Bubbles and Chocolate

Day 2 of homeschooling and I am still feeling pretty optimistic.  Alex tells me repeatedly that he is having fun and likes being home and me being his teacher, so I guess I am doing something right.  This morning was a little rough as we got home later than usual last night.  After Eric's tumbling class we went to dinner.  This was great other than we had the slowest service ever!  I was very tempted to get up and leave since it took them 20 minutes just to get our check, but as I was gathering our stuff, the check magically appeared.  So, since dinner lasted longer than usual, we got home later than usual.  I let Alex sleep in an extra 30 minutes and of course Eric was up at the crack of dawn.  The boys were definitely having a hard time staying on task this morning.  No chores got done before school started and when the alarm went off at 9:00, Alex still only had on one shoe.  Needless to say, the first 2 breaks were spent doing our chores (oh shoot!  I just remembered I still need to scrub toilets).  Anyway, school work went really well.  Alex was having a good time and he really enjoyed that we did some science today.  I am grateful that A Beka has a God based science book.  I really like that for the basics.  After lunch we had our "PE" time.  Let me preface this by saying that I HATE THE HEAT!  I have lived in Texas most of my life and I can't imagine living anywhere else, but the summers are TORTURE!  Plus, with the mosquito issues we had yesterday I really didn't want to go outside.  So, I am racking my brain trying to come up with something for the kids to do inside that got them really moving.  LIGHT-BULB!  I pulled out the bubbles and we played a game that I came up with on the spot (Thank you for the inspiration Heavenly Father).  I blew bubbles and the boys had to pop them with the body part I said.  We did fingers, toes, knees, elbows, tongues (ewww), noses, heads, and bottoms!  We are all giggles and smiles the whole time!  It was so much fun and it got them moving!  Alex said it made his heart beat faster with all the jumping and squatting and Eric actually built up a sweat.  I got a little light headed with all the bubble blowing, but it was too much fun.  So, I am need more ideas for indoor moving time, so any ideas, please comment below.  Now, that's the Bubbles part of my title, next chocolate.

I LOVE CHOCOLATE!  I have since I was too young to have it.  i especially like dark chocolate.  Sometimes, I really need a piece of chocolate to get me through my day.  Some people have coffee, coke, cigarettes, or whatever else, mine is chocolate.  After dinner last night I told my husband that I was going to need some serious chocolate to get me through this year.  He surprised me by bringing me a bag of one of my very favorite chocolates.  I am definitely grateful for it.  Just one piece is instant bliss for me (sick, I know).  I gave up drinking carbonated drinks over two years ago (there should be one of those anonymous groups for that).  It was a very hard thing and I still have days where I struggle with it (only someone who has ever given up an addiction can relate), but I still have my chocolate.  I don't binge (often) on it and it seems just to give me that little touch of endorphins I need to get me out of that mid day slump (and no, exercise does not do it for me, I have tried).  I pray that the church never says that chocolate is not allowed anymore.  If it does, I know I will obey, but definitely with some murmuring (don't judge, you know you would too).  Anyway, I don't know what this has to do with homeschooling, but it is what is on my mind and it helps me keep it together.

My Precious!
(You have to read that like Gollum from Lord of the Rings)