It's Wild Here

misc updates

There is a new local hs group starting in this town and the next one over - much saner driving than the last group we joined. So far, we've been to a board game day.  The kids were younger than Jeremiah, although I know of at least one family that didn't make it that day with a girl his age who I think he could enjoy.

Dentist - Jeremiah and Ryan and I needing work done, wah. Not a lot but still anxiety-producing for me.

Did I post about bowling? I've got some bowling pictures and a video coming up but the camera is nowhere to be found again. We bowled with WILC. Ryan and Jeremiah had a good time.

Soccer all the time. Jeremiah is on two teams, and has soccer every day this week. He's pretty overwhelmed but is improving and seems to want to continue, even though he can be unhappy about it in the moment.  His team (and he) played very well in the soccer tournament this weekend. We thought they had made the finals but then one team had a big upset and it ended up coming down to goal differentials, and they missed out by one goal. Bummer, but it did result in only a 75% loss of our weekend rather than a complete weekend slurp, since they didn't have to go back for the 4th match.

Jamie is very unhappy with his OWL class. He had to wear a pregnancy suit and care for a fake baby during the time of the class.  It seems the camraderie and mutual respect is breaking down in that group, at least for Jamie.

Today, our kitchen is being painted. We're going to try to stay out of the house a lot and will probably go for a field trip to the newish mall that opened last year.  I think it has some outdoor water play place and Jeremiah is hoping for an arcade.  I'd like to get back to listening to books on tape in the car, to give our fluffy not-so-academic outing a bit of redeeming value.

Right now, Jeremiah and I are working our way through the City of Ember series - I just finished The People of Sparks and JJ is midway through Ember.  I've been basically meeting my reading goals this year, but not posting much since starting to use GoodReads - I'd like to link to my book list but I think you might need to log in for that. It's a very helpful site for keeping track of to-read books, sharing your reading with others and getting suggestions.v

The reason my house looks like an explosion and my mind matches

Next week

Monday
Jeremiah taekwondo with Grammy
Jamie soccer game - away

Tuesday
this week only, Greene County parks homeschool science class: Raptors
homeschool gym
Jeremiah taekwondo forms/conditioning, this week only - testing for brown belt
Jamie soccer - rec
Birthrite meeting

Wednesday
WILC outing to Cedar Bog
midwife appointment (need to postpone)
Jeremiah taekwondo
Jamie soccer - select
Jeremiah soccer - rec, conflicts with tkd

Thursday
allergist
homeschool gym (probably will skip)
Jamie soccer - rec

Friday
Grammy over to play with Ryan
Jamie soccer - select

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But they are sleeping well at night.

Yesterday we attended the WILC Share Fair. Jamie read from The Telltale Heart and Jeremiah showed some of his beanie babies and told the stories of how he came to own them. Ryan ran around and made noise.

After, we went to Cincinnati and visited family.

Jamie - Poe

Jamie is very taken with Edgar Allan Poe. He's read several poems and short stories from this book.

He's also decided to memorize a passage from The Telltale Heart. He's planning to read part of it at the WILC Share Fair.

Back to School NOT potluck

Kids had a good time playing at Indian Riffle park for the potluck. Ryan enjoyed climbing on the playground and eating good food!

Antioch Publishing, errands

Hoping Jamie will write a paragraph about the Antioch Publishing tour he took yesterday with WILC (and Grammy).

Today we're running errands - hardware store for planters, hooks for Ryan's swing, birdfeeder stuff, a belt for Jamie, groceries, allergy shot, phew!

Ryan and Jeremiah have mild colds - just snot, no fever.
Jamie is coughing a lot, with some snot.

soccer practice tonight!

ryan sick for 6th day. he seemed to be well the second half of yesterday but fever returned in the night. dang! well, on the good side, my throat was sore last night but feels fine now. i hope fynn is feeling better - he was puking last night, katie said.

watching american idol as a family... kids like anthony federov. i stubbornly like mikelah even though she's not doing well. also, nikko, bo and constantine were great last night.

we were supposed to go to a mosque today with wilc but it looks like we'll miss.

reading Time Cat for wilc bookgroup.

Jami watched a program on Atlantis and the scientists who believe it existed. He's jazzed about that. Today we're going to do the make-an-advertisement WILC program at the Senior Center. Evan works late tonight.

Tomorrow, Jamie gets an allergy shot. Friday we see Stephen and the Logan guys come to check out our loud spraying water softener.

Both kids enjoying lots of Kevin Henkes and Froggy books (did I say that? I feel like I constantly repeat myself here).

Jeremiah's working on subtraction today.

Ryan is walking a lot more. He got a Dirt Devil Junior yesterday and he's in heaven.

The kid is totally obsessed with the vacuum. He'd like to be able to push it a little better, but he keeps falling down. Soon enough...

It's still so cold. When is spring again?

book discussion, owl pellet dissection

Monday, we went to the Raptor Center and viewed the birds, heard a presentation on raptors, and dissected owl pellets. Both boys were very enthusiastic about the dissection.

Afterward, we came here to have a book discussion of Guardians of Ga'Hoole, which was successful and interesting. Emma Bengson has chosen the next book, which will be Time Cat.

science, bowling

Monday, Gail led several projects illustrating atoms and electrons. The kids built models of atoms and molecules using marshmallows, grapes, toothpicks, peanut butter, etc. Then they made some "slime" which showed the way molecules connect, and they also saw that the iron added in cereal actually reacts to a magnet.

Today, we are going bowling with WILC - should be fun exercise and good social time.