A Week, Briefly (11/11/19)

Family Night:  We roasted jumbo marshmallows in the fire pit.

Monday
Veteran's Day was not a day off school for any of our local districts.  Last week, school was cancelled for Election Day, so in spite of closed banks, empty mail boxes, seriously freezing temperatures, and freezing rain/sleet/snow the students studied on.

Which means my teens had to get to seminary (Sir Walter Scott drove them).

After the previous two weeks in a semi-off state, we had school at home planned no matter what.

Morning Meeting
Individual School (Mister Man, Ladybug, Brother, and Beowulf all had shortened assignments to ease back into the habit)
Symposium--during which the teens finished Unit 3 of The Good and the Beautiful

Super Star's Acacia tree in charcoal

And Belle's

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Crisis with Brother
*
Academy--read Ferdinand by Robert Lawson, colored map and flag of Spain, practiced a little Spanish
Lunch
Quiet time


Colloquium--shortened to just Greek Mythology
Little kids ran errands with Dad/Mom took a rest and read dictation to Little Princess
Play in the snow for kids/Math tutoring for Super Star and me
Dinner
Evening Reading
Bed

All-in-all, a pretty good first day back in the trenches.

Tuesday
Morning Meeting
Individual School
Symposium
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Crisis with Brother
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Academy--Ferdinand, video about the geography of Spain, video about Spanish history, drawing lesson:  How to draw a cow
Quiet time--actually we watched an episode of The Great British Baking Show while I dealt with a crisis with Ladybug.
Outdoor play, helping Brother fend off 2 crises in 20 minutes, and math tutoring with Super Star
Warm popcorn as snack for cold kids
Watching the dress rehearsal video of Pixie's dance (So fun!!!) and more GBBS (Blech!  Obscenities everywhere, so we turned it off!).
Dinner
*
Another crisis with Ladybug
*
Evening Reading
Bed

Wednesday
Morning Meeting
Individual School

Finished!

Symposium
Academy--we started watching 9 Months that Made You
Lunch (Belle went to the farm)
Quiet time


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Crisis with Brother
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Outdoor play (Brother fell asleep after the long, long fight)
Quiet indoor play
Math tutoring with Super Star
Language Arts tutoring with Little Princess
History tutoring with Nature Angel
Dinner
Evening Reading
*
Crises with Brother and Beowulf
*
Teens, tweens, and Mister Man watched The Emperor's New Groove
Bed

Thursday
Morning Meeting
Individual School
Prep for Dance
Lunch
Dance--our second of three shows!

Salsa!

Tinikling--that's Nature Angel hopping the poles

Belle and Super Star with their partners in Laendler

All-American 50's number

Clogging number:  Mississippi Squirrel Revival

Chinese scarf dance

Snack and finish watching 9 Months that Made You (we did some editing for content)
Dinner
*
Crisis with Ladybug
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Evening reading for young ones, church activities for older ones, a little mindless video watching for medium ones.
Bed

Friday
Morning Meeting
Dr. appt for me (medication change for treating depression)/Independent school for teens and tweens
Little kid park outing

After the initial outburst of energy, most of the kids settled into creative nature play--leaves as plates, mulch as serving utensils, bits of leftover snow and Osage Oranges as food

Sir Walter Scott and Brother joined us after running some errands together.  Baymax climbed on Daddy, "Oh, Daddy!  There's something in your whiskers!"

Lunch
Quiet time for kids at home/Therapy for Brother and me
Outdoor play for little kids
Baking cookies for tweens/Continued independent school for teens/Kind of vague doing nothing for me that turned into updating this weekly blog post

No crises today because Sir Walter Scott kept Brother with him most of the day.  The day isn't over yet, but I'm hoping for a good end . . .

because Sir Walter Scott is bringing pizza home in a few minutes--gluten-free/dairy-free for some of the kids, traditional stuff for the rest of us.

Comments

  1. I hope Friday did close out with peace. I pray for you all every day. I know this is such a very hard season and I hope that more and more help comes your way. Then dance pictures look great.
    Blessings, Dawn

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