Today was a weird day.  I allowed the boys to work at their own pace while I observed. 

Scott had a particularly bad day.  He had a really hard time concentrating.  For those who don't already know, Scott has ADHD.  Some days are good for him; others are not so good.  Today was one of the not so good days.  BUT, we managed to weed through the work and I think he finally has a firm grasp on nouns.

Nick had a tough day, too. 

Poor Nick!  He left his bedroom door open last night and Lucy took up residence in his bed.....but not at his feet, like a good little furball. Unfortunately, she was in Nick's face half the night.  Nick said she kept waking him up, each time nudging a different toy under his nose.  I guess because she slept all day yesterday, she figured last night was play time.  She's never done this before, so we're not exactly sure WHAT her problem was. 

Nick pushed through his work fairly quickly in spite of his fatique.  The only hangup we had today was that he was SO tired that he actually stressed at having to alphabetize some simple spelling words.  He couldn't remember his alphabet.  Have you ever had days like that when you just couldn't do the simpliest task???  I felt so sorry for him!  You should have seen the look on his face when he said to me, "I can't remember my alphabet."  He was mortified.  Naturally, it came back to him....but for a few agonizing seconds, he was really stressed!

All is well now.  We took a break from academics and the boys worked on painting their cuneiform tablets.  It's funny that the most elementary little project captured their interest the way it did.  I honestly thought carving coded messages into a hunk of clay would have been 'beneath them', but they had the best time playing in that mud! 

They read somewhere that the Egyptians used a form of 'glaze' to preserve color, so they experimented with mixing glue and paint.  The result was glossy, colorful tablets and some very lovely Egyptian pottery.  They think it would be a hoot to bury their creations in the yard for archaeologists to find hundreds of years from now.  They're wondering just what the scientists would think upon finding their artifacts.  Their goal:  to confuse scientists of the future by making them think the past was here in the present.

Are YOU confused? 

I've just come back from picking up LK from school.  She kept texting me throughout seventh period, begging me to pick her up from school early.  She was bored silly.  I keep telling her I can home school her along with the boys and she will be home early every day....but she's not buying into it.  Oh well. 

I'm off to have a much needed Friday afternoon nap.  Then I can set my mind to what I need to have ready for the boys for next week's lessons.

From the House of Hooligans ~ HAPPY FRIDAY!