Adventurous day

The devotion today was about the Eiffel Tower. The lattice work of iron was built for the Paris Exposition in 1889. It stands 984 feet tall. Of course the Eiffel Tower was not the first tower man built to honor their own achievements. After the Noah flood they too built a tower. The tower of Babel. But the people of that time also built it for the wrong reasons. They did not build it for God’s glory, rather their own. It’s ok for us to have honors in sports and academics or whatever but when those honors take the place of God’s place that’s a monument that will never last.

We finished reading the book “Tales of Fourth Grade Nothing” today. It left us both wanting the sequel. There are three other books about the same boy and his annoying brother Fudge. So looks like we’re going to the library soon. Reading is so much fun. JD likes it when I read to him so he doesn’t have to concentrate on the reading and can stay busy forming the pictures. (Truth is, there aren’t many more days left where we’ll snuggle on the couch and read.) I hope one day JD will love reading as much as his daddy does. JD is still working on his March creative book report.

Today in geometry we learned lines of symmetry and points of symmetry. A line of symmetry is when you have a heart shape for example, and you fold it in half and have the exact same drawing on the other side. A point of symmetry is a square where you can fold from one point (corner) to the other point (corner) and have the exact same shape. Then it turned the object and asked us at what degree did the lines of symmetry meet. JD understood this lesson pretty quickly and moved to the quiz. He scored an 80%, but I really think sometimes the quizzes are not always accurate. He really should have gotten a 90%.

I forgot to set my alarm last night so I woke up late today. To keep on schedule we did the word bank lesson together. The words were overt, quaint, tawdry. JD looked up the words and I wrote the definition. He also made up the sentences and I wrote them down.

Our mundane tasks have quickly turned into daily outdoor adventures with God’s creatures. Yesterday it was those never ending queen ants (which are gone now)and today it was flying creatures that dive bombed us when we went outside during lunch. So you have the great fortune of hearing about today’s adventure that was written as JD‘s journal entry. I wrote one sentence and JD wrote another. Here is our collaboration that we have titled “The Bee Sting.” Today while out on break we became the “Bee Task Force.” We had hornets, wasps, and different kinds of bees. But the elusive bee we were tracking was affectionately named “Shiny Black Butt.” They had outnumbered us 3 to 2. Earlier in the day one scared JD and he scraped his big left toe. JD hates bees and that’s why we called out the “Task Force.” (That and mom had to get revenge for the toe episode.) They outwitted us, outsmarted us, and outnumbered us. If we had daddy here we would have had a fighting chance. Mom lost her bedroom slippers while out on a short trek that suddenly turned into a quick jaunt back in the house when “Shiny Black Butt” chased after her. She unfortunately swatted at it and missed. JD was cracking up and said, “You lost your slippers. What if they fly off with them?” Mom said, “In life sometimes you have to make sacrifices.” Then mom said, “I think I hear them laughing at me” and she wrangled up the courage to try again. This time she left the slippers inside and lost the top to the fly swatter on the trampoline. We came into the house and designed a Texas sized fly swatter. Ironically, we found a plastic sign in the garage that read, “Think Safety First” to use as the swatter part. We taped the sign to the fly swatter and went back outside. Not to be defeated by “Shiny Black Butt” mom stalked him until he spotted her. So as not to take any glory from mom JD took refuge in the car all the while scouting and shouting “Shiny Black Butt alert!” Mom unsuccessfully swatted at least five or six times but “Shiny Black Butt” got the best of us and chased us back into the house. Where we are currently being held captive. (**Note to self…use extreme caution when Googling pictures of a “Shiny Black Butted” bee…I really should have known better.)

Today for music I asked JD to figure out “Jesus Loves Me” on the organ but he kept playing “Mary Had a Little Lamb” and singing “Jesus Loves Me” with it. (It’s really difficult to sing that…it’s like trying to lick your own elbow.) So I went online and found the sheet music in beginner form. We of course had to get the notes figured out with the world wide web. Thanks internet. So now we can add “Jesus Loves Me” to JD’s repertoire of music that he can entertain company with. What a special talent from God. (Did you try to lick your elbow?)

The history lesson today was a review of Lewis and Clark. I like how this program does two history lessons that closely resemble one another before the chapter quizzes. Therefore, we relearned the two year adventures of Lewis and Clark and moved onto the chapter quiz and scored a 100%.