Wednesday, 28 Feb 07

For the first time in years, we do not have art class on Wednesdays. It has been a long standing routine to spend our Wed mornings either cramming school work or cleaning house. Mid-day we have always made the dash to art class and then attended or, more recently, hosted a Rosary/playdate. Busy day. But, no more. Art has been switched and really made the morning seem luxurious.

We actually did a credible amount of school work and, after lunch, spent a good amount of energy cleaning the house before our friends arrived.

Firstborn:

• MUS: we checked the first three pages of lesson 3, no worries there (completed 2 today)
• Handwriting: nearly completed the book
• Poetry: claims to have it memorized, though I haven't heard it yet.
• History: worked on a coloring page from a Dover Story of the Crusades book
• Latin: started a new lesson today, though I need to listen to the lesson as it sounded grammar heavy and I was preoccupied at the time he watched the DVD
• Baseball

Sunshine:

• MUS: Completed a page
• Handwriting: plugging along...did a page today
• Sewing: a) completed a button braclet and b) completed a little sachet stuffed pillow

Rosebud:

• Sewing: she is really excited to start some sewing again. Rosebud completed a button braclet and practiced straight even stitches with burlap & yarn

Little Queen:

Yup, poor thing gets passed around and told "no" so much during the morning R&R. I finally decided I just needed to sit down to give her my full attention on some activities as well. She LOVED it! We did a couple of shape puzzles and well as the shape sorter box. Repeatedly. Fun! The siblings had a hard time not joining in or interupting me, but I insisted (as I do when I am working one on one with them) that I was not available as I was giving Little Queen a lesson. Little Queen responded soooo well to this that I feel all the more guilty for not doing it more often and all the more determined to do it daily. (Of course I give her attention other times, but during R&R it seems like we just try to keep her "out of the way" most of the time. How disrespectful!)

Tomorrow we have guests, so there probably will not be a lot of school and Friday we will wrap a few things up. During March, we are moving the classroom outdoors for gardening and landscaping projects. There may not be textbooks, but there will be plenty of math & science!

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Lunch: This & That
Dinner: (with neighbor Courtney...fun!) Cheese & Bean Quesadillas and salad.