Today has really been adventure, yet we have not even left the house! My day started with two howling beagle pups at 4am, and then at 8am…
Me ~ "Don't wake the pups. I have been up since 4am with those little devils."
Josiah ~ "Don't call them devils. They are just little babies, who came out of their Mama's vagina...for real."
We have thoroughly covered The Human Life Cycle, and correct terminology for human anatomy. As luck would have it, I own National Geographic: In the Womb, the FOUR disc set, which happens to include (drum roll…) In The Womb: Animals !! We found our Science for the day! Sam was especially amazed that elephant sperm is killed off by “attackers” BEFORE it can get to the egg (I will have to verify this, I took his word as I did not hear this part, had to heat up Cass’s spaghetti for when she came home for lunch), unlike human sperm, which is killed off by the chemical that is released once one sperm penetrates the egg (which he remembered from The Human Life Cycle…from last winter).
We are in the process of switching rooms…making the Family Room into Mike’s Space, and the Office into Our Classroom. I was unpacking shelving and reading the directions for putting it together, when the doorbell rings. It is Sam in his Duct Tape Gear. He slipped out the door, without asking, and sold a Duct Tape Purse to the neighbor a few houses down for FIVE DOLLARS. This is an example of his impulsivity: Act now, think later. Act now, ask later. The neighbor asked why he wasn’t in school (of course..), and he answered that he was homeschooled (roaming the streets, peddling Duct Tape purses, no less! FMR!). Okay, so anyway, the police never came…lol.
Josiah has exhausted his puppy, Starbucks, so we have a big argument when I insist he leaves the pup alone so it can get some rest. This leads to me calling Reading Time, so we can discuss the needs of the pup against our wants for the pup. I read Beagles to Sam & Josiah, and ta-da! It is believed that King Arthur used beagles, and beagles were used for hunting back in the day of the knights, which has been our most recent passion since Medieval Times at Myrtle Beach. Sam exclaims that hey, he saw beagles in his Knights & Armor book, so he runs to grab the book to show us. I read the Hunting Chapter, which DOES have pics of a pack of beagles hunting, and we also find meaning for why they did the Falcon act in Medieval Times…they hunted with the Falcons and Kestrels as well! Wow! Josiah then had to poop, so I took a voice break, and alas, Sam starts reading aloud from the Knights & Armor book on his own! We never actually got around to “what puppies need” in the Beagle book, but we covered their personalities and their history.
Sam is going to try out Boy Scouts tonight and he is very excited!!
I have decided to start blogging and sharing our days, and I am very excited about that! It is 4pm now (again, up since 4am), and I am so irritable and sleepy. I had to send the boys upstairs and instruct them to stay there a while, Mom loves you very much, but needs space right now. The Universe brought me the pups so that I might stop entertaining thoughts of having a baby!
Well, we went to the Scout Meeting and it seems like it will be something Sam will enjoy, however, I will need to discuss the SNACKS with someone…my post from Facebook:
“They had cupcakes with icing and sprinkles, chips (which are not so bad), and sodas...and no limits enforced whatsoever? And then you tell them to CALM DOWN, and on the PLAYGROUND, no less???? They should be so lucky as to have the playground still standing."
I volunteer for every snack this whole year. I will beg of him.
SERIOUSLY…what the hell is wrong with people? Your pitch to me is that you end scouts “early enough”, because the kiddos have school the next morning, but you jack them up before you send them home? Does it not occur to anyone that maybe we should be promoting good eating habits in all activities? Josiah came home and ran slap into the tree in the front yard, running, but looking the other way....And my boys only took a few bites from their cupcakes, some of those other kiddos were putting them under! Making suicides with the sodas! The boys still ate well, though: Tender, all-natural chicken breasts in a zesty, orange BBQ sauce, Cascadian Farms tater tots, and a dark green salad. I think their bodies were screaming at them for protein.
My thoughts have gone completely negative…I seriously need to just GO TO BED. The darling pups have been sleeping soundly for a couple of hours now, getting all ready for play time at 4am, no doubt.
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