last night i went to bed with a terrible cold and achiness. i was a little better this morning . . but now morgana has a sore throat and is not feeling very well. we normally go ice skating on friday mornings, but morgana will have to stay home. she has an interview in sturbridge village saturday afternoon for their summer intern program. she and greg are supposed to drive up saturday morning. they'll go right to sturbridge and then stay with my sister for saturday night.
it was a grey, rainy day, and morgana broke three dishes! (i think this breaking of pottery and glass is catching!) she and chanda worked on math and latin and italian. after having soup, morgana went to ballet, but came right home rather than going to chorus. (sigh) she probably shouldn't have gone because she felt worse when she got home . . , while she was gone, and before her own chorus class, chanda practiced the song she's doing with her repertory group for the string stravaganza at third street music school saturday morning.
last night they sang along with an italian tape from the library. they were remembering some of the italian songs their teacher marta taught them several years ago.
one of them is about an elephant swinging on a spider web:
un elefante si dondolava
sopra il filo di una ragnatela
e ritenendo la cosa interessante
andò a chiamare un altro elefante.
due elefanti si dondolavano
sopra il filo di una ragnatela
e ritenendo la cosa interessante
andarono a chiamare un altro elefante . .
in english:
an elephant stood on the web of a spider.
she felt it was strong, it couldn't be tighter.
along came her friend. She called to invite her.
two elephants stood on the web of a spider.
two elephants stood on the web of a spider.
they felt it was strong, it couldn't be tighter.
along came their friend. They called to invite her.
three elephants stood on the web of a spider.
three elephants...
etc....
sopra il filo di una ragnatela
e ritenendo la cosa interessante
andò a chiamare un altro elefante.
due elefanti si dondolavano
sopra il filo di una ragnatela
e ritenendo la cosa interessante
andarono a chiamare un altro elefante . .
in english:
an elephant stood on the web of a spider.
she felt it was strong, it couldn't be tighter.
along came her friend. She called to invite her.
two elephants stood on the web of a spider.
two elephants stood on the web of a spider.
they felt it was strong, it couldn't be tighter.
along came their friend. They called to invite her.
three elephants stood on the web of a spider.
three elephants...
etc....
You might enjoy my friend Sybille's blog. She lives in the north of Italy (South Tyrol) and writes in German and Italian. She homeschools her son. (Her older son is in high school now, but it's more a vocational school because it specializes in home ecconomics). She used to homeschool him also. (She can't homeschool higher than grade 7 because you need a college degree to do that). She has a wonderful blog here: www.buntmond.wordpress.com
ReplyDeleteI feel so sorry for you! I hope that our viruses didn't travel to your part of the state! Jonathan is still coughing a lot and Miriam also hasn't really recovered. Peter is doing better, though. If it's the same thing we have, it will stay for a long time.
I hope the intership will work out. That looks like a neat place to be. Would she sleep there?
ReplyDeletehello eva, thank you for the link to your friend's blog. i look forward to seeing it. and thank you for your good well wishes! i hope we can recover soon :)
ReplyDeleteand i hope you do also. it's not easy with little ones sick, and the coughing can be so frustrating.
i wish morgana could sleep there! my sister is an hour and a half hour away, but not an easy commute. there is a campground we will look into. we met a volunteer last year who has been camping for several summers with his wife and daughter. i hope it's a nice place. i'll keep you posted!
Hmm... this virus thing has gone global!! I'm still coughing and constantly blowing my nose, think my sinuses are not great either! Dave has also started with it, but thankfully the kids are on the mend.
ReplyDeleteYour girls live such a rich and varied life, it must be such a joy to see them develop their interests and to excel in all they do.
Big hugs to you from across the pond
San oxox
I hope you get better soon! But while you feel sick, remember to relax and do some knitting. (Knitting goes very well with colds!) Enjoy staying indoors while it's gray and wet.
ReplyDelete(I always enjoy having to stay inside, taking care of a cold!)
hello san and christine, i'm a little better today. i've been taking echinacea tincture and vitamin c. chanda and i took it easy after the string stravaganza and watched a movie. and i have been knitting :) thanks christine. i hope you are both feeling well!
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