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I'd say this morning was an almost normal one here, as I felt so much better than I have in almost a week.  The kids enjoyed having me around, especially my 17-month-old.  The big kids spent most of the morning playing with blocks, little people, paper and scissors, etc, while I took a few minutes here and there (in between water and rest breaks) to get dishes and laundry caught up and fix a dinner for tonight (with leftovers expected).  We started official "school" when my youngest went down for her nap after lunch, when sciatic nerve pain was just starting to set in for me, making it difficult to move.

I suggested my 7-year-old daughter do Language Arts on the computer while I worked with my 5-year-old son on math, but she didn't want to miss out on math.  She worked independently on some worksheets featuring inequality signs while I worked with my son on less advanced topics.  Tomorrow I'll have her do the next review test to make sure we don't need to spend time on any of the topics she's skipping.  I expect her to be out of the first Shiller Math activity book by the end of the week, now that she's decided to proceed at her own pace, not her brother's. 

This afternoon I need to make sure we hit Language Arts with both kids, and this evening my daughter will have her first swim lesson of the season - my son had his first ice skating lesson of the session last night.  Tomorrow we start Community Bible Study, and I'm finally beginning to believe we'll make it there, though I'll probably need help dropping off and picking up the kids, given the trouble I'm having moving around.