We finally made it over to a local greenhouse coffee shop for our sometimes-monthly coffee shop schooling session.
Blossom2 was home from college yesterday so she was happy to come along before she headed out for a State Council obligation. The funny thing is that she wanted a break from school work, so we chatted a mile a minute.
Blossom3 and Blossom4 interjected in between school work, but truthfully, not nearly as much school work was accomplished this time. Usually, I've found that we all lock in quickly and accomplish a lot.
This doesn't really bother me when this happens. We chose to homeschool long ago, to tailor this journey to our family's values and needs and rhythms.
The Younger Blossoms miss having Blossom2 here all the time, so I really didn't mind when the math problems sat, while drinks were sipped and laughter bubbled.
In hindsight, I should've left the schoolwork at home.
Connection takes proximity and quantity time. It builds the rapport for quality time.
As a mom, I often hope for the "deep" conversations, but the precursor to deep conversations,
is being available and invested in the outfit conversations,
the coffee and energy drink opinions,
the rants,
the silly jokes,
all of it.
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