We had a GREAT first day back to school! I feel so productive today:)

Me: got 1 load of laundry washed, 1/2 load folded and put away, kitchen floor swept, and 1 load of dishes. Kids helped too.

7yo: read 3 stories from her Beginner's Bible. Did 1 grammar page from Evan-Moor, I only made her write 1 of the sentences. Did 4 pages of her new Dev Math 3 book: Subtraction of Ones (i.e., numbers 9 and under). Today she subtracted 1 from a number. Tomorrow she'll subtract 2 from a number. The book looks very easy, but the storyproblems look rather tricky! It should make us think - maybe I will make them into challenges for the whole family.

5yo: read Bob Book 6 Dot and the Dog. Reviewed lowercase c, o, a, d. Learned lowercase g in HWT K. Did a few pages of BJU Math K, practiced counting pennies, learned about dimes.

Both: we have been reading about Moses leading the people to the promised land in Bible. We learned about famous explorers in history and then the kids told me everything they know about space exploration, so we went on a tangent about outer space. We learned about Deciduous Trees in science, and why leaves change color and fall off the trees in autumn. (I love that word Deciduous. I could say it all day: deciduous, deciduous, deciduous).

Also, 7yo is working on Away in the Manger on the piano and sounds very good. She's so proud to learn a Christmas song.

I have NOT been working on Nanowrimo...the family got sick, my husband had about 2 weeks of intense tooth pain (and went through a Series of Unfortunate Events at the Dentist Office, finally resulting in minor surgery at the oral surgeon). And then, my quarterly work assignment for our home business arrived a few weeks early. Which is actually a huge blessing, because it will leave my month of December free for Christmas endeavors. Its just that now I need to work for a customer, and not spend my time idly writing trippy stories for Nanowrimo:)