I had planned on taking this week off since dh was off Monday and we spent the day doing NOTHING but as Tuesday came we found ourselves studying our lessons.  We are taking it very, very relaxed but it seems as if doing lessons is becoming what we do and how we live; how we spend time together which I'm pleased to see happening.

 Tuesday we did Bible study and read the story of how Joseph went to Egypt. We talked about Joseph and his brothers and how they hated Joseph b/c of his dreams and how they threw him in a pit and sold him.  We discussed how hatred is not a good thing and we should not hate our brother/sister.  We recalled how Cain was jealous of Abel and killed him and how we are to stay away from emotions and even words of hatred toward people in general and family in particular.

They watched a schoolhouse rock video that discussed(sang about actually) the human body, math, American history, etc.

that was about it for Tuesday.

Today we had Bible study and discussed how God had a plan for Joseph and how God has a plan for everyone of us; how God created us unique and as individuals(from 4R the Prinicple of Individuality-I threw in a little of that) and how God used Joseph's gift to promote him to be a ruler in Egypt under Pharoah.

They watched a video of fire safety and dh and I took them thru the house and showed them the smoke detectors and pushed the button to let them hear how it sounds and discussed our fire safety plan of escape.

Then they watched another video called TIMMY THE TOOTH as an introduction into our dental health lessons.  I read a portion of the book TOOTH DECAY AND CAVITIES by Dr. Alvin Silverstein.  We then went upstairs to make a model of a set of teeth and discovered to my dismay that DH and DC had eaten BOTH BAGS OF LARGE MARSHMALLOWS!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!  AAAAAAARRRRRRRRGGGGGGGGHHHHHHHHHH!  

 So we just worked on a rhyming poem about the tooth fairy.

dd settled down to play with her Polly Pockets and db played resuce hero quietly while  I read a chapter from Heidi.  My plan is to read another chapter or 2 tonight before they go to bed.

Tomorrow we have a field trip scheduled with the support group to go to the fire house in town so they can see first hand and up close the big fire trucks and firemen and equipment.  That will conclude our little mini-lesson on fire saftey for this week.

Maybe, while we are out tomorrow, I'll buy another bag of large marshmallows...