My big $1.00 auction purchase from this past weekend...
I spied the typewriter amidst copper kettles, quilts, china, cookware,
jewelry... the oldest spotted it too and asked me if I would bid on it. Of course, I had already decided I would!
Funny enough, no one else bid. The auctioneer even poked fun at it saying, "Ah, here is something that is coming back in style!" Then after I bid he laughs and says, "I told you!"



But I knew... I knew the kids would love it. I knew I would find notes around the house... I didn't expect letters to be written to a certain doll company ~ but that's cool too, you know?


So did you hear? I knew. I knew what my kids would think. I knew they would enjoy pounding away on the keys - throwing the arm back, at the sound of the ding for a new line.
Every summer there are things I know about my kids. I know they enjoy walks, read alouds, nature, exercise, art, quiet time, movies.. every summer I know they are learning and growing and experiencing..
and every August I feel the pressure to create a schedule, to buy a new book or five, to check over scope and sequence lists... every August for the last five years I felt that pressure, and I've succumb to it. Then, ten weeks into that new schedule and those new books.. we're off track.. doing our own thing.
But this year, I know I'm not doing any of that. Yep, it's true, no new schedules, no new books, no checking someone else's lists... just trust.
I know my kids, and they are amazing!