This week in review…
Firstborn: crossed over to Boy Scouts. Read Harry potter: The Chamber of Secrets and is almost done with Eragon. It’s such a joy and delight to see him walk around the house with his nose in a book, or read on our long commutes, or ask, “can I lay on your bed and read?” (His own is set up in the living room right now while we do the construction on the kids’ rooms upstairs). He refinished a bench to go with our side table and stained it very nicely. He’s also getting much more helpful and hands-on with RK. Working on spelling and oral reading with Dad.
Sunshine: crossed over to Explorers in AHG. Already got started on new badges and service hours with a nieghborhood clean up today. She’s reading Rebecca of Sunnybrook Farm. Wrote something original every day this week. picked up and old math workbook just for fun and did some pages of it. Working on spelling and oral reading with dad in the evenings.
W: lizards, frogs, bugs: books and videos. Did you know a tick is an arachnid? Moved from Tigers to Bears (or is it Wolf next?) and also from the McGuffey primer to the First Reader. Did the neighborhood clean up project with Sunshine today. Can jumprope about 200 times, with cross overs, without a stumble.
RK: learned how to use the potty and stayed dry last night! Knows blue and yellow; I think he may be green/red colorblind like Dad. Has started talking in his sleep.
One of the changes for kids who’ve had a sick sibling is that the way they play doctor may look different than for other kids. After watching a video of a friend’s heart baby, that has a few minutes of our Clara-beara on it, they made this:
