Happenings and Cousins

Irony?

Xanthe registered for seventh grade! It was pretty anticlimactic. YW was held at ta different time, during which I had scheduled Xanthe's seventh grade registration, so she had to miss a fun outing with her church friends. And the registration was a total non-event. I could have just driven to the junior high and turned in a paper. I did get into a skirmish with the resource teacher, though. They're always wanting to push Xanthe in math, and I'm always saying that she loves math, as long as you don't push her to "catch up" with the other kids. This has been an ongoing battle all of sixth grade. I finally convinced her teacher that she can't suddenly jump from a 4th grade math level to a 6th grade math level, and now she's happy, doing online math for hours at night sometimes. I really don't want her spending copious amounts of time "catching up" in her worst subject when she could be doing just ok at it and enjoying it, and other aspects of her life. But I digress.

Esmae also missed YW for the non-event of junior high registration, and we ran into each other afterwards. These girls are turning out to be wonderful young women.

Speaking of homework, I had to document this picture, which is what it should look like every night when everyone is doing homework, but it rarely does. I could be more organized about it if I 1. Had one kid 2. Cared more 3. wasn't so tired from working all day and 4. was 15 years younger.

The Bazails came from Miami!  Lincoln and Sarah came first, while Alex was at a field trip in Washington, DC. Tricia and Jim took Lincoln and Ptolemy to Boondocks and to dinner and a movie, and basically spoiled them for two days. Then Lincoln spent two days in the mayhem of the Dopp house playing video games and eating pizza.

Celi, her friend Gabe and Freestone made cookies upon my command one night.

Freestone stepped in to help PT and Lincoln win Fortnight by eliminating all the other players, so they could all go to bed. Such a helpful child! He really is.

Sunday, Roland and Alex had arrived and the whole fam came for Sunday dinner. We love our Bazail side of the family. Especially since Sarah brought a bag of Rocky Mountain fudge. Now they're off for some glamping in Zion, while we slog away on our math and homework. Next week, spring break for the Dopps and we're readyyyyyyyyy!