Day 45: Tuesday and It's a New Day!!

This was an early morning, as Hannah decided to accept an invitation Abbie had given her to swim laps at a pool here on the island. So we were up shortly after 5 a.m. Not my favorite time to get up, but it helped me to get a little bit ahead on my lesson planning!


Last week we had a schedule change at Abbie's School. We switched our Tuesday sports to have them on Wednesday instead. There were some really great reasons for it, so it's all good. But it makes for a  very English language arts intensive day on Tuesday. It also mean on Wednesday the little guys don't have ELA at all, so there's a bit of a trade-off.


However, since the third- and fourth-graders typically are gone on a biology hands-on learning experience on Tuesdays, I get to have just the first-graders for a really good amount of time! It's actually reminiscent of how much time I can spend on ELA back in Michigan! Yay! So today, we were able to dig in and work well (without interruption) on looking for words in a book they love. It was a good day with them! They really seemed to "get it."


This afternoon I was able to have my Sociology girls, and they're always a pleasure! So Tuesday is now a day in which my subjects are wide in range, but all enjoyable!


After school I went to the post office for our daily check-in and Hannah was THRILLED to receive two boxes: one from her uncle in Georgia, and the other from one of her uncles in Indiana! They had games, too, which is awesome! And one uncle had told her he sent something "shiny" and that one was for her and one for me, so we were happy that the shiny things were two Hershey's kisses! :) She told me on the way home that she feels very loved that they would take the time to get her those things, but also to go to the trouble and expense of mailing them to her. I was happy and proud that she realized the significance of her gifts.


Tonight Hannah's doing her homework, which is quite a big deal at Abbie's School. I am preparing for my dear friend, H, to arrive tomorrow. Can you say "EXCITED"?  Let's just say there might not be a long post tomorrow night...or maybe none at all!


Thank You, God, that today was a good day. Thank You that Hannah found success in swimming, in her relationships at school, and even in her homework. You are doing amazing things!