As Tuesdays Go
So this is actually Johnnie's last week of TK. Last week of home schooling and I don't know if that's good or bad actually. So dependent have I been on the lesson plans Ms Gee had been sending out for the last 12 weeks. Now I'm going to have to craft them myself. Or at least find some website to follow. After this week anyway. But there's still this week. And in lieu of the usual lesson plans, there were actually a couple of writing assignments. One is a Memory Book about this past year in TK. It's kind of cute actually. And it gives Johnnie a chance to think about the year that was, even though it was abruptly cut short about 2/3 of the way in. To me from a strictly academic standpoint, this was the time he learned to read and write. And do significant amount of math. Next year in kindergarten he will already be on pace with his peers, if not ahead. What I think he missed though was more of the relationship-building and bonding that only spending time with other kids can forge. I mean who wants to be stuck being pushed hard by a taskmaster like myself LOL LOL. Especially one who is otherwise distracted by a physical condition in his face?! I finally made an appointment, albeit reluctantly to see the doctor in person on Friday. If anything, I can at least say that I saw a doctor right? Even though I think I already know what is going to come of it. Anyway there wasn't a whole lot in the way of lessons for Johnnie today other than a little bit of math. But I DID find the Weston Woods books he loves so much on the web and so I had him do 3 or 4 of those books even before lunchtime. And I tried to keep him otherwise occupied with lots of learning stuff, as I saw this as something I need to keep going starting next week, and and for the next 8 weeks actually until his real school starts. As far as he was concerned he was in PLAY mode all day long and he wanted to specifically play with me. Another one of his writing assignments is to keep a COVID 19 timecapsule. This time period IS a historic one actually. The spring we all got locked in at home. I have plenty of pictures already about this whole experience and not that it is even ending any time soon. Anyway I sort of kept that one aside and we will be working on that ongoing for a little bit. There was really much going on work-wise and so the day sort of just came and went and pretty soon Johnnie and I were outside enjoying the nice warm day with our usual Tuesday night barbecue and a little soccer practice. I did have to discipline Johnnie because he just kept on play mode and I felt he needed to learn to stop when everyone else - myself for now really - was not in the same page. And so I had to send him to his calm place in the apartment for a little bit. But then I also gave him a nice change of pace for dinner. We ate outside in the patio area right outside my door. I thought that was pretty cool really. And so we actually did manage to enjoy the nice day. Something else we did different today was that we also took his scooter out and rode around the neighborhood for a little bit right after dinner. I couldn't very well have him sitting inside watching videos all day now could I? Besides, he's actually starting to enjoy that thing, which was all I could expect. We concluded the day doing lots of artwork and doing lots of drawing and with Johnnie watching Pete-the-Cat videos. I thought to myself that if I WERE to make my own COVID-19 time capsule it would come down to these nights making Italian sausage and playing soccer. I even wrote a month ago: Someday I'm going to look back in this time of the coronavirus quarantine and I hope I never forget how much time Johnnie and I got to spend together especially on our special ITALIAN SAUSAGE BARBECUE TUESDAYS. And of course let's not forget cookie night too. Although I didn't have to do one tonight. I already made the cookies LAST night. Even made a couple of extra as well. Again not that this time is over, but it's worth thinking about just so I can appreciate and be grateful. Tonight I even joined Johnnie in the shower at his behest. He LOVES LOVES LOVES showering with his mom and now his dad too. And to be candid, I'm glad I won't have to in the morning anyway. AT least this ensures I don't go more than a day without showering LOL LOL. And so as Tuesdays go, this one was fairly routine. And still I'm very grateful for it.
So this is actually Johnnie's last week of TK. Last week of home schooling and I don't know if that's good or bad actually. So dependent have I been on the lesson plans Ms Gee had been sending out for the last 12 weeks. Now I'm going to have to craft them myself. Or at least find some website to follow. After this week anyway. But there's still this week. And in lieu of the usual lesson plans, there were actually a couple of writing assignments. One is a Memory Book about this past year in TK. It's kind of cute actually. And it gives Johnnie a chance to think about the year that was, even though it was abruptly cut short about 2/3 of the way in. To me from a strictly academic standpoint, this was the time he learned to read and write. And do significant amount of math. Next year in kindergarten he will already be on pace with his peers, if not ahead. What I think he missed though was more of the relationship-building and bonding that only spending time with other kids can forge. I mean who wants to be stuck being pushed hard by a taskmaster like myself LOL LOL. Especially one who is otherwise distracted by a physical condition in his face?! I finally made an appointment, albeit reluctantly to see the doctor in person on Friday. If anything, I can at least say that I saw a doctor right? Even though I think I already know what is going to come of it. Anyway there wasn't a whole lot in the way of lessons for Johnnie today other than a little bit of math. But I DID find the Weston Woods books he loves so much on the web and so I had him do 3 or 4 of those books even before lunchtime. And I tried to keep him otherwise occupied with lots of learning stuff, as I saw this as something I need to keep going starting next week, and and for the next 8 weeks actually until his real school starts. As far as he was concerned he was in PLAY mode all day long and he wanted to specifically play with me. Another one of his writing assignments is to keep a COVID 19 timecapsule. This time period IS a historic one actually. The spring we all got locked in at home. I have plenty of pictures already about this whole experience and not that it is even ending any time soon. Anyway I sort of kept that one aside and we will be working on that ongoing for a little bit. There was really much going on work-wise and so the day sort of just came and went and pretty soon Johnnie and I were outside enjoying the nice warm day with our usual Tuesday night barbecue and a little soccer practice. I did have to discipline Johnnie because he just kept on play mode and I felt he needed to learn to stop when everyone else - myself for now really - was not in the same page. And so I had to send him to his calm place in the apartment for a little bit. But then I also gave him a nice change of pace for dinner. We ate outside in the patio area right outside my door. I thought that was pretty cool really. And so we actually did manage to enjoy the nice day. Something else we did different today was that we also took his scooter out and rode around the neighborhood for a little bit right after dinner. I couldn't very well have him sitting inside watching videos all day now could I? Besides, he's actually starting to enjoy that thing, which was all I could expect. We concluded the day doing lots of artwork and doing lots of drawing and with Johnnie watching Pete-the-Cat videos. I thought to myself that if I WERE to make my own COVID-19 time capsule it would come down to these nights making Italian sausage and playing soccer. I even wrote a month ago: Someday I'm going to look back in this time of the coronavirus quarantine and I hope I never forget how much time Johnnie and I got to spend together especially on our special ITALIAN SAUSAGE BARBECUE TUESDAYS. And of course let's not forget cookie night too. Although I didn't have to do one tonight. I already made the cookies LAST night. Even made a couple of extra as well. Again not that this time is over, but it's worth thinking about just so I can appreciate and be grateful. Tonight I even joined Johnnie in the shower at his behest. He LOVES LOVES LOVES showering with his mom and now his dad too. And to be candid, I'm glad I won't have to in the morning anyway. AT least this ensures I don't go more than a day without showering LOL LOL. And so as Tuesdays go, this one was fairly routine. And still I'm very grateful for it.
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