Friday March 20

Mass today was in Leicester, 15 minutes away. Connor figured out that he has atteneded 8 churches so far this Lent. Pretty neat. After Mass, Connor worked on his Math test,units 4-6, and then we left for Chess at 10am. On the way to Rochester, we listed to Grammar Rock and Fill Your Head vocabulary Cds. We stopped to pick up Connor's friend, Ezra, and arrived at Chess by 11a. At 12:30 we grabbed lunch and went to the Rochester Museum and Science Center. We spent 3 hours touring the exhibits, learning a ton of Science stuff (that I won't bother listing here). After the museum, we stayed to watch the Spring Skies show at the Planetarium. We didn't get home until almost 5:30pm. It's 6p, and Connor is upstairs practicing guitar now. What I liked best about our day was listening to Connor talk with Ezra in the car. Every other sentence began with, "The thing I like best about home-schooling is..." For instance, "The thing I like best about home-schooling is that we get to go to the museum when it's not crowded. When I went with my school on field trips, it was always chaotic." His words, not mine. To be fair, he did say something negative too. "One thing I don't like about home-schooling is that I never get a break. Even when we went to Florida my mom brought my Math book and stuff and made me do school work." Overall, it was just great that Connor found a home-schooling friend who understands him. Ezra seems like a good fit for Connor,and I hope they get to spend more time together in the future.