Weekly Report, Week 3

This was a busy week. It's always rather awkward when you have a holiday during the week. The rest of the week just feels off, at least for us. We had a hard time getting up and about this week, so school started a half hour late every day. Tuesday was a late night for me. It was the my ISP's first monthly meeting. Our family is in a different small group this year. Two of the families in our group are friends from the last couple years. It was a little awkward not knowing so many people in our group.


Wednesday we swam after school. Boy #2 is pure water baby. He jumps in the pool from our highest jumping platform and likes to swim with his face underwater. He's truly remarkable.



Thursday was our errand day and The Engineer's (aka Daddy) birthday. We went to Target so they could get Daddy birthday presents. Daddy got two games for the Wii. After Target we had lunch at home, went to piano lessons, made frosting for the birthday cake, and then went to a very hot park day with another home school support group we belong to. Then it was gifts with Daddy and out for a birthday dinner. I gave Daddy an Amazon.com Kindle, it's an electronic book reader & more. He was excited, not expecting it. It's truly a big kid toy, and he's happy about it.

After wrapping boy #1's gift to Daddy, the girl was frustrated by the wrapping paper. So for her gift to Daddy she wrapped her blankie around it, put her bunny on top like a bow and tied the whole thing together with her bandanna.
Boy #2 liked the wrapping paper. He gathered it all to together and took it to the trash. I hope he's always this tidy.

Friday we ended up not doing our school work. The kids slept in late after staying up late playing the new Wii games with Daddy. Then first thing in the morning we had to run to the probate attorney's office to sign paperwork. We had just a few moments to pack lunch and then it was off to another park day, this one for our church's newly forming home school support group. Saturday was spent around the house and doing Friday's school work. Today we will be off the church and afterwards to a Greek festival near the beach. I found a rather nearby Greek festival going on this weekend that I thought would help supplement our school studies about ancient Greece and the the Greek culture. Other than Baklava I am not sure that my picky eaters will try much food, but will give it a try. Yesterday I also bought a new kitchen dining room table. Our old set was very light wood, we've since gone with darker wood on all our furniture and kitchen cabinets. Our old set also only had four chairs. We now have a family of five and when Grandma comes for a month at a time , we become a family of six. Also, our school room is in what was once our formal dinning room. When guests, or clients came over we would entertain in that room. It was nice having a big formal table that fit six. Since our kitchen dining room is now our only dinning room I wanted a nice big set. I found it, and boy is it big.

It evens opens up 12 inches longer. I love it. Anyone want to come over for dinner?