This morning by some amazing chance or providence, we got done with chores by 9AM, and school went so smoothly I got morning snack served and kids outside by 11AM. We had time to read "Story of the World" on my bed while B looked at his blackline maps (and said wow a lot, the Mongol empire was huge) and M played burrow in the covers, and I rested by sciatica.
After lunch, M’s story time, Mommy’s read Bible and sleep while M naps and B finishes up independent assignment time, we hauled out our library loot: Discovery Channel biography of Ghengis Khan, and an episode of "Barbarians: a millenium of terror" We watched the Mongol episode, with lots of popcorn. There were many scenes where B reminded M to close his eyes, no wonder the Mongols were called the Scourge of God!
Best vingete of the video: Tamerlaine said as he lay dying in Samarkand, "Do not violate my tomb or a fate worse than me will overtake you." No one messed with it until some Soviet archiologists in 1941. 4 Days later Hitler launched operation Barbarosa against the Soviet Union.
I have some frozen ragu sauce in the freezer, so I’m just making pasta and veggies for supper, I’d better go get the pasta water on to boil now.
My musings on our homeschool, coop, figuring out what my educational philosophy is anyway, and will I ever make curtains for the rest of the appartment?
