We have absolutely no plans this week.  And we are loving it!!  With each school day falling into a schedule before 7am, it is just joyous to not have to think about anything other than what are we going to have for lunch.

I know we are different than most, but we don’t enjoy enrolling our children in camps and activities to fill every waking moment of their time away from school. We believe that our children should be free to make choices of their own. So when we asked J what he wanted to do this week, he said, ‘Sleep in’.  Although he has still been getting up before his Dad leaves for work, he hasn’t had to get up, it was entirely his own choice.

Both J and I have mild colds, so really, we don’t want to spread it around or catch anything more. The kids have played outside, we have gone for walks and made cookies. And we are only on Day 2.

We may find something to do tomorrow or we may not, it all depends on what happens when we wake up in the morning.

I am completely enjoying this no stress, no pressure week and am thankful that we have the opportunity to offer our children this choice. I should add that it has been nice to have an extra helper as the house is also clean and tidy and I didn’t have to do it all myself.

*ps. I tried to add a photo of us on our walk for a Slushie, but it kept coming out sideways (darn technology and cell phone cameras) you can see it here if you like.