Monday
S is having bad allergies and said he wanted to "call in sick" today.
S watched "The Real Tomb Hunters".
Both watched "Conquest: Stone Age Weapons".
S wrote cursive q and r.
D did two grammar mad libs.
D copied from George Washington's Rules of Civility for handwriting.
S watched a program on the Rosenbergs.
D worked on Saxon 8/7 lesson 10.
D completed her Bible Study.
We all ate Texas One Dish and watched the Rays pummel the White Sox.
Tuesday
We were still feeling poorly. and had Morning Meeting to assess where we were behind.
Latina Christiana Lesson 1 test - D scored 100% and S scored 90% - he missed only one. S promptly commenced a meltdown. We had Lesson 2 and I assigned more drilling independently each week so that we can progress faster than five weeks per lesson (which is what happened for lesson 1). The children had no problems with more drill being assigned.
I collected all work that was due Monday.
I sent in a request to join the Latina Christiana Yahoo group. Printed a First Conjugation chart found online.
Leftovers or ham sandwiches for lunch. Ham and Split Pea Soup in the crock-pot for dinner.
I searched online for Latina Christiana drill sheets. Not much luck. Will have to make my own.
D had a spelling bee from McGuffey's Speller to get her new spelling words for the week.
D wrote a narration for Carl Sandberg's "Fog".
D helped her brother with a Byzantium icon painting for Art History and made her own.
D investigated the Hittites and wrote a narration.
S dictated his narration on the Israelites to D.
Both watched "Written in Bone" on forensics.
D read about Jan Van Eyck at my Wiki.
D worked on her papier mache project - a clone trooper helmet. S also worked on his clone helmet.
We had Ham and Split Pea Soup for dinner. A bit too salty because I added a little too much chicken bouillon.
After dinner, we watched the townhall debate while I worked on a crochet pumpkin.
Wednesday
I read most of "Any Child Can Write". I got through PaperBackSwap.
D organized her bedroom craft box and discovered many items long believed lost. "Guess what? Today is I Feel Like a Fool Day."
"Tales from Watership Down" arrived for D from PaperBackSwap and she promptly read 10 chapters.
Leftovers for lunch.
The children worked on cleaning their rooms and chores around the house.
H brought home bagels and cream cheese leftover from a meeting and picked up cheese and fruit from the grocery store. I had sliced ham, so we all had a little feast while watching "Star Trek: The Motion Picture". I worked on my crochet pumpkin while I watched.
Early to bed for everyone - early being before 11pm.
Thursday
D completed Saxon 8/7 lessons 10-16.
I read the local area paper and clipped coupons.
S worked on his postcards for England.
D completed the pie fraction puzzle activities.
We hopped down a rabbit trail and looked up name meanings in my books.
Ham sandwiches and tangerines for lunch.
S read more of "Tom Sawyer Abroad".
D finshed the rest of "Tales from Watership Down".
I matched socks, started dinner, and tidied up while the children did their chores.
D and I researched planting a pineapple and D prepared the pineapple plant.
We had Italian meatloaf over pasta for dinner.
We watched "Star Trek II: The Wrath of Khan" while I worked on my crocheted pumpkin. Do you notice a trend?
Friday
We watched "Therese".
D completed Intermediate Language Lessons lesson 19 - writing dialogue.
D asked for a freezer paper pumpkin on a shirt, so I looked for the style of image she requested.
S finished making his postcards for England. He has Stonehenge, Big Ben, St. Paul's Cathedral, and the Houses of Parliament.
We watched a two-hour program on Crucifixion.
One of the children's friends knocked on the door, so I let them stop school early to go play.
H and I signed the children up for another basketball season at the YMCA.
We ate Black Eyed Pea Soup and cornbread and watched "Star Trek III: The Search for Spock".