He is No Fool

April began and we had to celebrate the First.  I had to think fast because April always seems to come about quickly.  Paper towels were shoved in the toes of the kids shoes before we left for school.  Two of their lunches had a raw potato thrown in, while the third had a tin of anchovies.  When I got my purse to leave, a potato had been left in there as well.  But, when I got home from school mid-day, I spent the next hour carefully peeling a bag of Hershey chocolate eggs and then carefully wrapping them back up with an olive inside.  I left four real ones at the front to defer suspicion.  As soon as we got home, Henry and Caroline asked if they could have some.  Of course.  And they enjoyed their first two eggs.  

When Josiah came home that evening, he asked if he could have some as well.  There were no more real eggs left, so he went straight for the olive ones.  Happy he was not.  Josiah, however, had a prank of his own.  He wrote out a pop quiz to give in his Ancient Lit class.  He printed out one for each student and then asked the teacher ahead of time if he would distribute them during class.  And the teacher did.  So, Josiah's classmates were quite happy with him.  

Recitation:

1.     Who is Marcus Aurelius? When is Mediations written?

2.      Where do we see pietas on page 37? Why?

3.      What Homeric virtue do we see in book 2?

4.      What point is Marcus Aurelius making in book 6?

Henry's class pranked a few teachers as well.  The kids had a very good day at school because of all the fun.  

Play Rehearsals are coming along.  This week, Josiah was able to ride around and distribute posters to local businesses.  All the businesses agreed to hang them up, except one because it had to be city approved or something like that.  While Josiah was traveling the city, Henry's group was at Home Depot purchasing wood, nails, and gathering paint samples.  There are plans to build an epic bench.  Epic.  

This weekend, Henry was able to visit a classmate (Clay) in the hospital.  Henry has only one other boy in his class and he's been out for several weeks now with plans to be out at least three more.  Henry has missed his sole companion in a sea of girls.  They were able to play a few games of baseball (video games) and had a very nice time.  Meanwhile, Caroline, me, and the rest of their family hung out in the lobby playing Scattergories, which was very fun.  Clay's sister is in Caroline's class and she's been having a tough time with her brother being sick, so the girls in her class got together on Saturday and played pickleball and had a sleepover.  

Last week, Josiah's art class went to a pottery.  They were given two lumps of clay and Josiah turned the first one into a bowl.  He said it turned out pretty well.  The second one he tried to make into a cup.  Then he snickered at himself and said he tried.  They should be ready by Mother's Day.  He keeps telling me that he's been working on some projects in class, but he is very tight-lipped about what they are, so it'll be a mystery until May.  

Benson has been enjoying the warm weather by getting out and running a lot lately.  Stretching his winter legs in the warmer spring weather.  He always looks like he has a smile on his face when he runs.  Then he comes in all out of breath and he's so cute.  Caroline pretended to be me the other day.  She took Benson out and took a bunch of pictures of him, then came in and talked about how cute he was.  Yep.  That's what happens when my kids don't want to take pictures anymore.  I have to move on to the youngest child.  

The only pictures I can take of Caroline anymore are of her braid each morning.  She wants to make sure I braid it straight and there are no bumps sticking out.  She has the thickest hair and it is so long right now.  She is waiting until summer to get a trim.  

Two more weeks until Easter Break.