My Evening Musings

Well, can this week go any slower? My darling hubby comes back home tomorrow night! I am sitting here thinking that I should NOT have eaten those tator tots that the kids and I made for a snack. I did, however, have a healthy snack with fat-free ranch dressing for dinner. For those that do not know, I am doing Weight Watchers to rid myself of the extra person I have gained in the last 10 years. I have been on WW for a week and a half now and have lost 6.5 lbs. !! Only about 50 to go....ugh! BUT never fear, I am committed and am doing quite well. I am not even hungry. And boy, I didn't know a person could actually live on SO much less than I was eating. I even bought myself an elliptical machine that works your arms, legs, abs, back, shoulders, and everything else. Oh, not your butt, and heaven knows I need help there too, but maybe those lunges I am doing will help that flattened and rather large area. No one ever told me that age affects you soooo much....and I am only 36! Time to get in good shape now before my shape is totally gone, LOL. I will keep you up to date on my progress for those that are interested. Paula, I know you are! Thanks so much for the encouragement you were when you were here last week. You have set me on the right path!
Well, since this is not all about ME, but IS about our homeschooling journey, I will post a bit about that. I FINALLY decided on Shurley Grammar for Grammar/Language studies and will supplement with Rod and Staff. They actually have a separate workbook to be used for those that use another primary curriculum. Today we went over Lesson 3 in Latin for Children and I learned that "de fenestra" means to throw something out the window. IF I translated that wrong, please do not feel the burning desire to correct me, as I want to feel I learned a new phrase and be proud of myself:) That IS what the lesson said! In grammar today the kids had to define "obtuse" and when reading it, Ashley thought it was obese! Obese/Obtuse....sure looks close. :) We had fun with that one! The kids had a time grasping the concept of antonyms and synonyms...Lauren said pencil and pen (synonym), and Jordan said VCR and DVD player (antonym)...we had to go over that antonyms had to be the same type of thing...but opposite....such as light and dark....high and low....cold and hot....lol. But, Lauren protested, when discussing synonyms that pen and pencil were similar...am I wrong to say no? Surely they are both writing utensils...but not similar enough to be synonyms? Well, after they caught on, we had fun making up new ones! Now they are enjoying Tarzan 2 while I blog and then we'll finish the rest of grammar. Today in Science Ashley and I read about Zoology, taxonomy, and binomial nomenclature. Here is her narration:
"Lesson 1-Zooligy (leaving original spellings and punctuation)"
There is a classification. First Kingdom Animalia, then it gets smaller to Phylum Chordata, Phylum Arthropoda, and Phylum Annelida. Then smaller to Class Mammalia, Class Aves, Class Arachnida, Class Insecta, Class Crustacea, Class Oligochaeta, Class Polychaeta." The End.
We'll have to work a bit more on narration. She is new to this! For those of you that use narration with your children (a la Charlotte Mason), please feel free to send me any suggestions! We'll be using narration quite a bit with science and history this year!
Well, I have "mused" my self out....I hope you all have a FABULOUS Friday! Ta ta!