I desperately needed to hear your comments on mess today. I have some kind of 1950s Housewife of Shame in my head telling me if my house isn’t spotless I’m failing as a housekeeper, but in a small house with a toddler it’s just not very feasible!
I also struggle to get us outside enough. We are fortunate to have good weather through autumn and winter here in Texas (although summer is another story), but our street is very busy and our backyard occupied by a friend, who lives there in a tiny house. My solution is memberships to the nearby zoo and botanic gardens, though we should go there and to the park more often.
This podcast episode was a total lightbulb moment for me because it puts words to the fact that households have rhythms and cycles. The moments of feeling like you want to burn it all because it’s suddenly gotten totally out of control happen when too many cycles collide at once. So thinking through what your cycles are and where they collide can minimize some of those moments.
Re. outside. Man, it’s hard! We have a large backyard, but I find that I struggle to get myself enough time outdoors because I rely on the outside playtime to catch up on tasks without interruption.
Our son is a young toddler, so we've been utilizing open play gyms during these cold, dark, rainy nights (darkness starts at 4pm where we live)! Also, our son likes running around the home goods section of our local store. I've learned to not be hard on myself about not having a perfectly clean house. I do my best and make sure it's not a total pig sty now and then. Lol. What are you reading by Charlotte Mason??
Thank you for these posts! I have been reading through the archives and have picked up so many tips. We are now happily enjoying Prime Climb and Greeking Out. We live in a city that’s dark, cold and rainy in the winter (in Oregon, US) - we tend to get stuck inside and grumpy for months on end without an intentional effort to go out. Unless it’s heavily raining, we’ve been sort of manufacturing an errand each day that’s a bit farther away than we’d really like to walk, and walking there anyway. Like, let’s walk over to the grocery store and buy potatoes! Or down to the bakery to see if they have any croissants! We don’t always buy anything, but at least it gets us outside for a couple of hours most days and my daughter is usually not too hard to convince.
Outdoor time: get stunt scooters. And decent protective gear not from a toy shop
Housekeeping: well my my mother is coming to visit for a few days, I find that a effective motivator. Not that she's judgy about it but she does need somewhere to sleep that isn't covered by work and home ed tackle!
I haven't read any since my son is a young toddler but I'm starting to look into her since she's so well recommended. I'm learning about different philosophies and I like hers! Thanks for the suggestions. Hmm, maybe you'll have to weave another curriculum in with CM!
I desperately needed to hear your comments on mess today. I have some kind of 1950s Housewife of Shame in my head telling me if my house isn’t spotless I’m failing as a housekeeper, but in a small house with a toddler it’s just not very feasible!
I also struggle to get us outside enough. We are fortunate to have good weather through autumn and winter here in Texas (although summer is another story), but our street is very busy and our backyard occupied by a friend, who lives there in a tiny house. My solution is memberships to the nearby zoo and botanic gardens, though we should go there and to the park more often.
https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/the-lazy-genius-podcast/id1111796513?i=1000629886002
This podcast episode was a total lightbulb moment for me because it puts words to the fact that households have rhythms and cycles. The moments of feeling like you want to burn it all because it’s suddenly gotten totally out of control happen when too many cycles collide at once. So thinking through what your cycles are and where they collide can minimize some of those moments.
Re. outside. Man, it’s hard! We have a large backyard, but I find that I struggle to get myself enough time outdoors because I rely on the outside playtime to catch up on tasks without interruption.
Our son is a young toddler, so we've been utilizing open play gyms during these cold, dark, rainy nights (darkness starts at 4pm where we live)! Also, our son likes running around the home goods section of our local store. I've learned to not be hard on myself about not having a perfectly clean house. I do my best and make sure it's not a total pig sty now and then. Lol. What are you reading by Charlotte Mason??
Thank you for these posts! I have been reading through the archives and have picked up so many tips. We are now happily enjoying Prime Climb and Greeking Out. We live in a city that’s dark, cold and rainy in the winter (in Oregon, US) - we tend to get stuck inside and grumpy for months on end without an intentional effort to go out. Unless it’s heavily raining, we’ve been sort of manufacturing an errand each day that’s a bit farther away than we’d really like to walk, and walking there anyway. Like, let’s walk over to the grocery store and buy potatoes! Or down to the bakery to see if they have any croissants! We don’t always buy anything, but at least it gets us outside for a couple of hours most days and my daughter is usually not too hard to convince.
Outdoor time: get stunt scooters. And decent protective gear not from a toy shop
Housekeeping: well my my mother is coming to visit for a few days, I find that a effective motivator. Not that she's judgy about it but she does need somewhere to sleep that isn't covered by work and home ed tackle!
"There'e more than one type of wonderful" Here here! :)
I haven't read any since my son is a young toddler but I'm starting to look into her since she's so well recommended. I'm learning about different philosophies and I like hers! Thanks for the suggestions. Hmm, maybe you'll have to weave another curriculum in with CM!