A Fly On My Homeschool Wall

 All of our group lessons:  done. Ladybug's individual lessons: done. Mister Man's individual lessons:  done. Brother's individual lessons:  done Beowulf's individual lessons: done Lola's individual lessons: done Baymax's individual lessons: done Little Princess' individual lessons:  pending But, as I wrote last week, she has reasons for that pending status that we are still trying to resolve. We've had very quiet days for the past two weeks. One day we went to the park. Most of the kids skated. Mister Man doesn't have skates that fit, so he found stuff to do. How grateful I am that my kids know how to find stuff to do! One day the boys and Sir Walter Scott had a church camp out. During the camp out After the camp out. 😁 We girls watched movies while I did Lola's hair. We've been to lots of medical/dental/psych appointments.  Everyone is okay, but there have been quite a few red flags on lab work that have had to be evaluated. And I have yet...

Pixie is safely and happily back in Rexburg! On her way home, she stopped to visit my mom who was visiting her sister-in-law and a few sisters in Utah.   Because it started to rain, they invited Pixie to have a girls' night with them, and she accepted. :) Pixie, her grandma, and 3 great-aunts. I love it! And Sir Walter Scott had a chance to visit his mom, too! He is safely home with us, and we're glad. Shifting from life on the road to life at home--there are so many vultures around our area right now. I wonder why. The kids and I have yet to discover a particular reason. Perhaps they've always been here, and I just haven't noticed them as readily. Lola found poison ivy flowers. (I'd never seen those either!) We've been checking on them on our walks each day--she and I are very curious about poison ivy seeds. (It's like a horror movie that we can't take our eyes away from even though we're horrified.) The storm last Sunday night mixed up all of our s...

 We did it! We went camping! And it went well enough that we might do it again. The week leading up to the camping trip and the preparation for the camping trip were rather stressful. Poor Sugar Bear was the victim of an accident caused by another toddler's mischief, and I called her mother to meet us at the emergency room.  Sugar Bear is ok, but it was terrifying while we waited to find out.  It was an emergency I'd never faced before in 22 years of mothering. How grateful I am that her parents still trust us to care for their babies! How grateful I am that there was no permanent damage done!! The second math booklet is finished! Little Princess did several hours of MEL chemistry, and her cute assistant was quite faithful. We were able to do Math Monday and Library Tuesday.   Storytime--with varying levels of interest! But the accident happened as we were trying to leave for the park on Wednesday (though Sir Walter Scott took my youngest 6 to the park later tha...