Week one is over and it was a little crazy  and a lot of fun. 

Our study this week was Aesop's Fables.  They come up so often in literature that we looked at 8 of them.  Next week we return to our beloved FIAR!

Monday was bonkers.  N was sick and cranky and very needy.  I ended up taking him to the doctor in the afternoon, but it is just a cold.   We have to be very careful about ear infections and he was yanking on his ears and screaming....so off we went.  I'm thankful his ear canals are getting larger.  Our doctor was able to see them completely on Monday.

Tuesday was K's 7th birthday!  It was a very sweet day with lots of little surprises all day long.  He declared it "the best". 

Wednesday was Independence Day!!  We did school in the morning since the church festivities (our annual tradition) didn't start til 5pm.  We worked on the Five in a Row Fold'n Learn on July 4th and spent the morning talking about the Founding Fathers, the Constitutional Convention, and the Declaration of Independence.  We made Lemonade Cookies.  Then off to the church picnic.  The boys had GREAT fun in all of the bouncers.    There was also a little Thomas Train to ride.  They loved their snow cones as well.  We didn't stay for the ice cream (Tom had to work Thursday and is VERY VERY busy there!) or fireworks....but it was a lovely day.

Thursday was a little hard since we were all tired.  I had an early appt. at the doctor.  (I fell in the garage in April and my foot has been hurting since.)  The doctor still feels like it is a slow healing sprain and asked me to wait 5 weeks.  If it doesn't improve, I have another appt.  If it doesn't, I'm going to push a little because we have met our out of pocket for the year and all of our appointments are covered.  I don't want it dragging into 2008 and find us paying for it out of OUR pockets.

Oh, and how can I forget!  K pulled a second tooth yesterday.  That kid has guts!  Tom suggested that he try to pull it and handed him a washcloth.  YANK!  It was out.  The tooth fairy left him 50 cents and he was so proud. 

Friday is a shorter school day.  We often have co-op classes on Fridays at church and today we didn't!  The boys are mostly done and we're all ready to relax.  It looks like Tom will be working a lot this weekend on a big project with a looming deadline.  We are also invited to my parent's house for dinner tomorrow.  We keep hoping to see the big old raccoon that has started eating out of the dog bowl on the back porch.  LOL!