Pattern Work

We have been going through the motions for the past 2 months or so.

Winter has been long and drawn out, making us weary and tired of the endless days of cold, snow, overcast, and gloom.

We are finally seeing the spring life pop up, and it definitely gets the motivation up and running.

Austin tells me he is excited about mowing lawns.

Adam tells me he wants to go camping.

Autumn says she likes to watch the birds.

Allie says not much, as usual… but, i know that she would prefer the warm weather, as opposed to cold!

Each of us have our own walks of life throughout the week, and it seems like we have just been doing the repetitious “pattern work,” as they say in aviation, when you take off, stay in the pattern, and come back to land, only to repeat over and over.

We have school, homework, chores, workouts, making the dinner, showers, read books, study, sleep, and then up and at it again.

I really want to create some excitement outside of our “pattern” of a life, but it can’t cost an arm and a leg to do so.

Typically, I like to take an annual vacation with the kids, going somewhere fun, for about 5 days. This year, the goal is to remain out of debt, do things local, and low costing.

It’s a challenge, but I’m working on a list.. The kids will not appreciate my list, but I will make the most of this life with them. For one day, they might just say, I’m so glad my mom made us do the things..

The 2022 activity list so far:

Renaissance Festival in OK

Camping with the grandparents

Hiking to a waterfall, and a picnic (a day trip)

Sight-seeing in our natural state (driving around, getting “lost in the country”)

Visit museums (locally – Indian, downtown Rogers)

Take a day off work and take the kids on a surprise adventure… TBD

We will see how things turn out, but I’m hopeful it will be a grand time!!