It's Friday, it's Friday

To say this week was rough at LADS is a bit of an understatement.  But, I try to keep everything into perspective and roll with it.  Sometimes our mornings start out rocky and even though we open with a devotion and prayer, it doesn't seem to help.  I have decided to STOP praying for patience because it seems the God has a wonderful sense of humor and decides to test me when I do.  I fail miserably!!!
I have noticed some interesting things about Matthew this week.  For instance, when he gets bored with Teaching Textbooks, he starts working all of the problems in his head and is accurate about 90% of the time.  He would much rather use the calculator but I am old school and want him to work problems out so he doesn't lose that ability.   This math curriculum is still a review of what we covered last year, but it seems to be working for him still.  He likes the study buddy which happens to be a polar bear that munches popcorn and drinks soda.  The bear also cheers for him when he gets the answer correct.
Today we are finishing the week with several tests and surprisingly he is in a good mood.  He has taken his vocab/spelling and is currently working on a math test covering two chapters.  Next, he will finish the day with an open book science test.  Matthew loves science and we have jumped ahead in the book so we can cover evolution because he seems to be interested.  Unfortunately, we need some background on the earth before we can really explore in depth the theories.  So, we have to push through the boring to get to what he would like to study.  We have begun reading Journey to the Center of the Earth to supplement our science studies.  He seems to like the story and it's been challenging because the vocabulary is not typical of today's books.  I love classic literature and have tried to expose him to these books along with today's fiction.
On another topic, we had our first parent teacher conference for Hannah this year.  Her Biology teacher is awesome and I, personally, would love to sit in her class.  Just listening to her describe Hannah's class made me realize that she truly knows her students.  It's no wonder that Hannah has asked her to be a judge for the FTC qualifier in February.  What's sad is how she can already know so much about Hannah and other teacher's just don't have a clue, or maybe they do!  
Well, time to read some in Journey to the Center of the Earth...Have a great weekend!