Just Me and da Boy

Lucy has been sticken with Scarlett Fever! She is in Ma and Pa's bed, a restin'

Actually, she is sitting to the left of me, staring me down as she finishes her pastrami and cheese sandwich. However, she has had a fever off and on since Monday evening. Currently, she is at 101.7 and laying low for the day...which means, it's just me and da boy.

It's been fun. Having him jump through my hoops, sitting next to me at the table - watching him do his work in a timely fashion - but trying to tell me that he needs to do research on the computer for almost every subject matter.

We began our day with Brain Breakfast. This morning, I read out loud to him a couple of mini-mysteries. Sidney kept himself intrigued with empty plastic boxes (the baby toy industry has nothing on this chick). We moved from our "Quick Solve" book to math. He continues to work on fractions - alternating his weeks between fractions, percentages, geometry and decimals. He also has what is called, "Daily Math Warm Ups" and these are a plethora of various mathematical concepts: numeration, operations, graphs, data interpretation, patterns, etc. Essentially, he is getting the whole kit and kaboodle in math.

He then played a geography game online and did quite well. he worked himself through expert levels of states, capitals, and national lakes. he played this for quite some time; but when you are immersed in geography and you want to play again and again, how can you go wrong?

Presently, he is working in his Civics book. He is FINALLY on the computer looking up the reasons as to why the state of Minnesota has chosen each of their symbols (bird, flower, tree). This is also his handwriting for the day.

I have appreciated this time with him.

he is in need of my computer.
adios.