Still icky!

I feel so awful for DS. We are almost 48 hours post T and A and he is still feeling really punk. Poor kid. His ears hurt. His throat hurts. His tummy hurts. He was up and down all yesterday evening and night getting sick. Hard to do when you have not had anything by mouth in a couple of days. We are close to the 48 hour mark where not drinking becomes a massive issue. We do NOT want to end of back at the hospital with an IV again. Still, this child has a will of steel when he doesn't want to do anything. Prayer would be great! He needs to drink and drink lots and soon!
Michele

Not so much candy floss and farrie cakes today

Poor kid. DS had his tonsils out yesterday. He's "fine" but took forever to wake up post op. He does NOT want to drink and is getting "sick". Oh, and the little dear lost a tooth in recovery too! He was a real troupper (sp?). More when I have a chance to sit and write!
Off to poke fluids in the little guy!
Michele

Sunday, Sunday

Good morning! We're off to Sunday School, Mass and then our Church picnic. Before any of this can happen I have to get DS1 out of bed-my bed. You know, one of those nights where before you know it you're bed is taken over by a creature that seems much larger, and must way much more than your child. Said creature kids, rolls and pushes all night. If I was thinking, I would have moved to his bed! As soon as DS is up and dressed, then we are going to Wally World. Mama needs to get stuff to take the the picnic. I'm making our friend Debbie's fantastic fruit salad.

Today is applied math day at our homeschool/afterschool. We are learning about tally marks and counting to 37 (a review). Math class will take place in the sandbox after the church picnic. After math we are going to work on spelling words and piano practice. Finally we are going to my Mom and Dads for tea tonight.
Michele

Day Two With Mike

Today is language arts day with our FIAR book of the week, Mike Mulligan. Today we are talking about the new vocabulary terms in our book. These terms include: coal bunker, constable, and industrial revolution. We are also talking about onomatopoeia and making a list of words from the book and from life that feature this linguistic element. Last night we used our Usborne book of World History to read about factories in the Industrial Revolution. Tonight we are talking about towns and life during this period of history. We are also reading an addition book by the author called "The Little House". In just a bit we are going to go downtown to look at machines and the old caboose. We will also talk about the differences between our town and a big city and compare these to the big city and small town in the book. We are also talking about the repetition in the text.

Mike Mulligan: Day 1

Today I decided that the "perfect" curriculum that I paid WAY too much money for, was just not for us right now. Now, I have NO doubt that we'll read our way through these books at sometime. Sometime is just now right now. So, it's back we go to FIAR. This week we are "rowing" (Five in a Row term for reading a book five days in a row!) Mike Mulligan and His Steam Engine. This week is my "can I do it?" sample week to see how we'd feel about HSing again one day in the future. With the "perfect" curriculum I was worried that DS was missing out on the fun of learning. FIAR is perfect, gentle and enjoyable. We LOVED doing Before Five in a Row as one year of pre-school. We can't wait to see what this sample week brings.

Today we focused on Social Studies/Character traits:

1. We read the book.

2. We talked about personification and looked for signs of personification of Mary Ann. We found that in the illustrations she has a "mouth, eyes, and hair". She also has a name. We also talked about the vocabulary terms: cellar, constable, and coal cellar.

3. Tomorrow we are going into town to see if we can find examples of personification. I think we'll look for boat names at the river. We will also try to see if we can see the old Caboose at the historical society. We're also going to use our sand box to take 37 truck loads of sand and see how big of a pile it makes (making tally marks to keep track). We are also going to "dig" a square cellar in our sand box.

4. This week we are also talking about the Industrial Revolution, steam power, solids, liquids, and gases with water, vocabulary terms from the book, counting and tally marks and much more! Come join us!

Michele