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My youngest boy tried my parenting patience today with a bout of….
- not listening
- being ornery
- having a brain too full
- being fierce
- being angry

Finding the peace today was hard but I found it….

- in talking with my mad little boy
- in the excitement of my older boy about something simple
- in the partnership of parenting with my husband

I lost my mellow in the early afternoon. I like my mellow. I like not feeling frantic. To find my mellow I ….

- baked cookies i didn’t have to mix (thank you frozen cookie dough from last time!)
- ironed fabric
- cut out pajama pants and napkins
- read twitter and blogged a bit.

We started out good today but quickly melted down. We bailed on friends in order to preserve our sanity with our children. That doesn’t make us as adults feel really great. We were stuck in that place between bailing and rewarding an ornery boy. I know these trying moments will pass and that others will rise to the surface. But today it felt good to just get home and crawl into out house until tomorrow!

Crash Boom

This morning we woke to a wet basement and to more flash flooding. Thankfully the flash flooding is far enough away from the house and buildings that we mostly observe and don’t worry much. The basement is simply from saturated ground. There is so much water that it is literally seeping through the floor.

And now right at this very moment I hear thunder.

I would complain about the rain but I was reminded today that it could be snow. So instead I think I’ll just acknowledge that I’m a bit weary of thunder.

The Plan

The plan as it stand right now:

4th Grade

Growing with Grammar 4
Writing With Ease 2
HWT Cursive & Copywork
Math: Combination Singapore & Mammoth Math
Spelling – Phonetic Zoo
Piano
Spectrum Reading Comprehension Grade 4

1st Grade

Soaring with Spelling & Vocab 1
Growing with Grammar 1
HWT Printing
TCR Phonics Books 1
Writing With Ease 1
Piano

Together Subjects

SOTW 4 Modern World
Science: Various topics using Science in a Nutshell Kits

I still have a few things to decide for this year yet but this is our framework that we are working with at the moment. We’re completing more of the map work and outlining in History this year which has increased our time spent. One of the goals this year for Jr. is to have him writing more easily in terms of hand fatigue. We are increasing his daily writing a bit to help his hand muscles get stronger. Lil’B's main focus this year is to make that jump to independent reader. He’s right on the cusp! It will be such a delight to see him internalize the fact he is reading all by himself.