The boys woke up around 7:30 and did their morning work before they got on the computer. I woke at 8. I decided that on Mondays breakfast will be at 9. So I gave the bos extra time to be on the computer. They each got 20 minutes.Morning computer is a special privledge to those who get up extra early nd get their work done. They often think they are all 3 entitles to it. I have to explain, htey are not. It isn;t a right. It is something extra they get if they put forth the extra work (in getting up early and being disciplined) on their own.

I woke Manuel at 8:30. We had scones and boiled eggs and bacon for breakfast.

I read from Little Pilgram's Progress while they ate.

*** I made YUMMY homemade scones for Easter. Some plain sweet scones and some blueberry scones***

Then we did our Brain Gym. I had Ki do joint compressions as he had a bad SID weekend and I wanted to make sure he had the JC for today. He no longer needs them everyday, but I need to make sure he gets them on his bad days.

The boys copied their spelling words down. I had Spanish-English words/phrases for Manuel.

Ki chose the words GAMES for his word of the week. He then wrote a little story using his words. The other boys wrote a few sentences as well.

Then it was massage time for Manuel. I bet my husband would like leg massages twice a day...LOL. His pressure garments didn;t dry completely last night, so I have him doing math in his stockings. His garments shoule be done soon.

Ki is did 3 pages in Miquon, Gavin did his chapter in Saxon math and Connor did 3 pages in his reading comprehension notebook.

Manuel is doing a Fractions Booklet from Miquon. We also did some work with problems that have different opperations....like  2x4+3x5.... I showed him to do the multiplication first (2x4)+(3x5)... so its 8+15.  Then I showed him how to work with negative numbers. He had never worked with negative numbers before. I drew a numberline on the board from -5......0......6 and did some probelms without negatives to show how touse the numberline, then some problems with negative numbers.

His garments were dry by then. The other boys took a break while he donned the pressure garments. I had him doing them all on his own, even the hard part over the foot.

After the little break, Ki and Gavin worked on Critical thinking sheets and Connor played Math Detective and Manuel read. That is pretty much the school day. Everyone did reading, spelling, writing, math and 2 did Critical Thinking.

I don't feel super happy with school today. I felt too pulled to help anyone effieciently.It felt 'hurried through to get done.' I need to re-eval the day, find out exactly when/why I feel it didn't go smoothly and correct that for tomorrow.

Normaly on Mondays we have to be out of the house by 1:15 to go to drama and computer- so I want to be done with school by 12-12:30 for lunch.

And I still have trouble with not doing every subject every day... I feel so incomplete.

The boys will do other things today. Brian downloaded a new CAD for Gavin. Ki and I will go shopping for the fabric to make his Costume. Connor is designing melee characters for a game..