The end of this week we are heading to Clarksville basically to drop the kids off with grandparents and then Ryan and I are running away to Gatlinburg (until Tuesday and then we are forced by law to reclaim the children). Should be a great time! Now to just get through the week!Monday - Zoo day! Ryan is off Sunday-Tuesday so we try to make one of those days a zoo day. The first day of spring was yesterday, so today was pretty crowded. I'm sure it will only get worse as summer comes along. Is it just me or are strollers getting bigger as time goes on? We had a bit of frustration (actually a lot) with school work even though we got a lot done. Ugh.
Tuesday - School done by 9:30! Love it! At this point in the year, I am mostly focused on making sure math and reading get done and then Hannah has the floor as to what she wants to do. Everything but math and reading is almost done for the year (woot!). We've dived back into her science kit--learning how sun dials and paper airplanes work. Also, as I was just typing this I hear Autumn scribbling vigorously in the living room and I leap out of my chair expecting the worse. It was just her magnadoodle. A near heart attack wasted. LOL
Wednesday - We had school at the kitchen table since Autumn was already there, contently gluing pom poms to paper. How refreshing it was to have a change of venue. :) Autumn has just recently taken to coloring books. She's kind of a violent colorer, as if she's trying to rub out the Care Bear's face. Pretty funny to watch actually. During quiet time, I peeked in at Hannah and she had taken it upon herself to get out her phonics readers. She was reading one about an ape who bakes a cake and places it on a tray. :) Add in church and this day was definitely a winner!
Thursday - A very uneventful, yet lovely day. School, crafts, playing outside without getting attacked by wasps, visiting Ryan at work, kids falling asleep quickly after going to bed. I'll take it! Actually I take that back, after going to bed Hannah came into my room and asked me repeat what exactly it means to obey and tell the truth as opposed to lying. Another conversation we have had more than once. My initial response is to say, "Hannah, you know what it means to obey" but I suppose if it's pounded into her head enough she will follow through when I tell her to do something (which she does most of the time). :)
Friday - We are leaving for Clarksville this afternoon! Ryan traded around shifts like crazy for this trip, so he's currently working the morning shift. I'm home trying to get last minute packing done. The ideal thing to do would be to have the house all straightened up so we don't come home to horrible mess, but we'll see what happens. In just this last week we started and finished lesson 12 in reading! I was so thrilled. A nice breaking off point.
I am currently trying to figure out what exactly we need to accomplish each day if I want the school year to be done by the end of May. Doing a reading lesson a week would just about cover it, but that's pushing it a little. If reading crossed over into June it wouldn't be the end of the world. Geography, handwriting, and early learner are just about finished so I'm not worried about that. Math has 56 lessons left (out of 160). So that would average out to be 6 lessons a week which would do just fine. There are 9 or 10 science experiments left to do (out of 25). Lately Hannah has been asking to do science while I'm still staggering down the hallway after getting out of bed. I'm sure we'll do just fine. :)
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