Great-Grandma

Great-grandma has a routine. She wakes up early and listens to talk radio. Sometimes she crochets or knits while listening. She has a supply of yogurt and breakfast bars downstairs that she eats for a morning snack. She comes upstairs between eleven and noon. She eats breakfast. She reads the newspaper and does the puzzles in it until late afternoon. During this portion of her day she sits at the dining room table which is situated between the kitchen and family room. 

Bentley, Jake and Viva spend their mornings and early afternoon around the corner in the school room doing math, science, history, writing, spelling, music, art, and whatever other assignments their mother gives them. Lincoln and Evan split their time between interrupting their siblings and playing in the family room next to great-grandma.

Lincoln likes books a lot, so he has great-grandma read to him as many books as she is willing to read.

Evan isn't into books as much as his older brother is, but he loves letters. (I know that seems odd--how can you like letters more than books?!) He likes to point letters out to great-grandma while she reads the newspaper.

He also likes to help her with her sudoku game.