Wed. May 20

We didn't go to church this morning because Connor slept in until 8am. I was up 3 times with the puppies during the night, so I didn't feel overly motivated myself. The puppies are gorgeous and Maggie is simply amazing. She is the best mother!! While I showed off puppies to various friends, Connor completed his math pages. The lesson was about calculating the volume of a prism triangle, and it was confusing even to me. Eventually, I told Connor to skip that problem and wait for Xiao to get home. Xiao is brilliant at math, and he often helps the boys with their computations. After math, Connor created 20 flashcards and completed a unit in his vocabulary book. On Tuesday night I was driving Austin and his friend John to their Civil Air Patrol meeting, when John found Connor's vocabulary book. He thought it was Austin's (which it is in a way, since Austin is using the same book at McQuaid) and John commented that the vocabulary book is a grade level higher than the one he is using in the same series. John attends a private school in Lima and he's in the eighth grade, so I found that interesting. Anyway, after vocabulary Connor revised the essay he wrote on why he wants to be a priest. At 1p we went to Tae Kwon Do. I was extremely proud of how well Connor stayed on task during the class. He's never been that quiet and focused for 45 minutes. This is progress! After Tae Kwon Do, Connor had a guitar lesson. On the way home from guitar, I had to call the vet to find out the cost of the 1st and 2nd shots for the puppies. Connor was trying to figure out the economics of breeding. Of course, he found out that there isn't that much profit in the puppy selling business, although it's better than not being able to cover the costs. We got home from guitar and Xiao helped Connor with the rest of his math. Now they are playing Risk, a board game. The boys play Risk for hours.