My schedule seems to be changing already because of summer. I still don't want to slack too bad on my blog posts and training.
I hope to work in the live training once or twice this week. I'm not sure when I will work it in though. I still want to start getting up earlier and maybe do some morning training. Lately, I'm not very good at waking up early.
I hope to eventually start getting more creative with my blog posts. When I make them, I usually have by boy tearing everything off my desk, helping me type, or like right now, trying to climb up our stairs. Here is a newer video of me doing the FMK training for flexability. I usually don't feel like I am making any progress with this, but lately, I think I am a little bit. Maybe I will actually learn to do the splits some day. I think it will be kind of funny to learn at my age. I also want to learn how to do a handstand. I can stand on my head, but I have never been able to do stand with just my hands.
If you can't stand crying babies, don't watch this video. If you post it on the FMK You Tube channel, I would like music put over it. I think my boy was having a tough day. This is how I train a lot of the time though: while taking care of my kids at the same time. My boy recently turned one year old. He could barely crawl when I first started making these videos. Soon, he will be walking. It will be neat to watch these videos later and see his development.
I really like Ryan's new videos being out in the rain and in the mountains. I've been spending more time outside lately. I love the rain. So many people seem to be scared to be in the rain. As long as it's warm enough and not a huge storm, I always feel like it is a healthy thing to be out in the rain.
I knew this was going to be your post as soon as I saw the title, lol. I love your inglorious blog titles. I see it as part of your wonderful humor. It's awesome that you get to be with your children. The majority of moms today are more than happy to start them in pre-pre-daycare-"school" as soon as possible. Your son definitely has a lot of cry in him though. One day online, I was tempted to recommend you turn down your microphone while we trained. But I totally respect and support what you're doing. It has always been my feeling that children need at least one of their parents in those early, most-formative years. For this reason, I invite my students at the college to bring their children to class too, instead of daycare. And in one instance, I invited a twelve-year-old drop out to take one of my field courses, learning right alongside the adults. This is how I feel it should be for children. The segregation of child from adolescent, from teen, from young adult, from adult, from elderly in the mainstream is a really terrible social idea, and unnatural to the core
ReplyDeleteIt's good to hear from you again. You haven't been on here much lately.
ReplyDeleteI don't know why I don't like naming things. Just one of those funny quirks, I guess. I'll bet if I do this long enough, I will start to give them titles without even thinking about it.
I didn't even think about turning down my microphone until the last time I was training. I think there is that button that mutes it, but I'm not sure how to turn the volume down. I'm sure I could probably figure it out if I looked. Feel free to ask me to turn it down or mute it if the kids are too loud. I understand.
I am glad that I can work from home and be with my kids. I love watching them learn and develop. I will probably start homeschooling my daughter this fall. My boy is extra moody. He screamed for about the first three months. Not cry, but scream. I had a high-stress pregnancy that might have affected him some. When he's in a good mood, he is a real goofball though.
I do have my days, though, where I wish I could go sit on a mountain, go to the beach or go to the woods just for a moment of peace though all by myself. I just remind myself that they won't be young or long, so I had better try to enjoy every day with them.
I'll bet your students loved to be able to bring their kids to class. Hopefully the kids were good. The kids might learn from it too. They might pick up on more than most people think they would.
Names are illusions. Maybe it's just your instinct. :)
DeleteI only have one day per week that I stay home for most of the day with the kids and it is difficult. I find it very difficult to get energy for the day when I don't train at the kwoon. It is very difficult to focus on the training with crying kids, I really applaud your efforts in training even when things are chaotic with the kids. I'm glad to see you and Ryan on this blog again.
ReplyDeleteI would love to be able to get a moment of peace to train, but since I am with the kids, I try to make the most of it. It is hard to focus. I think that exercising sometimes helps me to deal with stress so that I can deal with the crying a bit better.
DeleteLol at the title. I see that you have a nice front split. Trust me... the middle split is my worst by far. Besides, how do you concentrate when a baby is crying around you like that? That's very difficult. I see that as a training in the Martial Arts too. It is a struggle to overcome so it does not get the best of us.
ReplyDeleteThe front splits with my right leg in front is easier than with my left leg. I never figured I'd learn to do the splits, but I guess it's possible.
DeleteIt probably is good training to practice with distractions around. I eventually want to be calm enough that I can train outside naturally and not be so concerned about who might be watching or what all is going on around me. We have to be alert and aware but also calm and focused. It would be really neat to get to that point.
I would love to get to that point too. When I think about it, I realize that it has a lot to do with Yin/Yang. Calm would be Yin, alertness would be Yang. We need both of them to be complete.
DeleteYour kids are so cute and funny. I like hearing your son whining, because he's teething alright with irritated gums! His cries does not bother me at all. Good job with posting your progress.
ReplyDeleteThis is a great share, Lian. Thanks. Your ability to multi-task training with mother-love is enviable, frankly. My cat (closest thing I have to a crying child) will throw me off my meditation unless I recognize that he IS.
ReplyDeleteI wish I had a nice tip to help your littlest one with the teething pain, but I think your older daughter is doing a pretty good job as trainee/big sis/mom fan. The stories you will share many years from now!!!