More from the Abigail Household
Being that it's December 1st, Karen asked me to stop at Zellers and pick up an Advent Calendar. For those who are unfamilar with this custom, it is the size of a large but thin book, and contains little doors that you open (one per day) leading up to Christmas. Behind each door is a small toy or more commonly, a small chocolate. However, there are problems. First of all, there are Advent Calendars and there are New Years Calendars, and if you get the wrong type one child will end up with several days more chocolate than the other. However today at Zellers there was a different problem - I couldn't find an Advent Calendar that dealt with Advent. They all had Shrek or Spiderman on them. I asked one of the sales staff, "Do you have any Advent Calendars with an Advent theme?" In fact, they don't. They didn't get any in this year.
The news slipped out. We're buying a microscope for Christmas. Last year as a family present, I bought a food processor. This year it's a microscope. I ordered a very good microscope from Efston Science. I think it's a Meade 9640. Anyway, it should be a good addition to the Abigail home school. The news slipped out, so I suggested to the children that they get a book on microscopes out of the library to learn as much about microscopes ahead of time.
Bethany made a periscope today. She used 2 mirrors and 3 empty Kleenex boxes. I think she must have seen one in a book at some point, but she says she just figured it out. In any case, she wasn't copying straight from a book.
Joel is broken hearted tonight, because he doesn't have a brother close to his own age. He even said there is no point in Karen and I having more children because they wouldn't be close enough in age to him. This is obviously a problem that is completely beyond my ability to solve!
Hannah is using a number of words. "Pillow" was her first, and "toe" is her favourite, but she has more. And she knows exactly what you are talking about. "Hannah, do you want to go to bed?" "NO!". Ah yes, willfulness.
The news slipped out. We're buying a microscope for Christmas. Last year as a family present, I bought a food processor. This year it's a microscope. I ordered a very good microscope from Efston Science. I think it's a Meade 9640. Anyway, it should be a good addition to the Abigail home school. The news slipped out, so I suggested to the children that they get a book on microscopes out of the library to learn as much about microscopes ahead of time.
Bethany made a periscope today. She used 2 mirrors and 3 empty Kleenex boxes. I think she must have seen one in a book at some point, but she says she just figured it out. In any case, she wasn't copying straight from a book.
Joel is broken hearted tonight, because he doesn't have a brother close to his own age. He even said there is no point in Karen and I having more children because they wouldn't be close enough in age to him. This is obviously a problem that is completely beyond my ability to solve!
Hannah is using a number of words. "Pillow" was her first, and "toe" is her favourite, but she has more. And she knows exactly what you are talking about. "Hannah, do you want to go to bed?" "NO!". Ah yes, willfulness.
posted by Shawn Abigail at 8:35 p.m.
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