Day 188

14th September 2022

Mt. Olympus

We started slowly again today.

We made pancakes and did our morning routine and then met on the sofa, for history.

Today we learnt about the origins of the Olympics in ancient Greece.

The Olympics started when two cities in Greece made peace, after years of fighting. They decided to celebrate the peace, by holding a festival to honor the god, Zeus.

The festival was named after Mount Olympus, the highest mountain in Greece.

The Greeks believed Zeus, and other gods, lived on Mount Olympus.

We went to YouTube to check out Mount Olympus, and found a great video of an Australian girl, who hiked to the top of Mt. Olympus.

She stayed overnight, halfway up the mountain, and completed the hike the following day.

It looked so fun! Now, we all want to hike to the top of Mount Olympus!

Watch Video: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=shiW1h6U68I

This is the video we watched. It looks so fun!

Afterwards, we watched a highlights reel of athletes winning their events. It was really inspiring to see the culmination of years, of sacrifice, and hard work.

Then, we went to our sketch pads to draw an athlete.

Mila’s gymnast.

Lincy didn’t’ want to draw today. He asked me to draw a pole vaulter and he baked brownies, instead.

Soooo good!!

After our hot, delicious, not very healthy morning tea, we started work on English.

Linc’s still working on his Patagonia essay and Mila worked on comprehension and word expansion.

Next, the kids got into an argument over a hamburger, 🙄 and Mila stormed off, in a huff.

We took Pepe for a walk, and this seemed to calm everyone down.

Shopping was next. We’re off to the snow this weekend and we needed supplies.

Linc & Mila took charge.

They’re all over this skill now. Mila takes the list & Linc’s in charge of the trolley.

When we got home, we worked on our maths lesson and then, we were finished formal lessons for the day.

Mila went straight to her slime & Linc had his computer time.

“Mum, I want to start a slime channel on YouTube with Zara and Matilda.” Mila said, already covered in goop.

“That sounds great, you’d be so good at that.” I answered trying to be supportive, but seriously not loving all the sticky mess lately. 😩😩😩

Today was another classic, ‘Mila was here’, moment.

All of this mess is still there! Even Lincoln was cross!

Lincy had a friend over after school and later, we headed to basketball.

The friends we’re going to the snow with, invited us around for dinner tonight to discuss snow stuff.

Exciting!!

Night. xx

Ps, Linc pegged out a load of laundry this morning. He’s not a fan of pegging it out, he only likes putting a load on, so I had to run out and get a picture! 😂

The Challenge: Home school for 1 year while not losing sanity or love for children and/or husband.
Contenders: Mila 8yrs, Lincoln 10 yrs, Me (Mum), Liam (Dad), Pepe (dog)
Home School Days: 200

This blog was inspired by the film Julie & Julia, starring Meryl Streep & Amy Adams.

Julie decides she will take her love of cooking to the next level by cooking every recipe in Julia Childs French cookbook, in one year! 500 & something fancy, technical recipes!! While working full time!

Julie writes a daily blog about her time in the kitchen for herself & other amateur cooks who may, or may not be, reading along. You gotta watch it (http://thehomeschoolyear.com/about/).  Or read it here. (http://thehomeschoolyear.com/book)

I loved that she wrote every day. I loved hearing about her small everyday frustrations, with the recipes & with life. It really inspired me to throw myself into something.

The timing was perfect as we have just decided to homeschool our children as a lifestyle choice and I thought…Cool! A daily blog will be perfect!

There must be other families out there wondering if there’s another way to live? Another way to do ‘family life’?

If you’re here, then hello & welcome aboard! Please feel free to sit back & watch it all unfold. Put the kettle on & check in with us each night to see what went down and how we all got over the line. I’m sure we’ll find our rhythm, right?

Are you a homeschool family? If you’re watching the wheels fall off this thing, I’m open to your emails or comments any time. I would love them! I am very friendly, & I could use the help.

Ok, come hell or high water….I’m in. A daily blog, for 12 months. I’ll be right, here.

Kindly, Lisa x

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