Weekly Report -- January 16-20, 2012

This week there isn't much to report.  We were hoping it would be a great new week and we'd add in a few subjects, well then I got a phone call from my mom and brother.

My dad got pretty sick after he returned home from his trip out here to see us and after they admitted him to the hospital and tried to get his nausea under control, they found out that his cancer has returned and spread.  Most people that have what he has are given 9-12 months, so we're going to hope that he is one of those strange medical cases, but will also do as much as we can to enjoy every day he's with us. 

We tried really hard to do some school work, but only got a math lesson and a spelling lesson done for Everett and Annika. Lucas managed a math and half of a phonics lesson.  

I think the shock is finally fading and we'll be able to get back to a more normal schedule next week.

Weekly Review -- January 9-13, 2012

We're finally back in session.  It was great to take a nice long holiday break, but now it's time to get back on the horse.  We took it easy this week and just did the basics.  

Monday

Annika had vision therapy and her 16 week progress eval for it.  The Doctor was very happy with the progress she's made.  She has made a lot of progress in her reading abilities since starting therapy.  It has definitely been worth it. 

Everett did a math lesson, and Lucas had gymnastics and played a math game with me.

Tuesday

Annika did a math lesson, a spelling lesson, read a little and her vision therapy homework.

Everett did a math lesson, a spelling lesson and a grammar review page. Lucas did 2 math lessons and a phonics lesson.

Wednesday

Annika did a math lesson, a spelling lesson and her vision therapy homework.

Everett did a math lesson and a spelling lesson

Lucas did 2 math lessons and a phonics lesson

We then took off for the bowling alley on at the Navy base.  Lucas bowled 3 games and Ev, Annika and I each bowled 5 games.  As always we had a great time. I retained the weekly high game trophy with a score of 152.

Thursday

Annika did a math lesson, a spelling lesson and her vision therapy homework.

Everett took a math quiz and did a spelling lesson.  He also reviewed some writing pages.

Lucas did a math lesson and played a game with me.

Then we took a trip to the library where they all picked out a backpack full of books.

Friday

We took the day off and went to see Beauty and the Beast 3D.

Then the kids did had some free art time in which they made Key Blades (something from the Kingdom Hearts video game) of duct tape and cardboard.  After this they spent a couple hours playing outside with these crazy creations.

We'll be starting up more subjects next week, we have a little revamping to do with the schedule and curriculum, but nothing major.