DAY 7

For years I said that I would love to stay home for days with nowhere to go. Be careful what you pray for...

Today was quite productive, actually. Miss Nine has been watching YouTube videos on a number of things, mostly crafting and organizing. She was up bright and early with big ideas. She wanted to make a "bullet journal", and if you want to know exactly what that is you will have to look it up because I am still not clear about it. All I really know is that it is a journal to help you organize your thoughts. Which is a journal, right? Where does the bullet part come in? Anyway, she gathered supplies and insisted that we do this in the fort we made on the third floor.

While she was creating her bullet journal, I read the first two chapters of Little House in the Big Woods to her. This is Laura  Ingalls Wilder's first book in the series. The first chapter is all about preparing for winter. The family must store enough food to feed themselves. Their pig, who has been running wild eating acorns and such, is brought home to fatten him up. Pa hunts for other animals and they are butchered, salted and stored in the attic. The hog is killed and smoked. Vegetables are stored in the attic and the family is snug and secure for the season. This all seemed very relevant in light of what we are experiencing right now.

I read the whole Little House series to my youngest daughter when she was a second grade homeschooler. That was our social studies program for the year. We read the books and did activities that Laura and her family did in the stories. We preserved food, learned about Native Americans, made a rag doll, and many more fun and interesting things. These books are a wonderful look at early American life and contain many lessons on being prepared and self sufficient.

Next she wanted to paint a couple of mason jars to use as pencil holders. We gathered the paints, brushes and jars and she had at it. The finished product is quite adorable.

When we finished crafting and reading we did our chores and went out into the world. We have been in the process of moving our business, Total Pool, to a new location. Since we are seasonal we don't have customers coming in right now, which is great because we have a lot of stuff to reorganize in our new building. While I worked in my office, Miss Nine did some math activities on her Chromebook.

On our way home we stopped at the gas station on the corner near our house to get some rootbeer for College Boy. There were two customers outside pumping gas, both wearing masks. The clerk in the store had a bandanna around her face. This was the first time we have seen anyone wearing masks. Miss Nine asked about it and I told her that we would likely see more of it.

After quiet time, a.k.a. my nap time, we watched a live stream from the Cincinnati Zoo about lions. The zoo is highlighting a different animal every day with their Home Safari. The videos and activities relating to the videos are fun and educational.
http://cincinnatizoo.org/home-safari-resources/ We highly recommend them!

After dinner and more reading time we ended the day with three of us being very silly on my bed. This mainly involved me watching my husband and Miss Nine being silly, which is an every day occurrence on a normal day anyway.

I will leave you with some home schooling words of wisdom shared by my 7th grade English teacher. A wonderful woman who exemplifies a great teacher. We love you Mrs. Murphy!