Day 5 Home Education Week!

Show off those talents. Share a story, a special moment, a piece of artwork. Any accomplishment, great or small, is fair game.

Are these getting harder every day or what? Or do I just not photograph anything? That could be it.

Let's see, a story? Special moment? Piece of artwork? naw

Just some incidents from today.

3yo just came in and asked, "Can I be rude to [16yo sister]?" This was after he and 5yo just were brought in for spitting on the trampoline. After they were rebuked and cleaned it up and he was going back out again, this was his question. Does that count as a story?

How about 5yo saying that when they do Twinkle, Twinkle for performing arts night, he wants to be the tomato. I say, "What?" His sister says, "It isn't a tomato, it's a squash." I say, "What?" Sister says, "From Sumo of the Opera." At this point I notice that ds has his red soccer sock pulled up between his legs. "NO! We will do Twinkle in our church clothes."

8yo just agreed to her story from this afternoon being shared. I didn't think she would, especially if I get the picture uploaded. (But who knows if I'll get that far.) OK, it's certainly not an accomplishment, nor anything to brag about. Not even particularly home ed related, but it's where we are today.

See, the only reason I'm getting all these posts done is because she fell off her bike this afternoon, and I am sitting on the couch holding her.

She skinned the typical knee, and also her wrist and elbow. But when dad carried her in the blood was coming from her face. Not from her mouth - whew! - no teeth loose. But her whole face is skinned, and her eye is swollen and quickly turning colors.

After cleaning her up, applying Lavender to the wounds, and a cold cloth to the eye, the crying and holding lasted about 2 hours. Then she felt OK enough that she quit crying for "probably a half hour" so she could go to 5yo's soccer game, but not for an hour to go to 10 yo's.

We got ice to the eye as soon as she'd let me. And she was able to get through the game without crying, but didn't last long when we stopped to visit grandpa on the way home.

We came back to the couch, and she did sleep for a while.

She's agreed to try to make it to church tomorrow, if I'd agree that we can come home after worship, before the sermon, if she isn't up to it. (Remember I'm posting these retrospectively - though this says Thur. it's really Sat. - so you're reading this before it really happens. :-)

Well, I'm not going to take time to upload pic now - maybe later. It will soon be bath time and dh's at work, so I get to give them all. Well, not ALL, the older children can do their own. :-) But you know how it is.

Cross-posted from my L.E.D. blog.