A busy weekend

Saturday, we had Becky's piano performance. She did so amazing! I am in awe of her. She loves the piano and even though I can't play a note, she's doing amazing. It's all her because I don't play the piano! This makes "teaching" her during the week really hard. I can't sit down and show her what it's supposed to sound like. I can't understand sometimes when she plays it wrong. She really has to do all the work herself. 

The very next day we went to the early 4th of July celebration at a local mega church. It's always a crowded blast. The kids loved it. I was overwhelmed most of the time but we all had a lot of fun. And Esther loved the fireworks at the end! I was afraid she would be afraid, but she was fine.

Anyway, it's Monday now and 8pm and my husband just got off work. What a long day. We had a stay at home recovery day after our busy weekend and I did a lot of cleaning and chores. We also finished reading Becky's free read, All of a Kind Family. I loved the surprise ending and so did the kids. Becky immediately picked out the second book in the series All of a Kind Family Downtown. I can't wait to find out what Ella, Henny, Charlotte, Gertie and Sarah get up to in the next book!

Only four more weeks left for summer break. Counting this week, five. I'm so excited to get back to homeschooling and learning. Today I also did our homeschool paperwork, the notice of intent and proof of progress and mailed it off. I need to find a math curriculum for the kids as we are done with Masterbooks, and I need to check and make sure we don't need a new phonics or handwriting book for each kid. And we need more modeling clay. And I need a new planner. 

This week is a relax week, I have declared. I have some cleaning I need to do, think deep-cleaning, and I want to finish my novel about diamonds. The Eustace Diamonds. It's such a good book! I'm in over the moon with the writing and the depth and Anthony Trollope...it's perfection. Then I want to watch the whole BBC series from the 1970s (it's free on Youtube) and see if it lives up to the book. 

But today we will start with going to sleep early and hopefully being woken up less by my very adorable toddler. 

Paper Modelling: Kitchen Table, Pocket Book, Bed

More lovely Paper Modelling Tutorials for your homeschool. Here we have the Bed, Pocket Book, and Kitchen Table. Enjoy!

Another Pool Day!

Today my beautiful friend Mandy met us at the pool and we had an amazing time. Oh, it was the perfect day for the pool! It was cooler than two days ago when we went--only 85f instead of 99f. Also there was some cloud coverage. It was just perfect to lay in the pool with her and chat and hang with my husband and all the kids. We all had a smashing time and Becky finally tried the waterslide which she loved. 

I don't even know what else we did. Today was such a blur. Brian did the grocery shopping before swimming and Esther Rose took a beautiful 1.5 hour nap after swimming. I read my new book The Eustace Diamonds while she slept. Yes, I finished The Castle of Otranto and honestly, while I loved it halfway through by the end it was reminding me to much of Lady Macbeth. The twists at the end!! It was definitely a novel for an adult. My new book though is entirely consuming and entertaining.

What a day. 

The only picture I got was one of Esther Rose enjoying a chicken sandwich. Hah!

The pool was barely populated today, When we got there we even had it mostly to ourselves for a few minutes! 

Definitely a day to remember. 

Now that I am home and clean and the dinner dishes are put away I think we very much need a break from the pool. I don't know what next week holds but it probably doesn't hold much swimming. 

I also took a break from testing my blood sugar for today which was nice. 

God is so good and daily I try to renew my trust in him. Only four weeks of summer break left!!