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A Little Bit More Almost in the Full Groove

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  I just want to squoosh and kiss and drown in this beautiful boy. I took Little Mister outside before it was unbearably hot. Lola and Baymax followed us. Sir Walter Scott took the kids to a Royals museum/display/interactive feature near his work. We hit another library branch on  Wednesday.  The kids got to choose their own subjects to write about.  We had Little Mister again that day, so my hands were busy keeping a toddler happy for 2 hours in a library! But I caught one picture at the end . . . he was "helping" Ladybug with her school bin!!  Ladybug's practical First Aid/CPR activity was practicing drag techniques. Baymax was her willing and heavy volunteer. (But he's still less than 100 lbs, so heavy is going to have new meaning for her as she develops her skills!) I think Sir Walter Scott took this picture on the way to the butcher to pick up our pig. Ladybug and I were at Worlds of Fun for her birthday celebration. Little Mister loves to help! (How gratef...
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Almost in the Full Groove

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 I forgot to report in my last post that seminary also started up this week.  Little Princess is doing online seminary at home, but Ladybug, Mister Man, and now Brother are all attending in person. This means early mornings for them . . . and for Sir Walter Scott! 😁 This also means that I find teens sleeping in random places at random times. 😂 Everyone but Lola loves having science to do each day. Baymax is the best at knowing that if he just does the work right away, then the rest of the day belongs to him. Lola is happy if it's a drawing assignment. Mister Man did a few simple experiments. This is the density activity. Everyone loves their electives. The week was a little bit rough because of how much more work they have to do, but they're finding their groove. This week we're adding Family School:     *Western Civ     *American History     *Good Books     *Shakespeare     *Golden Book of Natural History (Yes!  We're s...
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Catching Up on the Whirlwind that is a New Homeschool Year

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 Whew!! I ususally sit down with my computer to think back on the previous week on Sundays. But 2 Sundays ago, we had my cutie patootie grandson staying with us while his Mommy and Daddy celebrated their wedding anniversary. (pics posted with Mommy's permission) Could I have written a post while he was visiting? Yes. Did I want to ignore him long enough to write a post while he was visiting? Nope! He's terribly, terribly fun! And then last Sunday, I fell asleep after church and took a seriously deep nap. I didn't write, but I don't regret it! Anyway, we're pretty deep into school. Just a couple more elements to add. The youngest 6 kids are all doing all of their independent work:      Gratitude journal      Wednesday research      Language Arts      Math      Science      Elective(s) Wednesday research is really fun! We already go the library every Wednesday, but now we're staying longer so th...
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We Started Math and Dance

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About 3 years ago, we took a math sabbatical. Just from formal math. (We did a lot of real life math.)   When we were ready to start again, we used Teaching Textbooks online.  It was perfect for our needs at the time--relaxed, simple, neutral (meaning Mom was not the enemy teacher), and easy for everyone. Then the problems with having kids online that we'd thought we'd solved began coming back. So I began the slow shift back to pencil and paper math. This year, everyone is back offline except Little Princess. I was so nervous!! But (and I know I'm speaking too early) it went really well the first week. Yes, Baymax, Lola, and Ladybug threw math-related tantrums--but only once each! And look at Mister Man. Can you see that he's smiling? He. Loves. Geometry. It's so fun! He works so long and hard at it, and he smiles while he does it!  He comes out to report that he's done, and he has a grin on his face every day (at least every day of the first week).  He talks a...
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