The Week of Stuff

Do you ever have one of those weeks where you are in a constant state of busyness but really have nothing much to report? That is the kind of week we had. This was our week off, and we were busy cleaning, sorting, loading things on Ebay and generally reorganizing. The highlight of the week was winning 14 boxes of homeschooling books off of Freecycle. It was well worth the 50 mile round trip to pick them up. I ended up with 164 books to sell on Ebay, a large box of books for a good friend, and 50+ books for my own little homeschool. The rest of the books will be donated to the library or traded in for credit at the used book store. Here is a shot of just some of the books in the middle of the chaos. It took hours to process the books.

Tom Sawyer got braces last week. He was a real trooper and did a great job. I am so impressed with his maturity. He braved the hour in the orthodontic chair like a real champ and learned in just one day how to put the rubber bands in without a mirror. He hasn't complained hardly at all about pain. However, he wouldn't at all give me a nice smile for the camera!

Little Red Riding Hood has been very busy helping me by doing extra chores for money. She is saving it all for our trip to Washington, D.C. this summer. She wants to go to the American Girl doll store there for the first time. She cleaned the laundry room and the garage.

We went to all of our normal out of the home classes this week. These classes are on spring break next week. We are starting a short, two-week unit study and then taking another week off because Daddy will be home for a week. Then we will finish out the school year with a seven-week unit.

Blessings, Dawn