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1. I did my first glass etching project. There is nothing like remembering that you have no present for your child to take to a birthday party half an hour before. Luckily, I had the supplies sitting on my counter--jar, etching cream, stickers and paint brush. Its such an easy project, I finished with five minutes to spare.
2. Sawyer was the lucky one who got to go to a birthday party. It was a dress up party and I was worried he would request to wear a dress. Thankfully, we got him out of the house sporting a hat, boots and cape instead.
3. Why is it that my kids will happily entertain themselves in the morning with random items like a measuring tape but when it is afternoon they can't think of a single thing to do except watch TV?
4. We've begun our basic summer schedule. We had finished up most of our curriculum and I didn't want to start anything new so we are now on a modified schedule. This is the list that they have to complete before they can play with friends or have screen time. This week I am experimenting with letting them do it in any order and at any time they wish. It is making me crazy. Next week, I think I will suggest a time frame to follow.
5. Slade is getting his page of math done.
6. This is the pile of stuff I pulled out of the van while searching for our garage door opener. Nathan and Sawyer had been playing with it. We eventually found it in Anne's car seat. Our search made us very late for co-op. I hate being late!
7. We talked about the atomic bomb at co-op. The kids had to choose whether they would have dropped the bomb or not. Emma and Nathan were the only ones who were against dropping the bomb. This is Emma's memo to President Truman arguing her point:
These people are innocent and if you drop it on the city you will kill men, women and children and so you will not only kill the soldiers but you will kill them.
Not terribly well worded but a valid argument. I am not sure what I have argued if I were one of Truman's advisers. Such hard decisions.
8. Emma didn't feel like eating at dinner (Leftover Night). Instead she sat at the table and read Harry Potter. I'm always excited when I see my children reading so I didn't say anything.
9. Nathan spent the evening downstairs in his room. After being told not to play in the car by both Dave and me, he was found in the car coloring all over this jar with permanent marker. I was able to get the marker off the glass but not the lid.
10. I have been lost on the world of blogs all week. There are just so many wonderful things out there to discover in blogland. So many ideas it makes my head spin and I just can't seem to stop. It has made me recognize that I am apparently a dreamer not a doer. I spend lots of time reading about all these wonderful projects and ideas but can't seem to make myself get off the computer to complete them.
11. Our weather this month has not been very pleasant. At least the wind tonight was good for one thing--flying a kite.
12. As I was folding clothes out of the dryer, Anne decided to climb in. I remember using the dryer as a hiding place. The dryer and under the bathroom sink were always good places to hide.