Brian spent the good portion of yesterday completely taking apart our washing machine. It has not been in working condition for about a week. He had it put together in the afternoon, but it still was not working. So. . . he took it apart again. Finally, he found a marble in one of the filters (obviously the source of the problem), put the machine back together, and it started working again! I was not looking forward to taking 7+ loads of wash to the laundromat!!
Our dinner vocabulary word last night was "loathe." Of course, Brian came up with all sorts of interesting sentences dealing with the stupid washing machine! I don't think the kids will forget that word for awhile.
We have been working on our government unit. Maddie is struggling a little with this unit. I think she had a lot more background knowledge with the rainforest unit, so it was much easier for her to comprehend. Haley's helping her quite a bit when they get an assignment to do.
Yesterday, they were instructed that they were each going to be politicians running for the office of president of the Nuehring household. Haley's assignment was to write a campaign speech. Maddie had some general questions to answer for a debate. We are getting ready for the "news conference" on Friday. They had a lot of fun with this assignment! The thing Haley would do differently is plant flowers in our house. She would spend some money from the budget to buy soil, pots and flower seeds. I thought that was a pretty great idea!
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