in pursuit of wild things

I had the perfect school week planned out. Naturally, the days did not work out as expected. Sparkles came down with a nasty illness on Tuesday and still does not feel well this evening. Just as we thought she was getting better, down she would go again. Sparkles has managed to keep food and liquids down only a couple of the past six days. Sometimes she seems to feel just fine so long as she skips most foods. Right now she can tolerate bananas and those full meal drinks.

By Friday we thought Sparkles should see a doctor. Something is going on. One doctor said their earliest appointment was in July and another practice refused to see her until they had her immunization record in hand. Seriously? There was a time when people who practiced medicine actually gave a damn. Frustrating! I reached out to the local homeschooling community and neighbors asking for doctor references. No one I spoke too receives medical care in this town. Isn’t that crazy?! Hopefully, I’ll get Sparkles into a physician’s office this week in another town.

This week we replaced our poetry tea time with our Medieval Ember Day feast. The recipes we tried were very tasty and most likely the healthiest food we’ve eaten in a long time!!! Sparkles came downstairs to look at the feast and sample some pottage before going back to bed. Our school week was a little slow without Sparkles. I worked on some lesson planning for July and with Littlest on his reading lessons.

The weekend was busy. We drove to western Kentucky for our sweet niece’s wedding. Sparkles made the trip okay but I worried

about her constantly. She and Littlest rested on me during the wedding ceremony. The next day we went to Louisville for Beatersville. Always fun to look at the cars and it is a great event for people watching. They moved the venue to a new location and it just wasn’t the same. The industrial section of a large city just doesn’t have the same vibe and many of our favorite cars were not at this year’s event. Boo-hoo…

I spent today putting out flowers in the yard. My husband pulled out his smoker and made smoked meatloaf and garlic. He even

wove one of the loaves in bacon. Yum!!! It was so delicious as lunch we’re having it again for dinner.

This week begins our summer session of school. The kids are working through lessons from ArtAchieve, Composition and Poetry from Blackbird and Company and math. Maybe we’ll toss in a science experiment or two. All of the neighborhood kids are on summer break so I thought shorter school days would be best until late July. Our read-alouds will be based on Kentucky history for now…well, and Les Miserables. Hopefully, Sparkles will feel well enough for school this week.

Linking up with: Weird Unsocialized Homeschoolers

last day of camp

working on scrapbooks

Oldest at the helm

Littlest in the rain

Middle Boy

smoke bush

pool time fun

water balloon fight

front flower garden

supplies

I didn’t have a good enough camera to capture the eerie sky

pool time fun

planner cover all decorated

Miss Monty

Sparkles learning her new machine

bonfire night

Sparkles and Miss Monty

with baggies attached to her pony tails

dye is mixed

my planner in progress

2015-16 academic year

turned out lovely

Oldest’s tour of chapel

Oldest and Mama Quilts at birthday party

Polly

boys raking up some straw for bunnies

with Mother Margaret Mary

Middle Boy catching rain drops

Middle Boy

Littlest before haircut

fig tarts

coordinated yearly planner with color coded weekly files

Littlest playing with baloon

Sparkles with pink tips

smoke bomb fun

Sparkles and Sisters

pumpkin in a stump

bonfire

Sparkles on Popsicle Sunday

monastery grounds

prairie cone flowers

playing in the rain

playing with middle Boy

waterbaloon fight

Sparkles playing piano at camp

jalapenos

Middle Boy and friend at VBS

left over pieces…I want to do something special with them…

Middle Boy after haircut

boys with their bags of straw

dye in baggies

attendance form