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03/11/2004 Archived Entry: "I got the whole world......"

We painted the Earth today. Well, a reasonable facsimile thereof, anyway. I had bought a styrofoam ball last week so we could cut it open and paint and label it like the inside of Earth, but I figured the outside should probably look like Earth too. So today Tabitha painted all the water and land. At first she wanted to get her globe and draw each continent on the ball, but I knew it would take her an hour to get it drawn and painted just right and then she would have been very upset to have me cut it up in two days. So I told her to just paint the continents however she wanted. Tomorrow we'll go over all the layers and then Saturday will probably be the day we do the cutting and labeling.

When we first started lessons today, Tabitha was just dragging. I asked if she was tired and she said she wasn't. Nor was she bored or disinterested. She just looked kinda blah. So we finished up math and then went for a walk to Sav-On to pick up some small item and decided to stop at Baskin Robbins on the way home. I figured a walk, some sun and ice cream is enough to perk anyone up. When we got home, we did the rest of lessons (including the aforementioned painting of the Earth) and then she watched Springtime for Roo on DVD. I did a bit of dresser clean-up in her room while she watched the DVD.

Tabitha and I just finished preparing dinner, which will all be ready in another half hour. We made leek and bok choy au gratin, sautéd mushrooms in a shallot butter sauce and brown rice. Pretty filling for a hot day, but oh well. We have the doors open and the fan is inside so the breeze will keep us cool.

After dinner I think I'll read to Tabitha before putting her in the bath. We have a field trip tomorrow with Mommy and Me class that should be fun.