The day after my last post was my baby's "due date" and, while we did have school that week, my heart wasn't in it. The next week I had the kids work on their own somewhat but I was getting thoroughly discouraged that baby hadn't arrived yet. By the third week after my due date, I had given up on school and just tried to keep the house in order. Finally I went into labor early Halloween morning - two and a half weeks after my due date!
Since we had a home birth, the kids learned all sorts of things that day: Mom can scream really loud. The placenta is gross but kinda cool. How to tie off and cut the umbilical cord. All of the pain was totally worth the new baby - and lots of other details about childbirth.
Since then, school has been sporadic at best but we've had lots of informal discussions on various topics. (Like why we put candles on birthday cakes and why Mom had her baby at home and sister had hers in the hospital.)
Hopefully now, with Dad's work schedule changed and baby sister here (and Mom recovering) we'll be able to get back onto a schedule.
What did you learn today?
