A Fly On My Homeschool Wall

Hurrah for 16! Hurrah for independence! Hurrah for Little Princess! She even took her driving test in the rain!   Even though Sir Walter Scott took her to take the test and then get her license, her absence dominated Tuesday.  We skipped literature and Eastern Hemisphere that day, but the rest of the kids and I had a whopper of a good school day, and then everyone had church activities that night that were somewhat educational in nature--crafts, cooking, sports, scripture trivia, and speech/debate were the variety that were offered. Also, on Tuesday, we got permission from the neurologist to take Ladybug off her anti-seizure med!   She was undergoing a complete personality change--a dangerous one. Her neurologist seems to be a good one.  As we talked over her situation, I feel that he listened and made thoughtful judgments.  The plan he presented makes sense to me and feels right.   She's on no meds at the moment.   And I am very gr...

 Really, it's my own fault that I'm drowning in dance costumes. But making them is so much more affordable than buying them, and we're doing a theme this year that we've never done before, so we need a lot of new stuff. I've completed 4 4T bandana skirts and 2 women's small peasant dresses--both to supplement our current costume stash. (I also made a pair of upcycled fuzzy pajama pants for Lola, but that has nothing to do with dance!) Nature Angel is responsible for a can-can number for the older girls.  Have you seen can-can costumes!?!?!?  They're fancy. We've let go of almost all of our wishes to settle on circle skirts with petticoats under them.   We already own a couple dozen petticoats. But we don't have enough matching circle skirts, nor do we have any tops to go with the skirts.   So . . . I volunteered to make 14 modified peasant dresses, but as tops, like this: (not my photo, but what the blouses will ultimately look like) It's a very ...

 I was ready to post last week, but Ladybug had seizures--4 of them in 17 hours--and that rather rocked our world. She's now on an anti-seizure med, and hopefully it will work without negative side effects. I have a camera set up in her room that broadcasts to my phone that I keep on all night, so that I can be aware of her while she sleeps.  It is motion-sensitive, sending me an alert every time she moves enough to set it off.  (Thank goodness it's sensitive, but not TOO sensitive!) In addition, we're doing a mental health therapy intake appointment this week; Ladybug has an EEG scheduled; we have our usual case management appointment; we're taking the last set of two kids into the PCP to establish care; and I've got to do a pre-intake interview for a comprehensive neurodevelopmental assessment for Lola. Oh!  And we've got 7 prescriptions ready for pick-up. Through it all, I'm doing my level best to do school with the kids each day. These three have spent h...