September 14, 2010 ~Knights in Shining Armor~

We stayed at home all day. I am still working on "organizing" our new "classroom" (Mike has had his new Man Cave organized since the day we switched everything). As soon as the boys' friend, Shamique, gets off the bus, he comes straight to our house and stays until dark. He got here today and fell into some chores... we all worked together in RE-organizing the boy's room. He stayed right there and helped with a cheery attitude! Such a good kid, I have to wonder though why his Mom doesn't mind being away from him so much. He is at school all day, then at my house until bedtime :( I really got into it today, and all of the sitting, squatting, bending, and lifting aggravated my degenerative disc disease, so I ended up "down in my back" (damn I am getting old...). I must say, we have enough cool stuff, books, manipulatives, models, souvenirs, and pics for a small museum/library of US.

Mike and Sam went to soccer practice (Mike coaches a recreational league here in the city), Cassidy handled dinner for me and did some cleaning, and Josiah and I cuddled in my bed and did about fifteen pages in his Math workbook. He loves this particular workbook, and would have done fifteen more pages, but Mommy needed a rest. (**For progress report use: He has anything with 1-5 down pat, and counting to any number is no problem, but he is working on recognition of 6-10.) It is colorful and the activities are fun. He especially loves the Odd One Out page. If you are interested in checking it out, it is Sylvan Basic Math Success. We have grade K for him, but it comes in all "grade levels".

The Renaissance Festival/Halloween costumes (knight costumes) arrived yesterday, and we are very pleased! They are of good quality and very beautiful. I ordered them from Costume Craze, and I will definitely be using this company from now on. They have variety, free shipping, and the product arrived exactly when they said it would. We enjoyed visiting a Halloween Express, especially looking at the zombie dummies, but as far as the costume selection, availability, etc, I am not chasing costumes and sizes from store to store. Now that I am comfortable with the service and quality, I may order Mike and myself some Renaissance costumes to match! (You will wear it, honey? Please?)

Last night Sam and Josiah made up "plays" of sword-fighting and performed them for me in their costumes while I lay in the bed ("down in my back"! lol). I wish I would have video-taped them, what a treat! It made me smile all over and probably helped heal my back just by watching them perform for me. They are getting pretty good at fake-fighting with the swords, but occasionally throughout the day there is screaming and crying from a mishap in spatial reasoning. I wouldn't put them in the Medieval Times performance arena with the real swords just yet. 

Dad cleaned the kitchen after dinner and took care of all of the bed time routines while I healed my back and rested. I love him so much. He is my Knight in Shining Armor, every day.