My dad was here for a few days last week, and we celebrated his birthday with cake and barbecue. His actual birthday is today, though, so hopefully he got more cake and more barbecue today. We celebrated with a pool party in his absence. OK, so technically the pool party was Pete’s birthday party. But still. I’m so very happy Dad was born. Happy birthday, dad!
I am the Jon Snow of reminiscing about our week
I’ve felt like I’ve fallen into a time warp all week. And not the good kind, with fish fingers and custard and a quirky, handsome guide to the universe. It’s more like the kind where you accidentally start a war with a small landlocked country or get eaten by a baby pterodactyl. I’m having a hard time recovering from Disney World / Halloween / having guests / the World Series, is what I’m saying.
(I know none of those are even remotely terrible things, but my brain is fried nonetheless.)
So while I know the kids have accomplished some school-related work this week, I couldn’t begin to itemize what they did. Here is a bit of what we did this week:
Reading
We are all beginning to understand that “Little Women” is the longest book in the history of literature.
Math
Poppy is supposed to have a math test today, but she really needs to have a solid day or two of review before the test. And we have definitely not had a solid day or two of review, so the math test will be postponed until next week.
History
We returned to post-Revolution France this week, and the kids seem to have paid attention to the information. Today we’ll be doing a little map work and playing a card game in which the rules keep changing. After Anne asked about it, the folks at Peace Hill Press said it would be OK if I shared the rules with you. Here’s how you play!
CHANGING RULES
from “Story of the World: Volume 4”
Materials:
– a deck of playing cards
– a score sheet with space for 6 rounds (Republic #1, Empire #1, Kingdom #1, Republic #2, Empire #2, Kingdom #2) and a total
– at least two people to play
Keeping track of points:
Playing instructions:
Extracurricular
Poppy only made it to two of the four tae kwon do classes this week, and she only had two of her three usual soccer practices. Pete did make it to both of his TKD classes, but the Monday one was a special-edition Halloween class where they just played games. He’s been working pretty hard rehearsing for his guitar recital this weekend, too.
How was your week?
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The greatest, most stressful #OneDayHH of all time
This was my third year (2014, 2015) participating in Laura Tremaine’s One Day thing on instagram. I’m writing this at 1am, right after the Cubs won the World Series — the Cubs! They won the World Series! — and I am so tired and emotional that I can hardly string a thought together. Rockford has been a Cubs fan for more than 30 years. This was a big, stressful, amazing day.