I started my morning off with some Scripture Journaling which is always a great way to start the day. After that I dressed myself, done the dishes and started breakfast. I fixed some cinnamon rolls which is the kids favorite. Ax and Lee both woke while breakfast was cooking. I think they smelled it. Anika on the other hand was already up when I got up. She was spending the day with the boyfriend so apparently that motivated her.
We all had breakfast and then we done chores. Ax was told if he took the garbage out he would get chore money. He refused so his little sister done his chore and her's and earned both of their money. She's one smart cookie. He's all sad about it now and as much as I want to give in and give it to him, it isn't teaching him a thing. Poor guy will just have to suffer until tomorrow. Maybe he will be more apt to do them tomorrow!
We did our morning block as soon as the housework was complete. For morning block we worked in our journals. Ax and Lee were given the question would you rather be Santa's Elf and work in the workshop or would you rather be a Reindeer and fly his sleigh. Both chose and Elf. For our morning story Axle picked "The Elves at the Top of the World." It was super cute. The pictures were beautiful too. We ended our morning block by preparing an experiment we are working on. We made pipe cleaner snowflakes and put them in a mixture of boiling water and borax. If it works like it's supposed to, we should have snowflakes covered in crystal's by morning. I'll let you know how that goes.
The kids took a break and done some free play while I worked on school planning for the remainder of the week. I also made some phone calls that were needing done and updated my daily mood tracker. The kids played so well together. It was nice!
Next on our agenda was showers for the two kiddos. Lee went first and then Axle took his turn. While they showered I worked some more on our school work plan! After everyone got their showers we started getting some stuff packed up to go to Nan's. The hubby is an appointment in TN on Friday so we will be going down tomorrow night to spend the night. The kids will be staying with my parent's while we go. They are super excited about it and even more excited that they get to carry their new luggage to Nan and Pa's.
We did our Afternoon Block starting with our core work. Annalee went first. She worked on recognizing and counting. She was given a number and had to place that many snowballs on the plate. She did awesome and got them all. She also listened to video from 1-20 and sang along. I had her write her B's for the first time today and she did awesome. I wasn't expecting her to do so well on them. We also went over her birthday today and she still wants to say it's the 16th instead of the 13th. That is because her brother's is the 16th and she listened while we were learning his. She will get it though with time I'm sure.
Axle did his core work. We started by going over some new sight words and reviewing the old ones. He did excellent and is remembering his sight words well. He worked on his next phonics step on the program that we use and he read in his reading book to me. He also worked on Step 1 on tying his shoes. He's about to conquer the first step I think! He gets frustrated easily at it so I don't push too hard.
After our core work was complete we made cinnamon sugar snowflakes. We used tortillas and cut them in the shape of snowflakes. We then added cinnamon/sugar to them and baked them. The kids really enjoyed this project and were very proud of their creations. They did turn out really cute!
By this time of the day it is supper time. SJ lit the grill for me out on the deck while I wrapped our pork tenderloin in foil. I bought it already seasoned from Walmart and it looked delicious!
I still had a few things I needed to get done so I let the kids have some free time. I made a list of items I needed to buy on our way home from Bristol for the kids school work when we returned. I also did a 1/2 a sink full of dishes so that they would be ready for me to cook supper and I started working on our meal plan for next week. I didn't get it finished but got a good start on it.
I fixed dinner and we all ate. The pork tenderloin was so delicious. It was so full of flavor and the perfect size for us. I made some mac n cheese and cheese biscuits to go with it. We all have full bellies tonight. I socialized with the Hubby for a bit and the kids watched television, then the Hubby turned in for the night.
I've got a bit more to do before bed. I've already cleaned up the supper dishes so now it's just planning and stuff. The kids and I will do Tea Time before bed too! I plan to be in bed by 11:00 myself! That's my new bedtime goal, 11:00 pm. Wish me luck!!!
Tomorrow we are headed to Bristol. I'll update soon!
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