3 Weeks and 57 Chickens

We have had an interesting three weeks. The first of these was normal, so very plain vanilla that there was literally nothing to write anything about. The second was more interesting. We did normal school work the first four days, then we butchered 30 of our meat chickens on Friday. Henry got to gain some real world experience of processing chickens for the freezer. He was very helpful, if not extremely skilled. I think next year, he will have no problems at all getting in there to help us get the job done.

This past week was a whirlwind. We did normal stuff on Monday. Tuesday, we did the remaining 27 chickens. Wednesday, he was so worn out from the day before that he didn't get up until almost noon. Thursday was normal, and Friday was a day off because Big Brothers #1 and #2 and Henry had dentist appointments, and I took Big Brother #3 to an appointment two hours away. I am looking forward to a normal, boring week again this week.

We had a few WOO-HOO moments over the last few weeks, too. First, we finally finished the Basics section of German in Duolingo. We have moved on to The, and we are working through it diligently. Second, we finally finished reading Holes, and we watched the movie. I was pleased with the movie. I thought it was fairly faithful to the book, and actually had a more satisfactory ending. I honestly think it's the only time I've experienced the movie being better than the book.

Henry has taken to doodling on the white board while I read history, or while we watch a video for science. Here are some of the drawings he has produced.

They got progressively more elaborate over the course of a week. I have a friend who is an artist who said that Henry had good composition and use of color. The bottom one was said to have a lot of movement in it. That's one thing I love about Facebook; you can get all sorts of advice, comments and compliments. You never know.

This week, we are going to continue to read The Giver, continue our dinosaur/early earth study, learn about the people of North and South America before the voyagers got here, and hopefully finish The in German. May the dull be with us.