I just have to tell.... Two times a week I take Vanessa over to the neighborhood elementary school for violin class. I homeschool her otherwise, for those of you who didn't know.
Well, yesterday when I picked her up from her violin class, I asked her how class went. She said, "Mom it was so frustrating. The other kids were so rowdy that we didn't get to play as many songs as I wanted to." Now, remember, Vanessa lives with 3 very rowdy brothers (little 3 month old Bruce isn't rowdy yet.) So, this experience must have been significant enough for Vanessa to comment to me about it. She is able to handle rowdy.
I was so excited to hear Vanessa say this! Why? Because I have been working for a whole year now trying to get my kids to understand that school is for learning, and not just a social thing that we do because everyone does it. I want my kids to learn. And this was a big victory day for me. Vanessa is sober and is realizing that there is a time to be rowdy, and there is a time to be serious. She knows that violin class is when it is time to be serious. And she is becoming quite a good violin player because of it.
It is such a joy to be homeschooling.
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I would love to hear her play!
What a wonderful girl she is becoming because of you Sar. You are doing an excellent job in homeschooling your children. They will thank you everymore for what you are doing.
I wish you could be here this Thursday for her school concert. She is adorable.
I am so impressed with Vanessa. She is becoming very serious and I love it!!! She is going to be a star at the violin....actually probably already is!
I love you guys. I wish I could be there to hear her play too. I am sure it would bring a tear to my eyes.
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