You know you're a homeschool family when this is your conversation at 10:15 on a Friday morning (no offense to those of you who are not homeschool families. I'm just saying, you probably don't have conversations like this... but try to enter into the humor of it anyway.)
During Chemistry this morning, Leah and I are working through our practice problems. We're reading Mama the questions and then giving the answers and she tells us if we're right or not (in this module, we actually got them mostly right, surprisingly enough!). Noah's at the other end of the kitchen table doing a math test. The conversation (after talking about chocolate ice cream (and the gelato that's on sale at the grocery store this week), flowers to be planted this afternoon, what kind of Lily of the Valley Mama ordered for Leah, cinnamon tea and does cinnamon really help to keep your blood sugar stable?, where Ethan's book is and did he look under Mama's bed where it was the last time he couldn't find it?, can we have warm bread for lunch? will you please make grilled flat breads to go with lunch on Sunday? what are you wearing to Mr. Davenport's ordination tonight and can you wash my skirt this afternoon?, etc.......) after all of that (and a few Chemistry problems sprinkled in between it all):
Mama: Read me number nine.
Sarah: Give the abbreviated electron configuration for the following atoms.
At the exact same time Noah said: Is the area of a triangle half the base times the height?
Making good progress this morning. Noah's still taking his math test. Ethan found his book. We finished our practice problems. And we decided that chocolate ice cream should always be in the freezer; no, Mama hasn't decided what to wear tonight; yes, I can wash Leah's skirt this afternoon; no, we don't know who's preaching tonight - "some guy Daddy's never heard of"; yes, Mama will think about making grilled flat breads on Sunday; no, we can't have warm bread for lunch; and the flowers Leah planted the other day are starting to come up. All very important things to discuss when you're doing Chemistry.
Friday, April 15, 2011
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Well I think it's funny. Been there, done that (minus the chemistry). :)
Who DID preach?
I'm behind on blog-reading, and even more behind on blog-writing. Oh well...glad you are still around!
I thought you would be able to appreciate that - chemistry or no chemistry :)
Pastor Trice preached, Dr. Oliver gave the charge to the sending church and Pastor Skogen gave the charge to the pastor.
We were quite muddled, because Pastor Skogen is the guy Daddy had never heard of, but he wasn't the one preaching so, anyway...
I figured as much- he's our old pastor from Chattanooga (which is where we first met the Davenports- they went to Covenant College with Warren) and now, he's Jax's pastor. Small world. We miss him dearly.
Typical...thanks for posting this "slice-of-life"
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