The Pluto Files

We're watching Nova: the Pluto Files. Maggie is not in a good place to work on schoolwork today and our house is in chaos...so, I have hours of educational TV from PBS to watch, so we're watching Pluto. I have Nova and American Experience as well as the most recent film on Anne Frank.

Monday, Monday

This am Maggie worked on Math and did a bunch of housework for me...it was so nice to come home from my clinic and find a clean house. She's getting ready to work on more math and language arts. I'm trying to get her equally caught up on all units. She was ahead in Bible and History b/c they were her favorites.

I found this photo laying on my table and thought I should scan it in. I am not sure how old I was when this was was taken, perhaps my mom can tell me, but I do know this was our house in Tulsa.

Schoolwork on Saturday

Maggie just took a Language arts tests and did really well. She's now on the third unit and we're finally finding a rhythm. Unfortunately we'll be doing school work until the cows come home, but she might get a short break in the summer. all her work is first rate...she's just kind of slow getting it done sometimes.

Since it's snowing and not too pleasant out, we're doing school work this weekend. That way we can ride when the weather is nice.

Snow Day Mentality

We homeschool, therefore snow days should not matter, but they do. We have had such a hard time working today with the snow outside. This am Maggie was hooked on looking for a dachshund to adopt...the fact that she will be unable to have a dachshund for a long time wasn't important, she just was enamoured with pictures of puppies. I watched the news, so that was OK.

Then we had to go feed the horses before the weather got too terrible. we left the house at 11:40, and it snowed at least 2 inches while we were there feeding. Maggie built a snowman.
This afternoon we have been going over the quizzes that we had previously skipped. I had tried to block them out of the program with the promise should wouldn't have to do them if she got a good grade on the tests, but the program malfunctions when I block the quizzes, so we have been doing them together. Mostly, they are just time consuming, but I am now seeing that she needs to do the quizzes.

So, snow day mentality...it's been really hard to do schoolwork today.

Maggie read a whole book

Ok, this sounds like a really silly thing to be excited about but Maggie doesn't usually like to read. Today she got up and I was already reading my book. I was at the point in the murder mystery when you don't want to put it down, so I was reading. Maggie did the same thing with her book, from the series Charmed (also some DVD's that she enjoys watching) She read all day and just now finished the book. I'm so proud of her b/c she saw it through b/c she wanted to, not b/c anyone made her. Guess I'll go to the library and see if there are more charmed books.

Sickness

Maggie was sick yesterday. She is better today, but slept pretty much all day yesterday. I knew she was sick b/c she stayed in her room all day by herself. Today she is better, but still a bit pitiful. It's cold outside and she is happy to stay inside. She was supposed to be in riding class today, but she is sick and it is cold.