A Week, Briefly (10/28/19)


This is Pixie's dance team photo.  She's on the left, next to the railing, in the maroon shirt with the black tank straps showing.  She's thriving and has her first performance this weekend!

A sick week.

I was the sickest . . . still recovering even a full week later.

Just a nasty cold.

But no formal school all week.

We watched a few documentaries (Growing up Wild, Dancing with the Birds, Secrets of Great British Castles, and some others).  We binge-watched two competition shows--one season of The Great British Baking Show (the only one not rated TV-14) and the first season of Blown Away (about glass blowing). 

We also watched 2 movies:  Akeelah and the Bee and Mary Poppins Returns.

We drank many cups of peppermint tea and many cups of hot lemon and honey.

I boiled pot after pot of soup with homemade beef or chicken stock, and we ate that every day of the week.

A few habits kept the structure of our days:
1.  Morning Meeting happened every day even if I had to turn it over to Sir Walter Scott or the teens.
2.   Evening Reading happened almost every day even if I had to turn it over to Sir Walter Scott or the teens.
3.  Teens went to seminary every morning.
4.  Teens (who were not sick) were still held accountable for math and health each day.
5.  Teens took their Good and Beautiful unit 2 exam, and both did quite well.
6.  I tried to get the healthy kids outside (it snowed this week--an actual accumulating-sticking snow!) for an hour each day.
7.  When we met at the table for dinner each night I asked, "What did you learn today?" and the kids always had an answer.

It was good to have the gentle option of watching both educational and not-so-educational TV this week.

But even as we convalesce, we're tired of too much screen time!

Comments

  1. DawnNovember 2, 2019 at 5:40 AM

    Oh, I do hope you all feel better very soon. It is so hard to be mom and be down. Sending you hugs and prayers for a speedy recovery.
    Blessings, Dawn

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  2. JenniferNovember 2, 2019 at 5:41 AM

    Sounds like so much learning is happening all the time. We also had bad colds with very bad wheezing for the 1 and 5 year old. I was very happy to have homemade broth on hand too! I'm glad we were already taking a break or it would have disrupted our plans. I hope everyone is feeling better.

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