So where next ...I am taking him to New York for a weekend in August. No planned kids entertainment but hopefully it matches his energy level so no boredom will set in. We have a budget of $150 whilst we are there...so we will eat pizza, drink cheap pop and do free stuff...central park will figure highly and there is a free kids show in Bryant park each afternoon...yes please. He wants to stay up late so Toys R Us after dinner is the Friday night plan. Off to see Matilda on Sat night. Our one extravegance. Sunday planning a hop on hop off bus trip stopping at the museum where the animals come awake at night. I have warned him that the Tablet of Armun Ra is at the Smithsonian so nothing will come to life, but he is ever hopeful.
Talking of magic and mysticism, I read a help guide recently on childcare. Mine is six and a half so I figured reading one book in that time wasn't excessive. It was the Child Whisperer, and despite my cynicism at the start I thought it was great. It is an evolution of Jungian theory - like MBTI for kids. That appealed to me because I had studied all of that back in the day when I worked in training and development. "It really spoke to me" but that may be because the author and I have the same personality type. The type that loves 4 box models and categorization.
I recommend it to anyone though. I learnt that small person and I have the same type, loud, spontaneous, action oriented, get bored by qu 3 of a 10 question quiz. I am planning on writing a one pager for his new teacher titled Understanding My Child! I learnt that my husband is a different type to the boy and I. He is inaction to our action; he is silence to our jibber jabber. No revelation there, but interesting. And I learnt that my husband's type are prone to say "that is stupid" a lot, and what they are actually saying is "that could have been done so much better". It's not them being abusive, they are disappointed. Fascinating I thought.
Back to July, I have been going to Yoga, which is great. Yin Yan yoga which is all about stretching, calm and breathing. It is a great way to try and chill for an hour. My lack of bendiness is alarming but I knew that. Scooting around with small person has likely exacerbated my knee problem, so that I now have a loose kneecap. Long walks to and from camp this week have required an orthopaedic knee brace, which is such an "on trend" look with my shorts. But walking anywhere in Canada is level one eccentric, so hobbling adds nothing much to my already odd persona.
The allotment is thriving although it will be all but a pumpkin patch a month from now...they are like triffids. Even the colorado beetles avoid them. All in all a busy month living life.
