The Birthday Week Edition

We've had another couple of weeks of the Lather, Rinse, Repeat curriculum. Nothing is new, but everything is going well.  The highlight was the spelling review that went swimmingly. I don't know that I've ever had one go so well.  We read Greek mythology this week. I said, "It's like a soap opera!" Henry immediately asked, "What's a soap opera?"  I did laugh out loud.

The very best thing about this week was Mr. Henry's birthday.  What an amazing thing that he is 10!  I don't really remember a lot of the last ten years, but at the same time, it seems like he was just born.  He's a truly amazing little boy.

Is Winter Over Yet?

We have had another couple of busy and productive weeks.  The best thing, by far, has been Greek history.  Henry tells me almost every day how much he likes it.  This week, we read The Twelve Labors of Hercules. We also read about the Spartans. For our activity today, he made a Hoplite shield.  Just remember folks, you never want to be the guy on the right side.

Math was a mixed bag of order of operations, multiplication, mean and mode and simple geometry. There's really not a whole lot to say about this. He just did it and we moved on. I like a lack of drama when it comes to school work.

As far as spelling goes, it's just kind of there. However, a veritable miracle happened last week when Henry, of his own volition, wrote his sentences with very little help from me. He has been dictating them to me, then copying what I write. They aren't works of great literature by any means, but he's doing it himself, which tickles me no end.

We finished The Golden Compass. It was interesting. I found the end very strange. That weird left turn into original sin was odd.  We got the movie and hope to watch it this weekend. We started the second book in the series, The Subtle Knife.

We talked about a few current events in science for science. Wow in the World is on hiatus, so we needed some new material. The Falcon Heavy rocket was pretty cool, as was the Super Blue Moon.

If I seem blah, it's because I'm blah. I am beyond being over winter. It's so incredibly cold. We were waxing nostalgic about warm days when we can do school outside. Ahh, I can't wait.

In the Mama's Corner, I've been working on my temperature afghan.  I took a picture last weekend.

I finished a cowl today, which I have not taken a picture of. I still have a hat and a pair of mitts on the needles. I am also working on a log cabin afghan. I like having lots of things to work on to avoid boredom.  I haven't been doing much personal reading. I hope to remedy that soon.