4th of July I still had the kids do their schoolwork. They are only 1/3 American anyway so I figure it was fair. After they finished maths and reading we joined in the marina bbq. Abi and Aaron had a water bomb fight with the other kids. Then we came home, chilled out and watched the fireworks from the boat - didn't even have to leave the dock, convenient.
Today, Aaron and I went for a walk in the sweltering heat. We need the exercise but I think that 10.30am is definitely not the best time to go for a walk in the July. We will try to go earlier in the morning or perhaps in the evenings. We talked about weather, birds and some mushrooms we spotted. We came home cooled off in the a.c. and he proceeded to start his lesson in Reading Comprehension book (unprompted by me). He finished his maths year 2 so I will give him his test online later today. He read some of his Pokemon magazines. We have been reviewing multiplication tables over the weekend and I quizzed him on some more during breakfast today. I think he has a few more learned by heart. This morning he created a new Pokemon and illustrated it. He had to ask me or Abi how to spell a lot of words so that he could describe his newly created Pokemon dragon, Fang. Funny how he makes sure to spell his Pokemon descriptions correctly but could care less about the words I give him for the week.
Abigail read all morning. She is already through the dozens of books we got at Goodwill last week and asking to go again. I may take them this afternoon. Then she started creating comic sketches about a little bird character. She is calling it, "Birdie". She has illustrated and written them out beautifully. They are really cute and funny. She is now taking ideas from Aaron and I for sketches. I am leaving her to get on with her work at her own pace, as long as she covers 2 lessons of math and 1 lesson of Reading Comprehension I'm happy.
I have the Sunday lesson from church as they didn't go this past week. Too tired from Aaron being up late with one of his migraines. I will go over that with them sometime today or another day this week. Depending on if they come up for air from their studies. They are just very happy and content with what they are doing now and I don't like to interrupt that.
We read some more of Tom's Midnight Garden over the weekend. It is such a wonderful book and we are all in suspense. It is great modern children's literature as compared to, say, for example, Lizzy Macquire rubbish. You have to be careful what you read these days because everyone thinks they can write children's books and sure, they may be able to write, but that doesn't make it worth reading or worth bearing the grammatical errors, my personal petpeave.
I found a great deal on a history resource this morning on ebay. It is the DK Eyewitness History of the World cd rom which, together with shipping, cost me on $4.30! Woo hoo. I love getting a good deal. I still haven't been able to find the Horrible Histories books for a reasonable rate but now there is no rush. Once we finish our Calvert History of the World book we can use the DK cds for a bit plus the BBC history website. History resources are covered for the forseeable future I feel but I would still like those Horrible History books. They just look as though they would be quite entertaining.
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