Thought I'd share this picture of "Lucy, our perfect family pet," reading my FIAR VOL. 4 manual...she's enjoying learning about Snowflake Bentley....

How can we possible homeschool with the dog laying on the chemistry symbol chart?  Tommie's doing a report on Iron Mining in Michigan, good thing we visited Iron Mountain, in the U.P. and did the tourist-thing in the Iron Mine, last summer.  Incase you were wondering, the symbol for iron is Fe....and  some scientists believe the core of Earth is iron.