Wednesday is slow cooked

We went slower today, since I had the day off.  She has already done her report for the week, so no pressure now.  We still have a writing prompt, Social Studies and Spanish to get in for the week...did the Social Studies, spent some time on English.  She did the math very well both times...we're edging up to two and three digit addition and subtraction again, then onto the next step.  We also cooked, which was really 'the main event' of the day, although I saved it for last.

 NOM

 cherry marshmallow pie in a graham cracker crust (which  she helped with) and enchiladas (she cut cheese and filled soaked tortillas while I folded and placed in the pan)

 The final layer on top

8:20 - reading aloud: "If I Were the President"
8:45 - worksheets: suffixes (3)
9:15 - prefix and suffix games online
9:30 - math worksheet and handwriting practice
9:45 - clothes washing
10 -   break
10:15 - Reading "Sammy the Seal"
10:30 - break

11 - review Nova: "America's Stone Age Explorers"
//She was calling out the discoveries to me before they told them since she saw it earlier in the week with Daddy.  She said she had 'too many memories' to tell me exactly what happened until she saw the things that made her remember.

12 - break
1p - Reading aloud: 'Pete's Chicken"
1:10p - People Together Social Studies: Natural Resources
1:25p - 30 problems missing # in subtraction equations
1:30p - Potion Maker app
2:30p - Recipes: enchiladas and cherry marshmallow pie
3:30p - done

We've eaten some enchiladas, and put some away for tomorrow.  We are heading outside now for a while... then come back in and cut the pie and try some.  It is our science experiment - epidermis (Graham crackers), dermis (cherry pie filling) and subcutaneous layer (marshmallows).

We have library again tomorrow, too... we went on Friday and have read all of our books again (except for the Grimms...getting to the end of the first book now!)

Homefront

Esme has been playing Super Why all morning on my computer, doing quite well on her spelling practice.  She is sounding out more in both her many pbs kids games and also in her forays into Daddy's Skyrim playing around the town, reading the 'talks' as she calls them and learning the commands.  I also had her trace the words 'giraffe' and 'spaceship' into her letter to Santa yesterday.  She did okay, but she needs more practice and gets antsy quickly.. but because it was a letter to Santa she paid a lot of attention to it.  She says he lives at the Christmas House and she lives at the Green House.  Sending this letter out means 1.) she can't change her mind (much) and 2.) we have time to collect the Santa presents and then choose a few extras from Mom and Dad. 

I've been sorting cloth for winter dresses and making a flat sheet for her bed.  I have enough cloth of that to make her a second one, too.  I put several of the things harvested from the garden into a lunch to take to work.  Glad to have a nice house and warm things, crafts to make for the 'homestead' etc etc...  Esme is playing Ring around the Rosie with her puppy and foot wrestling.  We had a talk first thing this morning about her keeping her kitten locked in her room and being mad when she escaped.  It was the 'if you love something you can't keep it in a cage because it is not fair to it - it needs to run and play and eat food and all of the things you like to do when you run around the house.'  She cried a bit longer on the stairs and then came to me saying she 'I understand.  Mama, you said the right words.'  I hope she did understand.  And I know that is a lesson for me, too -- watching her play at the park and trying to keep an eye but let her run free at the same time, that was resonant.