Welcome to the Wright Home!

In true form, I forgot to bring my camera to the first day of CC, which stands for Classical Conversations. It's not a drop off and it has a "community" feel. I tutor for the 5-7 year old girls, who are amazingly sweet. 2 of the girls never gave a presentation last year. (Every week they have a topic they are given the option of talking about in front of the class for 2 minutes.) This week, they both did. One was really short, but the fact she was brave enough to do it was really big. Hannah did well while she was with us. She wanted to be a part of everything the rest of the girls did, even though she had no idea what it was all about. We do science experiments every week and a fine arts project. This week, we had to go outside for science, which meant a trip on the elevator! Of course, everyone wants to push the buttons, so we now have to go with an alphabetical order system so everyone gets her turn. Our class is on the 2nd floor, so going to class, coming down for lunch, and science that's outside and occasionally art as well, will now mean using the elevator. Lots of oportunities for good times. When we were done with our work, we had some time before lunch. We sat around and the girls asked questions about Hannah- why her hands are like that, why her mom didn't take care of her, and the amazement that she walks on her ankles! She showed them how we sign Jesus Loves Me, and really enjoyed the attention!
After lunch, I was in charge of 8 little ones for 2 hours while their moms got to go into the Essentials class. There was another mom, whose children are taking art and music, who stayed with me for part of it, then after a while another mom popped in for a bit. Nice not to be alone with all of them in a small nursery room!
All in all, it was a good day, but I did miss sitting with my friends in EEL and our time after when the older kids had art. However, it's our new normal and it will be great.
Everyone was tired and a little touchy for a bit when we got home, so we sat down and read about Charlemagne and Henry VIII to allow for a little down time. So nice not to have dance and scouts on Mondays. This year, it's just scouts. Samuel has 3 badges to complete until he's earned every badge possible for Webelos! He only has a few things to do on each, so it should be a pretty quick process. Then, it's meeting new troops to decide where to go as a Boy Scout. After February, when he is a Boy Scout and we can drop him off!
Buddy and I made a deal that since he and Samuel are doing Karate on Thursdays, I'd take Samuel to Scouts. That way, each of us have an evening with Catherine. So far, so good.
Yesterday was a beautiful homeschooling Tuesday, compared to some in the past. Maybe the Omega 3's are kicking in and helping things be more peaceful...
As we were eating dinner, Catherine had to tell Buddy how she hadn't chewed her fingernails and only popped her knuckle once that day. Samuel said he hadn't picked his nose all day, and Caleb said, "I didn't eat any bergers today." Samuel piped up, "It's true! He did pick his nose, but he wiped it on a kleenex."
Today, I'm trying to get back into the swing of butter making, bread baking, yard work and laundry. While doing homeschool and my version of PT with Hannah. Think I'm taking on too much? It's after 4 and I'm just now done with a shower and feel like I could hit the hay. That may have something to do with staying up to watch Pride and Prejudice and get to the next part of my knitting directions...
I do have some pictures, but the camera is ...