The Brittons

I think it has been almost exactly 2 weeks since my last update.  It has gone by incredibly quickly despite being at home all the time.  We have rarely left our property other than to get groceries or other necessary items.  I'm not sure if plants count as essential, but I did take Gracie out to Strawberry Hill Farms to pick out some more flowers and plants for our ongoing landscaping project.  Owen has occasionally ridden his dirt bike with a couple of the neighbor boys, and Gracie is continuing to meet online with her friends for school and dance class every Monday.  Life has slowed down, but we are definitely still finding things to do here at home. Thor had a little injury happen to him.  We're not really sure how he did this, but he has a huge cut on his leg and we had to call the vet Monday night to come out to look at it.  Owen was very intrigued by this and watched her as she worked on Thor's leg.  He had to be sedated, but he was wil...

Home school, Home office, Home woodworking, Home barber, Home everything.  Lots of home cooking, too.  I still can't believe how much we are eating together at home.  I'm sure we'll look back on this and be thankful that we are healthy and got to spend so much relaxing time together at HOME. Home School The kids have been working very well on all of their assignments from before break.  They typically do not need a whole lot of direction from either of us.  However, I read through Owen's writing packet the other evening and his paragraphs consisted of one sentence.  We had to review what a paragraph is and the details that are required for his assignments.  Needless to say, he redid his assignment.   Owen has actually been reading A LOT!  He will spend a couple hours on the couch reading Harry Potter if no one intervenes.  He is getting through his math review packet with no problem and is way ahead in his specials (PE,...