Manic unschooling

In the last few weeks we have had some personal problems (they're always personal though, aren't they?) that I hope we have overcome, we have had snow, a new car I'm too nervous to drive, a return (for me) on my psychology degree in the hope that I graduate before I'm 50... Reuben turned 4 and had his first party with lots of lovely friends (so socialisation is not a problem for us) and we're about to drive to Italy staying in France one night and in the Alps the next, ending up in Rome.
There have been some conversations in our house about free will and how schools seem to produce more passive children compared to the non-schooled ones. I certainly find myself surprised at (schooled) children wandering round the house aimlessly asking: "What can I do?" when the resources available to them are enormous!
So today I tried even more than usual to not make any suggestions or comments on what my little people wanted to do, and what a day we are having! They did start off with wanting to watch television so I let them, after a while they moved to the dining room, got stuck into painting, cutting, pasting and similar so forgot about the tv. Reuben then remembered there was a lot of snow outside and asked for his snow suit spending quite some time outside making snowpeople and chasing the chickens... In the meantime Isaac pulled out a roll of freezer bags and streamed them all round the house, Reuben came back in and in no time they had made trails all over the place. We then moved on to lunch followed by yoga, tai chi, jigsaw puzzles, then Reuben did a bit of a maths workbook, got fed up and started trying to work out how many things he could do with the number 8. He took 8 crayons and, all on his own, tried to work out what happens when you add things or take them away, which numbers are bigger or smaller, just with the 8 crayons, reminding me of something John Holt said: children would probably learn maths better if it was illegal. And now they are running round the house with their little cars... The joys of unschooling, I'm so glad I took this approach, at times it is hard for me as I can feel lost without a fixed structure but days like today, when I see that they can do it without coercion, make it worthwhile.