Well, so it hasn't actually been perfect. At least not with regard to potty...not at all. But it sounded good. Sweet little Geneva has been blowing through her training pants today and is currently sitting on the pot once again. I am pretty sure we missed some kind of window with her training...she has had some success in the past, but now interest is low while need is high (at least from my point of view).
The day started well. Little ones worked on d's and e's. Big D, little d. Big E, little e. It's all VERY exciting! :) Beau's dexterity is improving daily, although he is still not able to form letters well. No rush. Kat and Dane worked on Math and Vocab. Then we went on to Grammar. Sigh. I like Grammar. I tried to explain to my dear friends today about my enjoyment of Grammar jingles, but I seem sadly alone here. :) (I love you, Jenny!) I really can't explain it. I just get such a kick out of the Shurley Grammar lady trying to sound all jiggy with her jingles at 10am in my home school. It makes me laugh OUT LOUD and the kid do think I'm crazy. There is no doubt of that. Regardless, the kids effortlessly diagrammed their helping verb sentences today, and they even managed to write a couple of their own. Kat's: "Did a stupid princess dive into our well?" Dane's: "Did the weird prince live through his chicken pox?" They went on to "improve" these sentences, which then became, "Did a brainless pauper jump over our well?" and "Did the geeky royal son die from his chicken pox?" So much for mixing in synonyms, antonyms and word changes...sometimes they really don't improve much of anything!
Bailey read our History today AND she made lunch. She is indispensable. I am glad she gets to go to college next year. (I'm not really so very glad, but I'm going to keep saying it to myself so that I will start to believe it. Haha...) (I love you too, Bails!)
We finished our moon study today (with the exception of Astronomy notebook work, which we will do tomorrow). Our experiment involved the reflection of light (from a flashlight) off the surface of a CD onto Dane's hand. This was an example of how the moon (the CD) reflects light to earth (Dane's hand) from the light of the sun (flashlight), demonstrating that the moon has no light of its own. Cool! The other experiment had something to do with a lamp, a styrofoam ball on a stick, and me spinning in circles...we skipped it. Need I explain why?
Bailey finished Robin Hood today, all except the Epilogue. We will read that tomorrow. I didn't get to hear all of this book read aloud, but the parts I read as well as the parts I heard were so great. I would like to own this version. The one we have must go back to the library. What could we do to celebrate the end of this wonderful book? Maybe I'll have the kids wear green and they can pretend to be merry men.
The kids finished the day with Spelling Wisdom and Cursive Handwriting (for Dane). I found it a bit amusing that Kat diligently wrote out her sentence, circled the word, "habit" as being a word to study, then wrote that word out 5 times...as "habbit." Hmmm. Much like "hobbit." I'll have to make a "hobbit" of checking her work before she leaves her desk!
After school, we were temporarily disappointed that our friends did not arrive. But then, just as we had given up hope, they came along after all! Yes, we had a fun visit with the Schmitt family, and Jenny and I had the chance to wax loquacious once again (to the delight of all, I'm sure). All kinds of fun things, from dollar stores to shoe boxes, from underpads to the French pronunciation of "pine" (or "pin") and everything in between.
Pizza night again, and my wonderful hubby remembered and brought it home on time. After a game of "Sorry," we let the kids watch some "Pirates of Penzance" on Hulu...the music is so fun! "Yo, ho, yo ho...the home school life for me!" (Yes, I know. I'm a geek. No argument.) :)
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