Day Three - TLT 6hr 50min

Third day in, and one more to go for the week!
You got up at 7am on the dot today. When I came up to get you at 8:05 you were finishing your breakfast and said you did not want to do school and you were still hungry. I told you to grab some more breakfast and come on down. When you came down you were in a better mood already. :)

• We did Bible from 8:10 to 8:30. You were not happy to read the second half, but you did read it and very well.
• You did Algebra from 8:40 to 10:30 including lesson, assignment, quiz and test. You proved mastery to move forward to the next lesson. (There was a 10 minute phone call that came in about your new job at the dog center that you did stop the course for!)  I sent in a help ticket to BJU asking about the intended duration of this class. The way it is set up, you don't have a choice but to take a couple of hours for math when all is going smoothly on our end. That seems extensive. 
• You did Cultural Geography from 10:35 to 12:00. You noticed that the lessons ARE Geographical in nature, Biblical or not. Yay for you! And we learned some interesting info about the Chinese culture, the trajectory of their population, and the issues that could arise from this. They asked you to respond from a Christian Worldview. You asked me how you should do that (being that you aren't really in that mindset). I told you to respond from a Worldly Worldview. This alleviated all concern.
• You reluctantly lunched at 12:00, but then didn't return to school work until 1:35, per some redirection from the Administrator. :)
• You did Spanish from 1:35 to 2:15.
• We did a Science Lab from 2:30 to 3:30. It was awesomely successful for us like no other science lab in our past. You had to do some MAJOR writing and observations, and you killed it.
• We went upstairs to get dinner cooking together (counts as Home Ec - 30 mins). Then we went outside to clean the dog pen, bring in garbage cans and sweep the patio before the rain came.
• We resumed with Health from 4:15 to 5:00.  You completed a chapter and chapter review. 

Today I remembered how much I love being back to school with you. I feel like I barely see you in the summer because of our different activities. During the school year we have always been together so much more often every day. This year I feel like we spend even more time together than we have in the past few years. I love my desk across the room. I love visiting, talking to you, hearing your ideas and learning who you are and why. I love homeschooling. The flexibility and connection. Awesomeness. 

Zeek's proudest moment of Lora today: Mom's not slacking with the rules. It feels so much more scheduled than before. 

Lora's proudest moment of Zeek today: Standing up for himself and his beliefs.