Cobwebs
I taught for about 5 hours today rotating between the four kids. Reading, math, phonics, geography, etc. I’m finally getting back into Latin. The kids watched a Latin DVD on our hour drive to practice last night.
I’m not having a great deal of luck with foreign languages as it seems my children really need to be immersed in that culture for adequate retention, but I do think I can fumble my way through Latin and it be beneficial to them.
Tonight we had pizza delivered. Cooking has exhausted me, and I just didn’t want to deal with it again after making chicken noodle soup for lunch and eggs and rolls for breakfast. So done. Our evening wrapped up after decorating the outside of the house with orange lights and cobwebs. I’m not into the spooky witchy side of Halloween, but I sure do like to wear costumes and eat chocolate. I may have to buy more of those spider webs. We had the best time placing them on the shrubs! It was like an art class with your hands touching their rough texture.
Friday fun day and France
The last few days have been especially busy while hubby was away in France. Everything had to be done by me alone. I’d love to say that it’s the weekend, and we can slow down, but we won’t. I will teach more on Sunday to make up for what we didn’t cover during the week. This is, in addition to, all the kids activities that will occur. I know I’m not alone in this. Plenty of parents, homeschoolers and non-homeschoolers, are feeling the crunch of raising kids in this busy environment.
I was up until 1:00 a.m. this morning working on school items. Today, we had our Math Circle meeting with our tutor in my home followed by resuming my own teaching and testing of the kids. I cleaned the pool. We had a quick dinner (my leftover porkchops that they hated as did I!), and then we set out to play some tricks on our friends. The kids dressed in dark colors and pretended to be spies. All the while, I was playing the song, “Somebody’s watching me” by Rockwell. I love that 80’s song! Now, it’s the kids’ bedtime so I’ve got to go and read “Winnie the Pooh” with them.
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