This week signaled the start of a new semester of school with new plans and goals. It was a long week but a really good one! We got through all of our schoolwork and adjusted to new rules and routines just fine. Not school related, we have kicked Nathan's bedtime issues this week. It feels good!
Nathan is being nice to Cinders, which is a picture-worthy moment. He kicked her twice yesterday so, truly, this was a sweet moment.
Samuel has started All About Reading Level 1 and it is HARD. He resists the work a little but does well. We are taking our time through the work--about a week per lesson right now. He is doing well learning to sound words out and actually READ. In math, he stared learning about money, pennies and dimes to begin with. Friday is fun-day so I had him throwing pennies and dimes into a bowl and then counting the money in the bowl afterward. He loved this game--he has ants in his pants with the longer lessons so it's good to incorporate some movement!
We were in Canada this week for our geography. We looked online at the hotel made of ice and then tried our hand at creating ice sculptures. Here the twins are getting ice cubes with food dye ready.
And this shows how entirely horrible it was to put food dye into the water. Ha! What a mess!!!!!!!!!! I didn't think that through. The 3 of us had green hands for awhile. But, Hunter enjoyed building and it looked pretty good! Lily put hers in a pile and called it good (she is my child!).
Also, this week was the start of extracurricular activities. Lily does gymnastics in the evening and the boys watched her once and came home begging to do gymnastics. About that time, my friend, Jess, had asked the owners of the same gym to start a homeschool class so it worked out perfectly!!!!!! The boys go during the day once a week with my friend's boys so we all have a good time. There's no other class going on so Nathan has the run of the waiting room so no stress there. It's really just a perfect set up
*watching their brothers*
Rikki, I laughed reading this! The pictures are so cute and tell so much about your wonderful family! Thank you for being such a blessing to me and others. You truly encourage and bless me and I am so thankful for you! I hope you have a very special day today :) Arabah
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