Nathan came and started telling me about "the market I'm going to set up". I questioned him what market that might be and he enthusiastically started telling me how he wanted to set up a stall outside the house to sell excess produce from our garden. We had briefly discussed something like this probably 3-4mths ago, so it was neat to see it as something that made an impact on him. The kids then moved on to playing "shops" with the cash register.

As part of an ongoing understanding about families and how people fit together and him observing differences in family structures he announced that when he grows up he wants to be a daddy to children with no daddy. We haven't discussed the different scenarios around this as yet.

The kids made some Christmas cards for their grandparents and put together a collage on a canvas frame for their nana using the hot glue gun.

While I was preparing lunch and Nathan was sitting up at the bench chatting to me he suddenly asked me if he had layers. Hmmm, my thinking quickly took me to Shrek (which he hasn't watched for a long, long time) and he confirmed yes, that's what he meant. So I explained that yes (from my perspective) he does have layers - the outside that most people see, what he talks about, his interests and his moods, then there's a layer in from that that Simon and myself see a bit more of than other people and then there's probably a layer inside that that only he knows about - his thoughts and feelings etc. Interesting.

We raced off with our prepared lunch and met up with our unschooling group (recently renamed as natural learners) for a walk, swim and bike rides.

Over dinner I mentioned how the meal delighted my taste buds - he queried what I meant, so we had a wee discussion about taste buds and their purpose.

An all round pleasant day.