*Monday, February 8: At breakfast, while stirring his hot oatmeal, Jaden said that he wished God didn't make steam. So, I explained to him that he should actually be thankful for the steam for the same reason he thought he should be unthankful. I told him that steam was evaporated water caused from heat rising from the surface of his oatmeal, that it was what allowed it to cool. Over breakfast we talked about heat migration, which then led to my explaining that "cold" was a relative term and did not actually exist. Only heat exists. Cold is simply a loss of heat. The more "cold" something is, the less heat it has. I went on to say that light and dark carried the same truth. Light exists. Dark does not. "Dark" is a relative term meaning a loss of light. In the theory of absolute zero, there is no molecular movement. No kinetic energy. No heat, no energy. Complete darkness would be the absence of light. We also talked about wind, air currents, and thunder.
He did two pages in Grade 1 Complete Curriculum for writing and wrote four sentences about snow and played outside in the snow. He was supposed to write a paragraph and indent, but he did not. I intend to make him redo it, but I have not yet. Basically everything else was okay, though.
We talked about prophecy and the destruction of the temple after the bible story reading of the day. I told him about the "Wailing Wall," the western wall of the second temple that still remains...until the prophecy is fulfilled and not one stone is left upon another. I showed him pictures on Google images of the temple wall still standing. He gets amazed about things like that, the wall still standing after nearly two millennia.
Also he brought up the true feasts of God and the false ones adopted from the fornicating whore church from heathen religions. He said, "Those should be thrown in the trash can," referring to the latter ones, "and God's should not be in the trash, and that's how it will be when God's kingdom is on the earth, and right now Satan's kingdom is ruling." "Yes! You're right," I said. I asked what would happen to Satan and his fellow rulers behind the scenes. He rightly said, "Locked up!"
He also learned how to curl paper with his scissors.
*Tuesday, February 9: Jade did two pages of Grade 1 C.C. writing. He and Trusten watched ladybug videos on Youtube; two were about ladybugs being beneficial garden insects by eating aphids, one was how to draw a cartoon ladybug, and the fourth was a cute ladybug song. I highly recommend the last video for young children. I played it for them again and watched it myself. Afterward, Jade drew a cartoon ladybug.
After reading the bible story of the day, I explained what one of the side pictures and captions meant by communion or the Lord's Supper. I explained briefly the Catholic mass and the Protestant traditions vs. the annual observation of the new testament Passover that is commanded for true Christians.
Jade wanted to make some iced tea, so I instructed him, and he made some. He was very pleased with himself.
At bedtime, during story time, I talked about hermit crabs, including how I'd had one as a child and was pinched and bled. I also mentioned the time my sister and I brought some back from the Gulf of Mexico during our family trip to Florida one summer; I told him they died, I guess because they were used to saltwater or didn't have the right food. Maybe we just forgot to take care of them until too late. I really do not know why. Maybe I should look into this.
*Wednesday, February 10: Jade did one writing page in G1CC, one reading lesson in Gr. 2 CC, and two math pages in Gr. 2 CC. After Nathan built a fire, and Jade threw a wadded-up paper towel in the wood stove, I explained to Jaden about physical vs. chemical changes to matter. I told him if he'd have torn the paper towel into small bits, it would still be the same chemical structure. It would still be paper towel, just in little bits. As we stared at the ashy form of the now-destroyed paper towel, I explained that its chemical composition had changed now because of the fire. I told him some physically-broken things could be put back together, but once something is burned, there is no piecing it back together.
Jade decided to use some of his money to buy some green personalized pencils, so we found some online, and he counted out $12.98 for me.
We read the first chapter of "Skeletons in the Closet" by Gary Parker (a creation-based fossils book for children.
*Thursday, February 11: While reading the daily proverb, I explained in detail how and why a brother offended is hard to be won over again (Prov. 8:19) while playing it out with wooden people from his wooden toy set. We also discussed that to have friends you must be friendly and talked about laziness and wastefulness. In the bible story of the day, we talked about how Jesus prayed for all believers to be "one."
Jade did two writing pages, 1 reading lesson, and 2 math pages. We took a nice walk up our hill and walked around a bit. We read "Dinosaurs, Two of a Kind" (Trust's pick) and "Babar's Children" (Jade's pick) and discussed things with Trusten, because there was a quiz in the back of his book pick.
The boys played in the snow and the dry creek bed. That night we watched one of our movies again, "One Night with the King," which is about the Jewish queen Esther of Persia. I ordered some "Great Courses" from the Teaching Company.
*Friday, February 12: Jade did Explode the Code. We cleaned the house. Jade is doing a wonderful job of volunteering to do things. He helped make macaroni and cheese.
*Sabbath, February 13: The boys sabbath school lesson was about the sabbath being holy. After the sabbath, I played a game of chess with Jaden William, and I had to stop and lecture him about his need of obedience and getting his priorities straight before we could begin playing. After we finished playing, Jade cut out some paper hearts, and I helped Trusten start cutting on some paper. Trusten also practices snapping the clips on Liv's bouncer.
*Sunday, February 14: In the morning I played them a books of the bible song on Youtube. I played three different ones, but the one I have linked was my favorite, so I have a desktop bookmark for it so I can play it for the boys regularly. It's a little "rockier" than I'd like it to be, but it's not too bad, in my opinion. Jade really likes the rap one I played. At some point in the day I remembered it was the day many in our society keep, St. Valentine's Day, one of entirely-too-many Catholic holidays, this one being in honor of a supposed "saint" (says the Roman church) by the name of Valentine. After cleaning the house, we all went grocery shopping together. Well, I went in by myself, and the children stayed in the truck with Nathan. I picked up a pizza from the Ozark Natural Foods deli, and we ate that when we got back. We then had company come over. It was one of our friends Paul and his wife. That was the first time I met Lisa. We all had a nice visit. After they left, we watched a documentary on the "Dark Ages." Jade learned more about the bubonic plague, which is something on which I've briefly touched before, including explaining a song that children sing and dance to called "Ring Around the Rosies."
*Monday, February 15: Jade did a reading lesson, some writing, and some math. I briefly explained loans and financing, because Nathan got me a new truck: a 2010 Toyota Tundra Crew Max. I really like it! I do NOT like how it drinks gas. I listed that as an important criterion (it was his idea to get a new vehicle, and he's been pressing me for months), but that went out the window. However, I will say that it's been my favorite truck for as long as I can remember. I figured I would not ever have one, especially during child-rearing years. But, wow, the backseat of that thing is very spacious.
Jade talked about how he thought cold water is heavy and so falls (it was snowing), so we talked a little about how it all works. He said something rather humorous. He said the deep freezer, since it was cold, would drop from the sky. I laughed, and then I explained that it would fall because of the law of gravity. He said, "Yeah, but hot water goes up." Well, he thinks of everything.
On this day, it was also through him that I got a satisfactory answer for something I'd been pondering to God. I never brought up my pondering to Jade. I never have to. It's not the first time he has been used to answer my questions. He came up to me, and in his wisdom, he said, "I know how there is an end of numbers, and there is no end." My ears were perked, because what I had been meditating on was how God can say he's eternal and yet also the beginning and end. I'd been seriously thinking about this over the past few days before Jade came to me with this comment. He has talked about numbers and infinity before. It seems to come up every few months. So, anyway, I said, "Tell me." He said, "It's like a circle. With a circle, there is a beginning and and end, but it also doesn't end. It ends where it begins." Now, that may not be a direct quote, but that's basically what he said. Aha! I thanked him greatly, and he was so delighted and tickled. Well, maybe this sort of thing is obvious to some, but I often overlook the obvious.
Trust loves to play with water. This is okay, but it becomes not okay when he wanders off to the bathroom, grabs a cup and pours water into the toilet, and in the process gets water all over the floor. So, I cleaned up the mess, and I explained to him that whenever he wants to play with water to just tell me and ask nicely, and I'll get him set up with some stuff, as long as he does not make a mess all over the floor. I got an unused cookie sheet that I keep for the kids' play (b/c it was nonstick Teflon, so I stopped using it years ago), a large yogurt container (those I save back and reuse, too), some of the plastic measuring cups that the boys use for play, and a big plastic spoon. Oh, yes, I also let him play with one of my steel cake pans (that I do use). He was pleased with that, and he kept his promise by not making a mess on the floor.
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