Tom will be home around dinner and I'm so excited!  Tyler has soccer tonight and we have Homeschool Co-op tomorrow and then it's the weekend with no plans!  After the busy week and weekend we have had I'm so excited. Oh, we do have Ty's soccer game on Saturday but that's it.  Aaah.....what will I do with free "Cheri" time??????


Today we spent time working in Tyler's Astronomy book for his class tomorrow.  He is studying the sun, light waves and lengths, eclipses, etc.  And I love that the book incorporates Scripture in it when appropriate.  It's a lovely blend of traditional science and God's word and it doesn't "demand" that you believe a certain way but that you think biblically about all of life.  I just love that.


We also finished up our regular, written work and Maddie and Tyler asked if they could chose topics for a book report.  Maddie is going to take on a big project, reading Jane Austen's Sense and Sensibility (her choice entirely) and Tyler is going to read and report on A Tale of Two Cities  by Charles Dickens (Great Illustrated Classics edition).  And they ARE great, I love all the "classic" books the kids have read since they were 8 using these marvelous books.  


Today's workout:  Tracie Long Better Burn, Better Body, which I always call BBBB.  It's a mix of medicine ball and athletic sports drill cardio, standing, unweighted lower body work (often using a rag on the floor~now that's a burner) and abdominal work. Plus, a lovely stretch at the end.  Tonight I'm doing Rodney Yee's AMYFYW, Back Bends.