Magic Wands and Hopscotch

Okay, this will be brief because I have been fighting a huge headache and it has now turned into a full fledged migraine. I am headed to bed.

The day started with grand expectations of doing a bunch of "formal" school, but instead I ended up in a two hour conversation with Carla (my sister) and "school" went on the back burner. It was a much needed and welcomed conversation, and I am glad we took the time to have it!!! I will consider it part of MY ongoing education.:)

 Musa did a spelling test and felt very successful he got them all right. He even spelled evaporation right!!! Then we said to heck with it and ended the half-baked attempt at "school."  We decided to make magic wands. It was great fun. Loretta went to the other room with hers and in all seriousness tried to turn the remote control into a pickle. I heard her say "shazam" and then "abra cadabra" and then "oolie googlie", and then she appeared back in the craft room with her head down and a sad face. "Mommy it doesn't work"  Poor baby, thought it was real. At last check she was still trying to find the right magic word. I further proved it doesn't work when I said a few choice words and waved my magic wand over the children and said the would have no further brother/sister conflicts. I guess I am also searching for the right magic word.

Then we headed outside for a long game of hopscotch math.

We checked Retta's crystal growing experiment and lo and behold she did manage to grow some beautiful crystals. She is very excited.

I am off to bed to put my headache to rest.