The morning

I overslept yet again, which lead to trouble on down the road. The kids climbed into bed with me for some cuddling, though, so that was nice. And the “trouble” wasn’t really all that troubling. It just meant that I buckled when the kids asked to watch a show first thing in the morning, so we ended up eating breakfast, getting dressed and watching “My Little Pony” rather than eating, dressing and started the schoolwork. There are worse things, but I’d still like to start getting up earlier.

After the TV interlude, we got started on schoolwork. Pete usually does one or two worksheets from a preschool workbook and then he heads off to play in his room while Poppy finishes her work. Today he built a “tall, tall tower” and made his cars have a very involved conversation followed by a battle.

Yesterday was the first day she’s had to face a Spelling List, and it was a little tough for her. She doesn’t like to get the “wrong” answer, and today’s lesson asked her to try to spell the words on the list without any assistance. We talked about how the program works – that she’d have games and worksheets throughout the next several days that would teach her how to spell the words – and she finally stopped worrying about it.

We’re currently talking about the circulatory system in science, and yesterday was lab day. Poppy recorded her heart rate after doing several different activities, and then she filled out a chart to show her heart rate after each activity. It was fun, but I think she might be doing push-ups wrong. Her heart rate after push-ups was lower than it was after sitting still for a full minute. Curious.

The afternoon

The boy requested a bean and rice burrito again for lunch today, and it’s hard to say no to a kid asking for beans. Poppy’s been doing a better job trying vegetables at dinnertime, but I can’t imagine a day when she’d ask for beans. She had mac & cheese. Rockford came home for lunch, too, and read half of a chapter of our current chapter book, “From the Mixed-Up Files of Mrs. Basil E. Frankweiler,” to Poppy. He would’ve read to Pete, too, but Pete has issues with staying still.

The kids’ bedrooms were the focus areas on my cleaning list yesterday, so we all worked together to finish picking up toys and putting new sheets on the beds before I vacuumed. The kids had their regularly scheduled TV time after Rockford went back to work, and then they went to their rooms for Quiet Time. Pete opted not sleep today, but he did stay in his room, which meant that I got my Quiet Time, too. I took advantage of it by folding laundry, making 1 billion meatballs and Photoshopping someone’s head onto someone else’s body for one of my brother’s co-workers.

The evening

The kids and I ran out to the store to pick up a few things, and I saw something there that I should not be seeing in the middle of October: Eggnog. The proprietors clearly aren’t adhering to Nichole’s Laws of Holiday Consumables, which state that the season’s first glass of eggnog can be consumed no earlier than the day after Thanksgiving. And eggnog shouldn’t last from mid-October until late November, so one could surmise that the eggnog they’re currently stocking is meant to be consumed before Thanksgiving. Inconceivable.

Anywho, we had meatball sandwiches for dinner. (The rest of the 1 billion meatballs are in the freezer.) Then it was baths, books and bed for the kids and more baseball and – insert your own enthusiastic vocal intonations here – the return of “Psych” for Rockford and me.

I’m linking up with Adventuroo’s Week in My Life again!