Journal 4/23

• woke with another headache. What's up with that? But it went away after a couple hours.


• sat in with Rick when he taught political philosophy in Gov't class today


• S did math. He sighed and said, I'm never going to be promoted to 5th grade. This shocked me. When have I ever talked about grades like that???? He wasn't paying attention to the math stuff but still....I think he was repeating something he'd read in a book or something


• B did math too, but no spelling


• S did his spelling


• watched two American Identity lectures on Black Elk and Charles Wesley Powell


• Discussed The Great Gatsby a bit


• Talked about A Raisin in the Sun and did a little intro on Lorraine Hansberry


• made the kids work a bit on their papers


• W is still trying to teach himself harmonica. Working on Oh Susannah


• B drew a great picture of the puppet lambchop!


• Made everyone go outside for a while. it's beautiful but chilly but everyone is feeling sluggish for some reason


• Now B is handwashing the linen matzah cover for Passover. She loves handwashing things.


• J read Faith and Life and his poetry assignment and that's all he's done today except play on the computer


• Decluttered the kitchen a bit


• trying to conquer mountain of laundry


• read Devotional Stories, Bible History and a few pages out of the a beka Health, Safety and Manners book over dinner of leftovers.


• Read two chapters of Strawberry Girl to B


• R read more of The Time Cat for S and B - now they're visiting Leonardi da Vinci
• Watch next lecture in Understanding Music