We are now halfway into our 3rd week of this self-contained life and I feel like we are finally getting the hang of this. Although, as I say this, I should point out that we are not without the difficulties of those ‘bad days’ where you feel like the walls are closing in.
Today wasn’t overly fancy. However, my one tip for you today is to think of those things you’ve wanted to get off your To-Do list that have been on there for weeks, months, and maybe even YEARS. For me, this meant finally teaching Wormy to tie her shoes. I remember needing to be able to do this in order to go to kindergarten (or maybe that’s what my parents told me?!?). Squid had to learn how to do it before she got through kindergarten. Now, Wormy has not heard boo about having to learn to tie her shoes. So we hadn’t done it. It’s not that we didn’t want her to learn…it just was at the bottom of the to-do list. WAY at the bottom.
It had been a struggle with Squid, so that is probably why this was not moved up on the list. We even had to learn a ‘new’ way to tie shoes that worked better for Squid.
Fast forward to today. I sat down with my hiking shoes and Wormy. She got one shoe, and I got the other. I walked her through it once, and she followed really well. I showed her some tips to tweak her skills on a 2nd try, and then she was determined to try it herself. On the 3rd try, she nailed it. I thought it was just luck. Nope. She did it again. I figured she wouldn’t remember how to do it in 10 minutes, so I made her show her daddy when he came up from his online meetings. Nope. Still got it.
FINALLY it was nice out today – sun shining, warm temps, so we went for a walk. I had Wormy tie my shoes for me. She still had it. In fact, I had tied one of my shoes before I had her tie my other one. The shoe I tied didn’t make it through the whole walk. The shoe she tied did. Maybe she should teach me?
In other news, I also think I have completed my New Years resolutions as well. Guess I need to revise them a little….
Hope you all had a great day!
Car Full of Harmony 
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