(I didn't say it, that guy did.)
When we got up this morning all of the dinosaur stuff was still on the table...what we call the "big table" because the kids actually all eat at a little kids sized table. Bad, I know. It's a long story how that started and once we got the table it was too hard to quit.
So anyway..back to the BIG table. That's where CC#1 does all of her school work. The littler kids do their coloring and such at their little table procurred at Target. This morning, like I said, it had this dinosaur problem. We spent some time reading about Hadrosaurs while CC#1 finished some drawings, constantly interrupting with ideas about them in relation to herself. On one drawing she made up a puzzle game with drawings you had to figure out where the dinosaur actually did them or not, such as a question mark meaning "did hadrosaurs ask questions." She had to go through about 10 of those with me. NOne of them made sense to me.
Then I wanted her to have a really quick math day. She still managed to draw it out for two hours. I got really ticked at one point when I came in from the living room and she'd doodled ALL OVER her calendar book. I know I should let it go...but I just can't. It's her book and maybe she should be allowed to express herself, but I say there is a time and a place. HEr book is to remain neat and we've been over it a million times. She also doodled all over her handwriting page and I almost lost it. (I know, I know. I'm a perfectionist and I expect her to be neat, even if she doesn't expect it of herself. At least in certain circumstances) If she's doodling she's not doing her work. End of story. Doodle on your own time and not on presented work.
I read them lots of stories because it's library day and we hadn't read all of the books we were turning in...that just reminded me, it's after midnight and I forgot to renew the books we didn't turn in today. Dang it all!!!
Okay...so story time over. She was SUPPOSED to do handwriting from yesterday over again and a new page for today. She struggled with my expectations. Finally I said HANG IT!! and we all got ready to go. Oh but wait. Guess what!? WE did French today. Amazing, I know. WE actually did several lessons during lunchtime. But back to later when I got frustrated: then we had some errands and then BAllet.
AT Ballet I gave her a spelling page to do while CC#2 was in class and she struggled. I went over Language with her and gave her a reading assignment. She was so distracted that CC#3 was watching a DVD on the portable and she wasn't allowed.
Admittedly she's had this recurring sickness and even though she did take antibiotics she hasn't gotten over it completely and every once in awhile her tonsils swell up. Today was one of those days. Any time she didn't want to do something she brought up the tonsils. Whenever something good happened she mentioned that her neck felt better. Coincidence? I don't think so. (I'm a believer in the mind-body connection.)
AT Ballet CC#1 also got her first Ballet injury. I warned her about big toe damage in ballet, little did I know it would happen stubbing her toe on some equipment whilst flitting around the room. Sad.
We did go to the library which lasted about five minutes, enough for me to grab the reserves and herd them out of there, CC#1 crying and protesting.
Dinner over I promised to read to them and we did, but after I enjoyed a riveting Nova on PBS about stress and its affect on the body. IT made me cry. YEs it did. YEs it did.
This day is not all about me and CC#1 but we're the major players. CC#2 spent time in her room today fake whining because she didn't want to fold her clothes. CC#1 did hers early in the morning and I finally gave in and "helped" CC#2 before dinner. In my defense I did "get her going" on it, but she is sooooo stubborn and didin't want to do chores today. Oh, but she did unload the dishwasher later.
CC#2 did review her words on the Word Wall (I named it that just now while typing.) She is getting better at reading. She has the advantages of an older sibling. We reviewed a bunch of things like seasons, months, days of the week, counting, vowel sounds, alphabet sounds, and shapes. HEr new shape is a hexagon.
CC#3 runs in the room whenever we do recitations. That reminds me. WE did do scriptures, song, story from Friend, and ARticles. That's CC#3's fav. He is way into the rhymes and memorization. He's cute about it, hopping and enunciating only the biggest words, sometimes shouting. REminds me of the Sunbeam song.
