Slow living in December

Our days actually goes pretty well and smooth — we have breakfast, the girls play while I clean up and setup for school. Then we start cold and dive into workbooks— but with a toddler I really have to think about how we do it and maybe try some opening activities first like a board game or drawing.

Also, this fall has been so busy - Mathilde is so lucky to be Annie in the musical Annie and she is so amazing with her singing, dancing and acting - I love it! But combined with to many online classes and so many things both her and I want to do in our homeschool we are running from place to place trying to play catch up and this will have to change or we will simply burn out. So, I am pulling back and scaling down on everything and after her performance next week we will go into a sort of hibernation till January and just enjoy Christmas with no classes or workbooks - but just cozy reading and cookie baking.

YouTube is so much fun! I tried it out and right now I love every aspect of it. I would like to paint my own pictures for the “video pictures” and had that as a goal but then I tried Canva and loved that I could create my own style in there. However, it is still a goal down the road. Also I am talking way to low — so I either have to get a microphone or talk up!

Mathilde clearly sees how much fun I am having and wants to make her own YouTube content, which I first said no to but after she came out with good arguments, and we all talked about it at home my husband and I decided we will let her have a go at it in the new year!