They played the historic Samurai game again, too.

Today we talked about the Vascular system. He wanted to know why his father takes pills. We talked about high blood pressure, veins, and then he was done. He got squeamish when he saw the pictures of the blood vessels online. They weren’t really that graphic, but they made him uncomfortable. I’m like this from the boy who gets excited at movie carnage LOL.

We are planning a trip to Chuck E. Cheese on Monday. I joined a field trip group in New Jersey and we are hoping to get to Longwood Gardens for the Christmas fanfare with them.

There are also maps of places, battles, skirmishes, and a whole geography of old world Japan. Lo and behold, the names I saw such as Tokugawa Ieyasu, were real people who existed and had power back in the 1600s. I read some of the history to my son as he played so he will know what he is fighting about.

They are still playing, but now he knows that he is in some way a part of the history of Japan, even if only on a tv screen.

So we did a “big things boogie” tonight. Ten minutes, ten large things from his room to be given away or tossed. Another 10 minutes, 10 large things to put away. He is so happy with the progress he is seeing as he daily puts away things in his room, gets rid of things that he really doesn’t want anymore, and generally has control over what is going on in “his space” of the house.

The game keeps score of your progress as you go through practice to actual tests that allow you to continue to expand your mind. I have been using it for a few days now, and I must say that I am addicted. My mind is sharper than it has been. I have memory issues, especially when it comes to people’s names. I am remembering much more now than I did previously. I look forward to the long term positive effects this game will have on my brain power!

There are a whole slew of other games and activities available from Brighter Minds Media Inc. There are free trials for many of the games they offer, so you can try before you buy. Take a look at their ever expanding library of mind enhancing media, for parent and children alike.

I had him on YouTube this morning looking at different clips of Bugs Bunny classics like “Kill the Wabbit”. He loves classic cartoons and classical music, so I figured why not? Learning has to be fun sometimes or both of our heads would explode. His favorite was my favorite:

Presenting What’s Opera Doc circa 1957:

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The baby bottle program is designed to donate money to babies that would otherwise die without it. There is a whole ministry that gives out these little bottles so you can fill them with change, paper money, or a check to give to the Pregnancy Support Center ministry.

Well, since my son had a dollar for it, and I told him why they were giving out bottles, he decided he wanted to give for the cause. He even showed the bottle to his father and said “This is to save a baby’s life!”

On Saturday morning, we went over to visit his grandparents and on the way out they gave him some money. Three one dollar bills to give to Royal Rangers on Wednesdays, and a five dollar bill for himself.

Yesterday, I asked him to get his wallet and give one of the dollar bills to put in the baby bottle. He took out his money, unwrapped the 5 dollar bill and gave it to me. I said “are you sure you want to put this in the bottle, and not a one dollar bill?”. He replies that he is sure, because he is 5 years old and the money is 5 dollars. Confused, I put the money in and thought I would ask him to clarify later.

Later came, and I asked him again “Are you sure you want to put the 5 dollar bill in the bottle?”

This was his reply:

“Yes. I’m giving 5 dollars because I want the baby to be 5 years old like me.”

this story transpired even before he gave his heart to God last night

We did math on the chalkboard. I showed him a few patterns for adding so he could manipulate the numbers better. He loves puzzles, so I am trying to make it a mental puzzle for him. We went over his phone number and apartment number. He already knows how to call 911.

The only book work we did was to read about hedgehogs, compare them to porcupines, and a guessing game with a little booklet we cut out of Your Big Backyard magazine.

I printed some things to cut out for the fruit of the Spirit. His Sunday school class was learning about it this weekend, so I thought I would expand on that lesson and imprint it on his heart. We discussed the nine fruit of the Spirit in terms he could understand. I got the sheets from A Kid’s Heart. She has a heap of Christian schooling booklets and sheets there. We used the PDF for the fruit of the Spirit and made the basket with fruit.

He really enjoyed lessons today, and I enjoyed teaching. It was a great day in homeschool/unschool.

He is also dedicating himself to his Jiu Jitsu classes more. He did me really proud fighting out there Monday afternoon. I can’t wait to see what he does tomorrow.