We're having a nice relaxing day, but also getting a lot done. Racer is taking care of mowing the lawn. I help by emptying the lawn mower and helping to move tables and stuff around. After a week and a half, it really needs to be done. I covered up the potatoes a bit, so we have put three lawn mower loads in the garden area. It really does seem to keep down the weeds. Chicklette and Turtle are doing a bit of hand trimming. The only frustrating thing is when the mower overheats and just shuts down for a while. It does give Racer a break, but sometimes you just want to get a job done.
Our raspberries are in season now and I brought a few black raspberries over to Bubbers #2. I thought he would like them because he likes all kinds of berries. He looked at them and put one in his mouth . . . and then grabbed the other three and shoved them in so fast! I think he liked them. He got an ear infection Sunday, but he seems to be doing much better now with some medicine.
Religion - We did do our scripture memorization. It really needs to be done every day. It's amazing how fast you can forget.
History - Since we will be visiting Mount Rushmore this summer, I had the kids watch the History Channel movie on the creation of Mount Rushmore.
Our raspberries are in season now and I brought a few black raspberries over to Bubbers #2. I thought he would like them because he likes all kinds of berries. He looked at them and put one in his mouth . . . and then grabbed the other three and shoved them in so fast! I think he liked them. He got an ear infection Sunday, but he seems to be doing much better now with some medicine.
Religion - We did do our scripture memorization. It really needs to be done every day. It's amazing how fast you can forget.
History - Since we will be visiting Mount Rushmore this summer, I had the kids watch the History Channel movie on the creation of Mount Rushmore.
Math - Both Racer and Chicklette did their Xtramath and Chicklette did two exercises in her math book about reading graphs. Turtle also did a Funnix Math lesson and he seemed to do pretty well.
Spelling - Racer did really poorly on his spelling last week with the /ex/ sound so I had him read through the lesson again and he will have all the words he misspelled from last week, plus a few extra words from the More Words section in All About Spelling 5. Chicklette has moved on to a bunch of sight words that don't seem to follow the rules like you, to, do, and of. Turtle was going to do a spelling lesson with me too, but he decided to work on his handwriting.
Spelling - Racer did really poorly on his spelling last week with the /ex/ sound so I had him read through the lesson again and he will have all the words he misspelled from last week, plus a few extra words from the More Words section in All About Spelling 5. Chicklette has moved on to a bunch of sight words that don't seem to follow the rules like you, to, do, and of. Turtle was going to do a spelling lesson with me too, but he decided to work on his handwriting.