Happy Belated Valentine's Day!!
We spent ours sleeping in and then finishing up school for the day. The kids has a blast opening their cards from G&GK and devoring the candy - some didn't quite make breakfast first - oh, well. It took Dime until 5 o'clock to figure out today was really Valentine's Day. I guess I didn't do a whole lot to prepare for the day and make it seem special. Sat and Mon kinda stole the show. Dunk filled in by coming home from evening school with surprise Valentine treats and small gifts for the girls. Yeah!! They all went right to sleep on their sugar high. :-) Any day is great that starts with sugar and ends with sugar!
Saturday was the St. Cloud Speech Tournament. It went very well but was a busy, long day. Dot gave her humurous interp. speech 3 times and spent several rounds as a timer. Daisy did registration, judged one round of the junior tournament, then worked in the Tab room til the meet was over. It was fun to learn what goes on behind the scenes. Bed felt so sweet on Saturday night. Mmmmm....
Monday we went skiing!!! Dot, Drum, & Dime got to go skiing for the very first time with Papa K., Dunk, & Daisy - who haven't skied in ages. The kids did fantastic! Of course, Dime went down the bunny hill a couple times and was like, ok, that was fun, now lets go to the black diamond hills! They thoroughly enjoyed themselves and it was fun to get to make that memory with them. The old folks did fine as well. We are a little stiff and sore from the unused muscles complaining but nothing a little massage (hint, hint) wouldn't help. It was sure a blast!
Deer had her first experience at a Christian school. She went with her friend, A., on Monday. She sat by her in the classroom and got to join in on the activities for the day. She said it was fun and she would love to do it again but she didn't learn much, so didn't think it was the best place for her to go to school. :-) I was nervous besides being eager for her to go because I was worried that she would love it too much. I filled her in that some days are more fun than others and that if she went she would obviously do more learning. She is ahead in her math so that seemed easy for her and then it was a spelling test day and play rehearsal day, etc. She loved phy. ed. :-) and seeing her friend! No way, I'd send my easiest student for someone else to get the credit. I have to have some motivation to keep homeschooling even if it wasn't me that made her that way. I'm glad she got the opportunity to see what a classroom is like and learn a little of what it is like for her friend at school.
Dessert is going through a "only Mommy can do it for me" stage. I think it is because of being gone so much last week. I drove for ballet on Wed, then Awana wed night, then speech club Thurs night, the Speech Tournament on Sat, then skiing on Mon. He'll have time to make it up as there is no speech club this week and the rest of the week is very quiet. I think everyone is enjoying seeing each other again.
I've been busy working on some new earrings. I really wish I could find someone interested in selling them for me. Not a store as then I have to spend time making a cute label, but someone person to person. I really enjoy the hobby. It is fun to create new earrings. Some I make I really hope they don't sell! I have sold a number to friends at church which is fun. We will have to see what happens to the new set...
TTFN - Ta, Ta, For Now
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