Thursday with Sophia

Yesterday Tatiana and Scotland went to the house of one of the homeschooling families.  It was some homeschooling activity.  I'm not entirely clear on what the activity was, but she is going to memorize this poem and present it in front of people.   I don't know when.   She read it for me.  I wish I'd gotten it on video. 

Everyone grumbled. The sky was grey.
We had nothing to do and nothing to say.
We were nearing the end of a dismal day,
And there seemed to be nothing beyond,
THEN
Daddy fell into the pond!

And everyone's face grew merry and bright,
And Timothy danced for sheer delight.
'Give me the camera, quick, oh quick!
He's crawling out of the duckweed.'
Click!

Then the gardener suddenly slapped his knee,
And doubled up, shaking silently,
And the ducks all quacked as if they were daft
And is sounded as if the old drake laughed.

O, there wasn't a thing that didn't respond
WHEN
Daddy fell into the pond!

Sophia and her sister (I forget her name) were ecstatic when Tatiana showed up.   Instead of a birthday party, Sophia had picked a toy and it was a ball pit type thing.   I wasn't entirely sure what it was.  They watched a movie.   I need to upload the photos Scotland took.