Well, here it is Tuesday already! I can't believe it, but I am going to be going home for my visit one week from today! Today went well. During Abi's staff meeting this morning with Fukuda-San, I wrote in my journal. It is so wonderful to keep a paper journal. If you don't have a paper journal, I highly suggest you start one. It is so...refreshing...to be able to read things I've written in the past, and to be able to remember things that happened each day that I wrote. I love being able to take up whole pages just describing one thing! Have I ever mentioned that I really like writing? :)
Anyway, the rest of my day went well too. The boys had a hard time concentrating on their lessons today, and by the time they finished I must admit that I was a little frustrated with all three of them. So there we four were, the only ones in the living room at the time. Aidan wouldn't sit up to read, and insisted on sitting with his back on the seat of the couch and his legs up in the air in a most unusual fashion for reading. On top of this, the story he was trying to read was all about how Betsy Ross (or Besety Rose to Aidan) made the first American flag. All about how 'P-hill-ae-dell-p-hia' was where Besety Rose lived...! Meanwhile, Eastin was supposed to be copying a story out of his reading book. But every few words he would ask me if he was finished yet, or start playing with Coen, or suddenly run out of the room for one reason or another! To add to the mayhem, Coen was running back and forth seeing how much trouble he could get in to. Between climbing on top of the table, stretching the phone cord (still plugged into the wall) diagonally across the entire room, using his Daddy's organ for a drum set, watching me while he half smashed Mommy's computer, going into the kitchen and coming back with the tongs Abi was using for the meat, and running up to climb on me, pull Aidan's hair or snatch his book, and then run off again, I had my hands full with just him! When Eastin got done writing his story, he took Baby to their room and played with him until Aidan finished reading. Looking back, this is another time I just have to laugh. The whole thing was so entirely funny! Remembering how frustrated I was and realizing how funny the things were that made me feel that way just make me want to laugh out loud! Why do I get so caught up in things that I can't learn to laugh while it's happening? Instead of getting upset at Aidan, why didn't I just laugh along with him and find his pronunciations of the words as amusing as I do now? Ahh. I have so much to learn.
After the older two boys left with Abi for karate, I put Baby down for a nap. I don't know whether he went to sleep or not... I fell asleep after I folded a load or two of clothes. It rained again today, and most of the day was so foggy that I could barely see. But just as the sun went down today, the clouds separated and the bits of sky that could be seen behind them were a beautiful orange. I just sat in the rocking chair and enjoyed the scene!
After dinner I read a chapter from Farmer Boy to the boys. Coen was still in high form until he smashed his finger in the closet door. After that he was put in bed with a bottle. Then I sat down here and haven't moved since!
Just as a quick note, my English lesson on Monday went well too. Unfortunately it had been nearly two weeks since the last one, so it was a little difficult for the children to sit still and concentrate. But my hand print leaves worked well. On Friday (I think) I'll let them cut them out and put them on the tree.
Ok. Now I'm going to bed. Good night!
My love to you all,
Hannah
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