Monday, January 29, 2007

• Breakfast after Pete left. Read a couple picture books and talked.
• Girls at table doing "something" while I attempted to clean up kitchen. Caroline screaming or crawling around on the floor becoming black.
• Read 2 chapters of Our Lady of Banneaux. Madeleine colored the book. E spelled words on fridge. D played w/dollhouse.
• Read M,E St. Joan of Arc story for M's Little Flower project. Discussed.
• E did crayon rubbings. M did Little Flower stuff: copywork, organized book, memorized, sang. i sat next to her, watching Caroline tear up the house. D worked puzzles.
• Went through sight words with Madeleine and did a bit of Little Stories for Little Folks. E did puzzles.
• Jemma arrived for an hour (teacher in-service today). Caroline down for a nap. Did lots of OWL stuff. Drew owls from books, read picture books: Owl Moon, Owl Lake, Moon book.
• Talked about stages of the moon. Dorothy Jo did counting chips and more puzzles.
• Jemma left. We went through our new library books. Looked at L. Ingalls books. Lots of questions about her.
• E down for a nap; she's sick. Lunch
• Played in living room. I cleaned up.
• M,D did watercolors. E still sleeping.
• Quiet time.
• Watched Little House video. I did 5 decades of Rosary.
• Dinner. Lots of craziness, lunacy, I tell you.
• Random play.
• PJs. Teeth. Madeleine led everyone in decade of the 3rd Joyful mystery: nativity. For an increase in "obedience" her Little Flower virtue. They all did wonderfully. Then daddy called and everyone started crying!
• Bed. Here I am; avoiding the very messy kitchen and baskets of laundry folded last night that needs to be put away.