Friday!

     If we have been hibernating during the cold snap and getting kind of restless, today we made up for it.   We went swimming at 11:30-12:30 and then drove across town to an arena to play homeschooler shinny for two hours.   The pre-wet hair under the helmets made the boys feel like cool, sweaty teenagers when they were through.  Thankfully, they still smell like sweet babies and not post-pubescent hockey players.   It was so much fun to get out and be active with friends and other homeschooled kids and their parents (Yay! Other people for me to talk to who don't ask me to peel their apples).  This shinny "league" is a real confidence booster and skill-builder for the boys.  The more relaxed play lets them try stuff they would be too timid to do in their other hockey league (which is also pretty lax).  Never mind all the subject matter we try to get into our kids, I think our efforts at building their confidence will carry them further than any other lesson.  Scoring a goal is more of a healthy ego boost (and street cred boost) than being able to list the major Pharoahs in order.  That's what more than  justifies the cheque I wrote to pay for more hockey.
     Before heading out in the morning we got our math and piano done and the boys actually initiated a "guess the province capital"  competition.   Maybe the separation line between learning things and having fun is fading...or maybe it was another opportunity for older brother to kick younger brother's butt.  But they both enjoyed it and Isaac did some butt-kicking of his own.  Thatta boy.  Fight smart.
     When we got home from the arena we ate carbs and drank tea and read aloud on the couches.  MMmmmm, I love those times.  Then off to hockey, cadets, and a birthday party in the evening.  What a fun day.  And now it's the weekend.  Time to make an abrupt end to all learning for two days.  (insert winky emoticon with tongue sticking out.)