I guess it's good to put my thoughts into words, only thing is, sometimes, I'm just too lazy to do so. Hence the hiatus. I really should find a regular time to do this. I thrive on schedules. *snigger*
Homeschooling has been great. We're progressing down the academic alley. Even Benjamin is starting to come on board more regularly.
I've recently started them on Training Hearts Teaching Minds, by Starr Meade (what a name!) a devotional based on the Westminster Shorter Catechism. This is supplemented by the WSC in songs which we play in the car. To their credit, the kids now know the first 28 Q and A of the WSC! We're still on Q1 in the devotional, though.
Our other subjects are progressing normally. Sarah's Chinese is improving, though we are still not successfully conversing regularly with her. She has now started to write 笔记 for each chapter, often with great pools of tears and frayed nerves. But then, it's nil sine labore, right?
She just took part in her first gymnastics competition, at IDP1. She's only be training at this level for 2 months. She only participated in the Vault. It was a good experience. Will post photos at a later time. Her team-mates did well enough for all of them to win overall team 1st. So she got a shiny gold medal in addition to her participation medal. Mummy learnt to tie her hair in the 'pineapple' style, and also not to assume that all notifications from the gym for her level are also meant for her, personally.
We've also been quite under the weather for the past month or two. Flu here, skin infections and impetigo, cough, cold, then I've just completed a course of antibiotics for tonsillitis and sinusitis. Feb 8th, I had surgery to excise an enlarged axilliary lymph node for biopsy. Thank God, it went well, and the results were as expected : dermopathic lymphadenitis. That's a good result despite it's long name. Better than Lymphoma or something to that effect. Anyway, there's still the Mondor's cords here to remind me of the surgery. Sarah is now down with a bad throat again. *sigh* when is it going to end?
Right here. Til next time.
