I NEVER do this, but the girls and I just read the most amazing book. Rainbabies - anyone hear of it? I had picked it up at a thrift store months ago, because the title looked familiar, and the illustrations were BEAUTIFUL, but I couldn’t get the girls to read it with me. They are [...]
My plan for first grade!
Published in July 8th, 2005
Ok here goes…on paper (SCREEN??) - my plan for first grade! (Allison, not me)
- Phonics/Spelling/Reading - Spell to Write and Read - 4 days a week
- Math - Right Start - gonna finish up level B maybe start on level C (she did about half of level B in kindergarten) - 3-4 days a week [...]
They really do hear me!!!!
Published in July 7th, 2005
Lydia has been showing some aggressive normal toddler behavior….hitting, balling up her little fists, scratching, pinching, throwing stuff….today at dinner, I handed her some blueberries and she screached, grabbed them, scrunched up her face angrily (actually rather cute), and hurled them across the room. I replied with, “LYDIA, quit being so MEAN!” (yeah, not that [...]
hmm, just when you think the tide is turning
Published in July 7th, 2005
This year has been really rough for us. REALLY rough. The roughest year we have faced since Allison was born (although we fared better this year than we did in the past, but that is for another post - just handled everything with grace and dignity and even though things were rough and stressful, I [...]
