broken record?
i recently made it to totally awesome fest 6 in ypsilanti, mi. It was a quick day trip and very much worth the time to travel. We had a freaking blast and eli is definitely a performer. Now when I ask him what he would like to be when he grows up he says "in a rock band". and if you ask him specifically about other things he says nope, nope, nope, just in a rock band. Patrick Elkins let him do his own performance in between two sets and he was so hilarious...he even bowed! He had no stage fright & then during this performance by Hob the Troll eli became part of his show by dancing in the background and hitting the drum. That guy btw is getting hired for his next birthday party! check him out!
my whole point was a short conversation I had with thom when we first got there. Eli was running outside to see keelan on the bench of dreamland theater, then back inside over and over again. Everything with kids is on repeat that is how they learn stuff and I still notice it happens with eli now. In his pottery class he will only focus on one tool and not care about making anything to fire he just wants to do one thing over and over again. I mentioned it to thom who said basically, well of course. that is how humans are their whole lives. we have to do things over and over again until we know them. im sure there is a better word to describe for the "know"ing them. we have to do stuff over and over again until we can do it on autopilot i guess. Its a very easy & obvious concept. however this moment was a realizatiton for me. Lately I have been really stressingg out about not being able to get all the yard work done, and clean the house and spend quality time with my kid, cook good food and on and on. I am in the midst of repeating NEW stuff over and over. and until i get them burned into my mind i think im gonna be really off balance. I am trying to learn how to do MY YARD work and take care of chickens. I just need to give myself a break. I think i shouldd actually put some yard stuff on hold cause its super overwhelming. if i didnt have a job for green money there would be no problem, but this job keeps me in the house at the computer for lengths of time that i could be getting a lot done outside.
this is not as profound in my words as it felt within me. I think because for me it was a huge sense of relief. Even though im still anxious- something about me i cant just give up easily. I dont want to be defeated by my yard but really i have done SO MUCH in my yard already. its jsut that we have tons and tons of room to do much much more in future years. for now we could host a big game of croquet! here is our tiny garden plot for this year
we are excited to see it grow every year.
eli helped me manage the edges since the weed whacker battery was charging
in the tire are potatoes, then next moving back are the radishes and then in the box is lettuce mix.
my whole point was a short conversation I had with thom when we first got there. Eli was running outside to see keelan on the bench of dreamland theater, then back inside over and over again. Everything with kids is on repeat that is how they learn stuff and I still notice it happens with eli now. In his pottery class he will only focus on one tool and not care about making anything to fire he just wants to do one thing over and over again. I mentioned it to thom who said basically, well of course. that is how humans are their whole lives. we have to do things over and over again until we know them. im sure there is a better word to describe for the "know"ing them. we have to do stuff over and over again until we can do it on autopilot i guess. Its a very easy & obvious concept. however this moment was a realizatiton for me. Lately I have been really stressingg out about not being able to get all the yard work done, and clean the house and spend quality time with my kid, cook good food and on and on. I am in the midst of repeating NEW stuff over and over. and until i get them burned into my mind i think im gonna be really off balance. I am trying to learn how to do MY YARD work and take care of chickens. I just need to give myself a break. I think i shouldd actually put some yard stuff on hold cause its super overwhelming. if i didnt have a job for green money there would be no problem, but this job keeps me in the house at the computer for lengths of time that i could be getting a lot done outside.
this is not as profound in my words as it felt within me. I think because for me it was a huge sense of relief. Even though im still anxious- something about me i cant just give up easily. I dont want to be defeated by my yard but really i have done SO MUCH in my yard already. its jsut that we have tons and tons of room to do much much more in future years. for now we could host a big game of croquet! here is our tiny garden plot for this year
we are excited to see it grow every year.
eli helped me manage the edges since the weed whacker battery was charging
in the tire are potatoes, then next moving back are the radishes and then in the box is lettuce mix.