Adventures are fun!

Zeru and I have NEVER gotten our photos taken-
I mean professionally or intentionally.
But I have this wonderful friend who happens to be a
photographer and happened to travel into town for
one day and who happened to have the idea that she would take our photos...
so Zeru is looking a little cuter than usual,
and I am sure I look a lot better than usual
 in these photos also- because Tausha is good at that.

So... I like having fun, and Zeru likes having fun, but sometimes I get so wrapped up in what I am doing, working, and keeping lessons on track that fun seems so far away!

it can be a lot of work to have fun! But I have determined that life is indeed short and I just need to slow down and realize I need to enjoy what I am doing.

like yesterday at the store when I should have grabbed a cart, but of course I did not and Zeru was frantically picking up the yogurts which were falling left and right off the tower of food I had piled in my arms! Do I get frustrated or laugh at how ridiculous I must look?

Innocent by-stander-customers were looking on as I hysterically made fun of my predicament and Zeru quite enjoyed the comical mood.

I want my son to really appreciate a good adventure and realize life is not always easy, we do not always get what we want, but we can have an awe and wonder about the beauty all around us and the love of people in our lives in this fragile time we spend on earth.

Every night we spend 30 minutes up to 2 hours reading from a variety of books (Children's bible, adult bible, Moby Dick -young reader version, Chronicles of Narnia, etc.) And I get to talk with him about so many things!

He loves maps, and discovery, and treasure! So for a lesson I hope to do next week I will make a "treasure map" from our area with familiar landmarks etc. and I will hide a special treasure somewhere. I will teach him (more) about N,S,E,W and how to follow a compass. I will show him how to follow the map. I may add some fun riddles, and some written clues he must practice reading, and of course some math for counting steps or other sorts of things.

Life should be an adventure. I want him to always remember that. but as we know- any good adventurer knows how to be smart, wise, safe, and clever. There always seems to be some unexpected surprises- sometimes good and often bad- on any worthwhile adventure, and almost all good adventure costs more than we think, so we must be prepared to pay the cost and know the worth of what we are after!

In life I think these are the most important values one can learn- and one is never to old to learn them! Know your priorities in life and live first and foremost for those priorities and you will be the most successful person in the world!



Zeru's idea of a silly face involves snapping his fingers.
He learned to snap his fingers nearly a year ago and is now
one of his favorite things to do.