Another beautiful and good day

Today is National Zipper Day! Or so says JD’s devotion book. It was a particularly difficult devotion to get through today because JD was so talkative. And by talkative I mean interrupting. (Nothing new there though.) I have him take his pill the first thing in the morning so it will take effect by math time. Which mean devotions and bible time are full of interruptions. The devotion talked about the invention of the zipper and how we use it so frequently. Then, it transitioned into when someone might say “ Zip it up!“ if they want us to be quiet or keep a secret. This is where JD got real talkative and I had the chance to say “zip it up.” The devotion said, “people can seem intelligent just by being quiet verses asking silly nonsense question.” JD said, “Well they might be inquisitive.” (Good one son.) Next, the devotion said, “Quietly listening when others speak also shows respect.” (Still interrupting.) The devotion ended with, “No one likes being interrupted” and the bible verse Proverbs 17:28.

Just a weird bit of information about me...I like unusual trivia questions and answers. And one question and answer I'll never forget is the letters on most zipper. So without looking at the picture of zippers or a zipper within your reach...what are the three letters on most zippers? The answer...at the bottom of today's blog...

The bible reading was from Genesis chapters 35-37. Chapter 35 was about Jacob returning to Bethel and the death’s of both Rachel and Isaac. Chapter 36 was about the descendants of Esau, the original peoples of Edom, and the rulers of Edom. My tongue is still twisted from all those names. I’m so glad we have names like Bob and Sue. JD was extremely bored while I stumbled repeatedly on those names trying to act like I knew the pronunciation. Chapter 37 felt more like English since the story was familiar to me. It was about Joseph’s dreams, his spiffy new jacket, and finally the unfortunate episode where he was sold into slavery.

The math lesson today was probably as easy as it gets. It was all about “mean.” That is adding a string of numbers together for the total sum and dividing it by the number of string of numbers. Example: 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6. The sum is 21. Divided by 6 = 3.5. Easy peasy. The quiz was over in no time at all and he scored a 100%. Go J.D.!

We took the civics lesson outside today. I laid a sheet out in the shade of the trees and we learned all about productivity. It also talked about people who specialize in certain tasks will be more efficient at their work. It again hit on the terms division of labor and interdependence on goods and services. There was a chapter quiz on two lessons today too. He did really well and scored a 90%.

We used the email/snail mail lesson time to finish the cursive writing story from yesterday. JD only completed writing half of the story yesterday. It was a story called “The things that drive me bonkers.” His cursive is actually easier to read than his manuscript printing. The letters are all the same size and there are spaces between the words. There might be hope yet…

The second to the last comprehension lesson has been accomplished in the language arts department. I think he’s growing impatient with those type of lessons because I know he comprehends those passages, but his scores are not reflecting it. I think he’s just anxious to get through the lessons. Today the passage had to do with compare and contrast and he scored an 80% on the quiz.

We also had the science lesson outside today too. It was actually a fun lesson. It was all about timelines. So the lesson asked JD to do his own timeline. He has had such an uneventfully little life there wasn’t much to put on the time line. I pulled out some of the old Hyder Herald newsletters from his toddler hood to put on the time line. It was fun to read those tales to him in the shade of the outside lawn.

The answer...YKK. What does YKK stand for? Glad you asked because I googled it for you. Yoshida Kogyo Kabushikikaisha (Again with the names?) the name of the Japanese company that was started in 1934 and opened its first office in 1960 in New York City.