Journal 5/13

• had nice sit down breakfast with everyone but Rick who came home from CA last night and rushed off to work early this morning for a meeting. Made scrambled eggs and sausage. Had nice family conversation. Lots of laughing. Becky got on starfall and played classical music from it. Beethoven, because Will was saying that Beethoven paved the way for metal rock!




• Becky and Sean made 'drums' out of various toys and tape. I guess it is a drum set. The stuffed animals seem to like to play it.




• Read Bible History about Joseph (still! He finally revealed himself to his brothers) and Devotional stories which led to a long discussion about the fruits of the Holy Spirit.




• Josh did math with tutor




• Will did math with tutor




• Hannah read A Good Man is Hard to Find (Will read it last night)




• Becky and Sean did spelling workbooks.




• Sean did a couple of probability problems




• Sean's new thing is to start on the back patio run across the lawn, climb the fence, run down the bank through the little patch of woods to the pond, run around the walking path that circumvents the pond, dash back up the bank, climb over the fence again and stop at the porch. Last night he did it in 2 min. and 30 seconds. This a.m. he did it in 2. min and 26 seconds and then again in an amazing 2 min. and 17 seconds. He was booking!




• Josh played on the computer some and then did his poetry study from Kolbe.



• Will played guitar



• Over lunch we recited 1st and 2nd declensions and 1st, 2nd and 3rd conjugations



• Hannah went out to run errands



• Took Will and Sean to VT. Becky came with us and she and I took a nice long walk while they did their therapy. Josh stayed at home.



• Made Josh get off the computer, finish his poetry assignment and go outside to get some fresh air and exercise



• Will worked on Gov't homework


• Becky found some wild spring onions, pulled them, washed, them chopped them and is now chopping up baby carrots to mix with the onions. She is now cooking them in the microwave. Industrious child!


• Sean has taken to seeing if he can jump the bushes in the front yard without touching them with his feet. Hard work!
• Took Will and Josh to CLC. Will didn't have band practice today.
• Read more of a Josephina story to Becky today. I had read some of it earlier in the day.
• Read some more of The Wonderful Farm to Becky
• Rick read more of the Hobbit to Sean
• Josh is re-reading The Swiss Family Robinson. He informed me this a.m. that upon hearing that we'd be reading The Epic of Gilgamesh and The Book of Job, he has already over the last couple of days read both of them. I guess he'll be well prepared! I'm thinking of signing him up for a short summer course on Beowulf. Have to see if he is interested.
• Sean is reading Dogs Don't Tell Jokes by Louis Sachar. I think this might be a re-read.
• Rick, Hannah and Will are all watching the season finale of Lost
• I am almost done with Hebrews, Greeks and Romans lectures by Prof. Shutt
• I started reading Karen Edmisten's book on The Rosary. So cool!
• I also started reading Peter Leitharts' book The Heroes of the City of Man. Looks really intriguing.


• Sean found a snake in the front yard. Looked it up; it's a Northern Brownsnake.