I keep telling Wyatt Clay that home school can be fun, but he has to get the tough stuff done, too. Lots of math these days. Strangely, I was pretty spot on with what I thought he couldn't line up in public school math, but was surprised by stuff he found easy, and especially by what he didn't know. After all of the years of driving on the rest of the world's schedule, having no time for being here at the house with the animals, and almost living in the car, we are enjoying our time here together and setting our priorities that aren't centered around standardized testing or what not.
One of the things that drives me nuts about public school is the lack of physical activity. I hadn't really thought I would push it much during football season, but when a child grows in the spurts that Wyatt does, coordination and fluidity of movement really suffer. So he wanted extra training in the morning. I had already been building an obstacle course, this just pushed me along, and we will keep adding elements.
The tire is five feet across. He thought it looked so easy when he helped me roll it from where it used to be a sandbox. Then he tried to flip it. He quickly admitted that it is bigger than the ones he is used to at football, and we worked on how to work up. For now, he is flipping it up and push-rolling it down the field, then pushing a wheeled cart back with his hands flat, eventually with weight on it.
Shadow Paws rolled in the mud at the turnaround after Wyatt turned on a hose for her. She is very happy to follow him and race him on sprints, and chase lizards when she has time.
Thursday, she was trying to help me decide whether I could work on painting the farm stand sign, or whether we thought weather would come in.
In the end, we decided the weather was far enough away to do one coat, then decide later if we could add more. Turned out to be a good choice. I used up a can of paint and knew what to buy on the way home from work Friday.
We are still getting into the swing of things, but the kids are trying new recipes regularly. With Bailey away, I found a neat recipe that involved red pepper gazpacho and pepperoni cheese toasts. Of course, he was more interested in the pepperoni cheese toasts. Essentially, it is a grilled cheese with pepperoni. Wyatt did a great job learning to make them. Now if he threw as much energy into his writing assignments!
He even toasted extra pepperoni for garnish and a nice presentation!
And when his Dad got home from work, he made another one. He seems pretty proud of his accomplishments! And he was fueled up and ready for football practice!
Just another day around here, right?
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