A week in the life :: Terrific Tuesday

Tuesday started a little more typically. I woke up to discover Rhys curled up with a book on the couch, Griffin playing quietly in his room, and Avery still asleep.



Since the only thing we had planned was an OT appointment for Rhys at noon, we weren't in a big hurry to get things going. After relaxing for a while, we eventually we did begin school work for the day. Avery and Rhys work from a list, but for Griffin we use a workbox system. All that means is that he has color-coded bins that hold his "school work." He has two blue ones that are work he does with me, two green ones that he does with Rhys, and two purple ones that he works through with Avery. Avery calls it "Preschooler Helper Squad." Griffin's work consists of things like books, art projects, games, puzzles, reading lessons, etc, and he really loves doing it.



Avery is less enthusiastic about her school work -- especially when it comes to math. She is really very good at math when she takes her time, but she doesn't really like it and is easily frustrated.


But she worked through it and ended up scoring 96% on her assignment for the day.

As I was getting into the shower, Griffin -- yes, Griffin -- received a phone call. It was from his best friend, Marten. I figured they'd talk for a couple of minutes (if that), and I was surprised to discover him still on the phone after I'd showered, dressed, and dried my hair!


We went to Rhys's OT appointment, and Avery finished her schoolwork in the waiting room and Griffin and I played a game. Since we had the afternoon free, and we were already so close, we decided it was a good day to pay Mamar a visit. On her street, I noticed lots of gorgeous patches of bluebonnets. The kids weren't dressed for "official" bluebonnet pictures, but we did do a dry run.


At Mamar's, Rhys was nice enough to take out her trash. He's always so proud of himself when he can help out.

We spent a lovely afternoon visiting, and headed home after several hours. Unfortunately, the first snag in the day came when I left my camera at her house. But, I couldn't turn around to retrieve it because of our second snag of the day: Bill was locked out of the house. We hurried home as quickly as we could to rescue Bill, who was patiently waiting on our front porch. (We had accidently left the top latch locked and his garage door opener wouldn't work.)


(Now we've come to the part of the day when I used Avery's camera. You can tell by the ever-so-attractive date that appears in the bottom right of the photos.)

Avery made dinner for us tonight. She's been taking a cooking class with some friends from an excellent cook that we know. She learned to make enchiladas, and she was very excited to make them for us. They were fabulous!

After dinner, we went outside to enjoy the lovely weather. We stayed out for a couple of hours until the waning sun drove us in.



After coming for baths and showers, we piled into my bed to read a few chapters of our latest book "The Guardians of Ga'Hoole". All in all, a pretty nice day.