But before I tell you about that

We have to talk about how Ethan has been so helpful these days. This morning, he helped with making pancakes, which is always a fun thing for him to do.

And once breakfast was done, Ethan hit the books and started working on dividing 4-digit numbers.

Hairy situation

We kept looking at Ethan’s hair and finally decided that it was better to try and fix it. So Dong Eun watched some more videos and prepared to use our new hair trimmer on Ethan.

And hair we go!

The result? Well, Dong Eun did a great job with the trimmer but the trimmer suddenly stopped working. Without warning, the motor was buzzing but the blades weren’t moving. Luckily, Dong Eun had just finished the last part of Ethan’s hair and just wanted to trim around the ears.

And once she was done, the floor was covered in hair and we had a busted hair trimmer but at least Ethan’s hair looked better. But we still weren’t happy because we could see how unevenly cut his hair was. There was a distinct line around the back of Ethan’s head, which didn’t look that great. So we did the only thing we could… Give up and look for a salon.

In the meantime, I returned the hair trimmer and was able to get a full refund.

First Book!!

Ethan’s made plenty of comic books but he’s never tried writing a regular old book. Well, he finally did and wrote a story about chess that features the queen as the central character.

It was quite a feat because Ethan added chess notation to show the conflicts in the story as if they were chess matches.

Back to taekwondo

Ethan had been taking taekwondo lessons for about a year and a half but wanted a break last fall. We enrolled him again for the winter and today was his first class back. He had a good time and the program is quite good. For example, Ethan has to think of a personal goal to present at his next class.

Finishing up the books

Not only did Ethan complete his first book, but he also completed Adventures of a Piece of Paper Book 6.

So today was quite a busy day for Ethan but the things he was able to do were possible because he has the time and freedom as a home learner. Pretty cool, I think.

Tomorrow, we’re taking him to get his hair fixed, so we’ll see how that goes.

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