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At Home with the Knights
Aug. 11, 2008
Many Happenings Monday!!!
Today was our first day of school for the year. I can tell you that I am thoroughly exhausted at the moment. But let me back up a bit before I tell y'all about our day.
On Saturday, Alex took Hannah and Kali to Lowe's for their "Build and Grow" clinic. They made mini school lockers.
 They were quite pleased with their building abilities. Alex said they both used the hammers very well; no fingers were smashed in the process. :)
 Kali wanted nothing to do with the apron or certificate that she got. Can you tell??
 Of course, telling her that she didn't have to worry about it caused her to melt down even more. Oh my. She did say that she wanted to go back to the next one.
Mary thought that they were refrigerators. Dear lord.
On to the first day of school!!!!
I asked the girls what they wanted for breakfast for the first day........cinnamon rolls. Now, I don't make them very often; only for birthdays or holidays. It's a good thing I was feeling festive.
 I made them the night before and put them in the fridge overnight to rise. I took them out of the fridge around 6:30 this morning so they could come to room temp. before I put them in the oven. I let them cool off enough so the frosting wouldn't completely melt when I put it on. These cinnamon rolls ROCK.
 You know you want one!
 But first I had to wake sleeping children.
 See how happy she is when she first wakes up?!
 Kali went to go check out the stuff I left on the school table for them.
 And daddy got a good morning kiss from Hannah.
 And a snuggle from Kali.
 I even managed to get a comatose Mary out of bed for cinnamon rolls!
 After breakfast they did their chores and met me at the table. They were eager little beavers this morning.
 I thought I'd wake up their brains with some mindless things. Since it's time for the Olympics, I had them coloring the rings and talking about their favorite sports.
 Well, I had Hannah coloring and talking. Kali.......ahhhh......Kali. I am, after many years of "quirks" and "issues," convinced that she is somewhere on the autism spectrum. I will assume that it's aspergers. And I will say assume since I have no intention of taking her from doctor to doctor so they can tell me 10,000 different things. I don't want her to think that there's something 'wrong' with her, or that she is, in any way, not "normal." None of us are normal; we all have things that we do differently and handle differently. I just need to figure out how to work with her. She will not write anything other than her name and will only draw hearts. Sometimes the hearts have faces, sometimes they don't. I tried to get her to draw her favorite foods this morning. That ended up in a complete meltdown and then she hid under the table for about a 1/2 hour.
But I digress.....
I kept working with Hannah. We started with Story of the World; I must say, it's quite interesting!
 She's working on her family's history this week.
We took a lunch break and watched an episode of Home Improvement. It seems to be their show of choice during lunch.
And I crossed my fingers........
 And I started math with Kali. Turns out that she LOVES math. Which explains a lot. She did 4 pages in her math book; 3 of them all by herself. She was smiling the entire time.
 Math blocks!!!
 Look at my girl doing her math work!
I did a grammar lesson with Hannah and then we made a spelling list from some of the words from today's lesson.
 I bought a spelling game program and entered her list into it. She had a blast playing the games.
After she finished with that, I called it a day. We managed to get a lot done on our first day - history, math, grammar, and spelling. Tomorrow we will toss in a little science and *gasp* an attempt at handwriting without tears (for those not in the know, it's really called Handwriting Without Tears) for Kali. Hopefully there will be no tears.
I hope that I can find a way to work with her that doesn't cause her to feel so bad. Watching her melt down like that is heartbreaking.
But wait - there's MORE......!!!!!
I ran to FedEx to ship out a box and then stopped at Walgreens. Yes, grocery gamers, I headed off to Walgreens for my weekly fix.
So, for those of you keeping score.....
Shelf price 37.50. OOP 8.95. Savings 75%!!!
I bought......
1 Bic Soleil Razor
2 bottles of Lysol toilet bowl cleaner
2 bottles of Lysol bathroom cleaner
1 bottle of St. Ives face scrub
and 1 bottle of St. Ives face wash.
Alex and I went grocery shopping together yesterday and stocked up. I did great at Publix (figures coming from memory - I'm too lazy to get up and get my binder.) We spent $75 and saved $38! We also got a few things at Sams, Sweetbay, and our favorite produce guy. I'm eager to see what my total for the month will be and how low I can get it after all my stocking up this month.
Okay, I'm done. I swear. I'm exhausted after today and am hoping that tomorrow goes a bit more smoothly. If anyone reading this is homeschooling kids on the spectrum, drop me a line. Maybe you can give me some "help her to not lose her mind and meltdown" pointers.
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Melanie