Homework, Homework, Homework

For three days now, Christian has had two to three hours of homework a night. Last night, he had a worksheet to finish for geography, several math problems to do, some pages to do in his science book, plus a quiz to study for, a paragraph to write for English, and a test to study for over The Little Prince. He also had to do some French. We have been busting our chops to get things done.

Lego League is also getting heavy. The team has a skit and a presentation to prepare before the first week of December. There are two to three meetings to attend each week as well. Christian seems to be having a really good time, though, and he is even contemplating trying out for the team again next year.

Keep your fingers crossed that Christian gets a bit of a break from the homework this weekend. He could use it, especially with the four-hour Lego scrimmage on Saturday afternoon.

Happy Halloween

 Although very little has been made of the holiday in the media, our kids are looking forward to it tomorrow anyway. Tori is going to be a zebra, with pink piping, of course. Eli is going to be a ninja turtle, and Christian, believe it or not, is going this year as Iron Man. That’s right. After two years of swearing off trick-or-treating, he is going. And, it was all his doing. He saw the costume at Walmart, and we got it. He has worn it a few times since then and made his brother jealous. Eli wishes he had been a superhero, too, instead of a turtle. We were not going to dish out more money for a costume, so the kid next door gave him a Power Ranger costume he had outgrown. He has been wearing that, but you can tell he wishes he had gotten Spider Man, the Hulk or something else.

Anyway, the kids have “fall” parties at school and then they come home and get ready to go out around the neighborhood. Last year, Eli had a broken leg and did not go. I took Tori around. This year, all three are going and they want their Dad to take them around. I get to stand at the door and hand out treats.

Tonight, we are celebrating Christmas early. My friend and I never got around to getting together last year, so this year, we are getting together at McDonalds and exchanging presents from last year. The kids are kind of confused about it, but they will figure it out.

Christian is also celebrating today and Friday. Today he is at a party for getting all of his assignments in. Friday he is going to a party for honor roll. He made As in everything but math. He made a B in that. Way to go, Christian!