Last week was out first week of school for the year. I’m trying to get off on the right foot with record keeping. I’m doing that for my benefit, not for the state. I like to have a record of what I have done.

Last week I didn’t get much done at all. I’m still doing a balancing act between following my own mental schedule and following dd4’s interests. But she still likes our materials, so that’s one big hurdle crossed. This week has begun better. We did trees today, in accordance with the science through children’s lit book. It was fun, though dd decided that she’d paint everything BUT a tree. One mini-meltdown and some other pictures later she did a tree, and I declared myself satisfied. We also did our first science experiment–watching water change states. That one was purely following her interests, as we’d somehow gotten into a conversation about that yesterday and I had told her we’d see for ourselves today.

I’d also planned to read The Seasons of Arnold’s Apple Tree today, but I can’t find it. I know its in the house SOMEwhere…

This past weekend we attended a birthday party for one of dd’s friends. His mother is an old friend of mine, and her family and her husband’s were all there. It seemed that every single adult came up to me, complimented me on my child, and then asked me where she was going to school. That got awkward, not to mention dull, but I know they were only trying to make conversation. I guess I’d better get used to it.