A Fly On My Homeschool Wall

We know how to take care of babies around here. We know how to do school with babies, too. But our skills must be dusty because Little Mister took over everything! Not that we minded so much. 😉 Little Mister during literature and history Little Mister during our walk Little Mister during chore time Little Mister when we would have been doing anatomy Little Mister during dance Little Mister during literature, again Things we did do while he was with us this week: *Chores *Morning Meeting *Math *Cursive/Copywork *Grammar *Literature *Eastern Hemisphere *Independent schoolwork *Dance *Go on a few walks *Church Activities *CAP (technically after he left for the day) *Sewing *Sent kids to work *Last day of Beowulf's and Lola's gardening apprenticeship for the season *Had friends over *Had my parents over Things we did NOT do while he was with us this week: *Anatomy *US Presidents *Poetry *Anything else we might have done if we hadn't needed to cater to the needs of a 5-month-ol...

 We hid from the heat all summer. My kids forgot how to play outside. I've tried sending them out.  It's mildly effective, but mostly, they check in to see how soon they can come back inside. So, it's time for a refresher course, led by Mom. We attempted to have a couple of normal school days at the start of the week, but they were yucky. They just felt all wrong (part of it was due to Brother's uptick in violent outbursts). While we listened to a Haydn symphony, these two got into the preschool play bin. When Brother works, I am so charmed by his focus. I love this colander-and-pipe-cleaner sculpture. We watched a few more Crash Course Anatomy and Physiology videos. And then I decided to lead by example. We don't need any strollers when we walk anymore. This tree turns bright red just a few leaves at a time.  In person, the contrast between the scarlet and green was breathtaking. Leaf lips! Beowulf wanted me to take a picture of this osage orange.  I'm not sur...

 We had company over last Sunday, so I didn't get to write. So, here we are with another week having passed . . . and so many things have happened! My own kids were coming and going all of the days. At first, Mister Man and Brother left for Boys' Camp.  I have no pictures of that adventure (the men leaders are not as adept at taking and sharing pictures as are the women leaders), but the list I've heard so far includes cliff jumping, tubing, kneeboarding, wakeboarding, shooting (with shotguns, pistols, and potato cannons), hiking, and lots of eating. They came home happily rosy, rumpled, and stinky! We sent them to the showers immediately. :) But they came home to no power in the house, so it was just as hot inside as it was outside.  We'd had a gigantic storm the day before that knocked out the power of well over 100K people in the general area.  We'd already gone 24 hours without power--which means we'd already hit the laundromat, I loved watching them watch t...