Dead Potato

At the start of the week, the boys came home with 100's on their math tests.  To prolong the joy, they quickly suggested we should have a celebratory dinner.  Chipotle won out.  

The next day, Josiah had a different sort of test.  The CLT - Classical Learning Test.  It's a standardized test that he'll take in 9th and 10th grades.  He was less confident on this one because all the math was what he'll learn next year.  The best part about the test was the end.  They were allowed to leave.  Todd picked him up a little before 11 and they went back to SWU together.  Josiah is always down to getting food from their cafeteria.  They had chicken tenders and dessert pizza.  He was a happy camper.  Todd left him at the library where Josiah read books about WWI & WWII before hanging out in Todd’s office.   

The week finished out well.  We had a pep rally in the morning because the varsity girl's basketball team was headed to the state tournament in Columbia.  The game was at 1:15 p.m. and some teachers allowed their students to watch it instead of having class. (They won 70-35.)  Caroline took two quizzes that day and not much else.  Meanwhile, Josiah was praying for labor pains that Friday and they came through for him.  He did not want to have to share his illuminating summary in his Omni (Ancient History/Lit) class, so he hoped that his teacher's wife would go into labor.  And she did!  She was due any day, so it was an okay thing.    

During recess, Josiah played soccer foot square.  At one point he fell backwards hitting his head and wrist.  And all those years of jiu-jitsu teaching them how to do a break fall...  His wrist is still hurting him, so it has been wrapped in an Ace bandage all weekend.  Right now it is more sore than swollen, so we're waiting it out for a few days at least.  

Josiah likes to set up train tracks for the kids in my class in the mornings.  One day this week he set up a track with a few Mr. Potato Heads looking on.  It was very cute.  On Friday, he got the Mr. Potato Heads out and made some characters sans track. I glanced over and noted that the three-in-a-row looked cute.  Then I took a longer glance and saw he created a crime scene....  

This weekend, Benson 'helped' me read Caroline's science book.  Popcorn was involved and he's a sucker for popcorn.  He's a quiet, polite, but persistent beggar.  He also drools when he sees a food he likes, so he got some popcorn to keep his drool off the book.

Despite a very rainy Saturday, Caroline and Henry got some football time in out front.  

Sunday morning, we were all up early.  We had a tornado warning at 5:45 a.m. and with a very water-saturated yard, we were watching our trees.  We love the trees until times like these.  The sun came out this afternoon which was a very welcome sight.  We are thankful for all the school holidays this year.  Tomorrow, after a good sleeping-in, we plan to celebrate all the American presidents.