Anders here: This week I did about 5 pages of Greek Review. I had my first mandolin class in Tallahassee. I finished my Eng. science book and 5 reader books.

Branch: I finished the first 9 lessons in Hey Andrew 4. I have to remember a lot now. I finished about 6 reader books and a few lessons of math. I'm going to release my pigeons to fly in the spring and hope they come back to me. We have had ice on the water outside the past few days. Teresa said it might snow a bit down here, but Daddy says that it would probably melt quickly if it did.

Josiah: I did 12 pages of Greek this week. There's been an owl coming to my chicken pen and it has killed 3 chickens. I can't wait till the weather warms up so we can plant potatoes.

Stennes: I'm doing badly in my Greek. I didn't do any at all this week. Some animal ate my cabbage and kale, so I'm going to put a rabbit fence around my garden. I'm making a big compost pile for when I plant potatoes.

The Girl: I am in lesson 9 of Hey Andrew 4. I need to work more on Latin. I have 2 new rabbits. They eat a lot. I have a whole big box now of craft stuff for me to stay out of trouble when I'm not doing school. I can't wait until we have another tea party.

Mean Ol' Mama: This has been an extremely challenging week for me. I have had so much paperwork, etc. to finish for the College. My first 2 classes were Thursday, and the first class is packed with 28 students who need TONS of help, so I'm going to be earning every penny this time.
I'm disappointed with how little we did in school this week, but it was hard to go from 8:00 - 8:00 on the computer and expect the kids to accomplish much on their own. They finished up a bit of reading, but instruction time from me was almost non-existent. Hope to do better next week.
The cool weather has been quite a change for us down here, and I have enjoyed wearing long sleeves for a change. I did a good bit of grocery shopping yesterday (from a very long list) in hopes to make teaching 2 nights a week more "logistically friendly". Supper has to be ready before I leave, so I'm trying to avert disaster any way I can. There's still a bit on my list to purchase, so perhaps today I'll finish it up.
I'm thinking we'll go back to the kids' checklists for schoolwork, so they can know what needs to be accomplished each day before they're "done". Any bit of structure at all is very beneficial for our crazy family, you know.
I have to give some thought about Latin for Branch and The Girl. I think I'll do what we talked about, Becky, and do a combo of Latina Chritiana with slow, easy Henle. We'll see.
Thanks for your good posts, kids. You're an encouragement to us down here.