Emma and Gregory are both sick now. Not horribly sick, thank goodness, but more the snotty, fussy, coughing, grumpy variety of ick. Emma slept in until about nine (a sure sign she is not feeling well!) so things are off to a rather late start this morning. I didn’t get to run because Gregory woke up right when I woke up and wouldn’t go back down. Oh well, at least I was up at 6:30, that’s a step in the right direction. Currently he won’t nurse to sleep and won’t really sleep unless I am there with him, so less is getting done around the house… but on the upside I am getting in more reading time!

I think we’re still going to try to do homeschool block today, but we’ll do a light version instead - questions instead of narration, a math game instead of a page, and maybe just some word reading or an easy story rather than something from 100 Easy Lessons. When Emma is sick, her ability to focus on the task at hand and her patience both take a serious nose dive, so it is best not to push things too much.

I leave you with this thought from Mortimer Adler in Aristotle for Everybody - “Unfortunately, we seldom experience the pangs of ignorance as we feel the pangs of hunger.”