Friday

It’s a peaceful, warm (some would say beautiful) Santa Ana day today.  I’m enjoying it despite the humudity level being about -35%.
~M played Wii Sports (baseball, tennis) and Wii Play.
~We met my friend Kathy and headed out to one of our favorite parks for a walk. The park overlooks the lake and mountains and [...]

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Thursday

~M started reading Bunnicula.
~On the way to E’s speech, M and I talked at length about ice, what water might do to ice, how penguins swim in Antarctica, summer in Antarctica, how the Earth is tilted on its axis and therefore the cause of seasons, why the seasons are opposite on the top of the [...]

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Tuesday & Wednesday

We have been rocking the unschooling lately. Not in any way I am necessarily proud of, but I also value these days off and I’m feeling happy and confidant.
Things I can randomly remember:
~M went to gymnastics.
~E, M & I looked at some cool caterpillars. Next week I’m taking my camera, there were tons [...]

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Monday

I have zero recollection of what went on last Friday except that we walked a mile and a half at the Marina and then played on the playground. Maybe I will remember more later.
Today is, technically, a sick day since E had a stomach bug last night. He is completely better today, but [...]

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Thursday

~E’s speech – he said “k”! He has not been able to say the hard “k” or “g” sound – they come out in the front of his mouth as “t” and “d” respectively. But today he made the “k” sound correctly! His ST was thrilled and I was pretty excited myself. [...]

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Wednesday – Art Class

Busy, busy, busy day. We were running from 10:00 to 4:30.
~M’s EF came over to do monthly paperwork and check-in.
~Headed out to art class. On the way up there, Margie and I got to talking about astronauts and who was the first animal in space and the first woman in space. Which [...]

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Tuesday

~Kids played with Leap Pads.
~Inauguration! I didn’t force them to sit and watch the whole thing, but M did watch as Biden and Obama were sworn in. I may have cried just a little.
~Muppet Show! I figured that it’s a party day so I let them watch mindless TV while I got [...]

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Monday

~M played Endless Ocean this morning before I woke up.
~We took a 1.5 mile walk this morning – two laps around the fake lake out near Trader Joe’s. It may be fake, but it sure is lovely. There were ducks and coots and geese which did not try to attack us and that’s always a [...]

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Friday – Camp Fire

~In Camp Fire today we learned about birds of prey (since our club is named The Red Tailed Hawks).  Margie brought an Eyewitness book on the subject but it was Claire and Lev who presented the meeting today since they have experience in the subject.  The kids dropped water on feathers to see how they [...]

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The Helen Woodward Animal Center (By Margie)

(As dictated to Mom.)
I really liked the dove – it had a little spot ot blue on its head that they put on so they could tell who was who. They cut his feathers on the sides of his wings – those are the ones that help him fly – so he could not [...]

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