FALL!!

     Ahhh....In 2 weeks and 3 days it is one of my very favorite days of the year....the 1st day of fall!  I love everything about fall...the cooler weather, the changing colors, baking, Halloween, Thanksgiving....all of it.  This time of year just makes me happy.  I love being able to keep the windows open and let the fresh, crisp air in the house. 

     Well, we have one week of school under our belt.  Overall it went pretty good.  On Thursday I got started too late, which was not good for the Tweebs, especially Thing 2.  He does NOT focus well, even first thing in the morning.  So trying to start school at 12:30pm was not a good thing.  Then the next day he was sick.  I didn't even try with him that day.  I know how to pick my battles, and that wasn't one that I wanted any part of!  But really, still a very good week.

     The Tweebs learned all about the letters I and U.  What sound they make, what they look like, how to write them...all of it.  We also worked on colors, shapes and counting 1-10.  Also, they worked on recognizing the numbers 1-5.  They really already knew their numbers, colors and shapes, so we focused much more on the phonics parts of our lessons.

     Motormouth had a big week.  Now that he's in 4th grade, there really isn't any more "easing" into it.  He had homework the 2nd day. (Which he complained about, even though it took him all of 5 minutes to complete.) He had to write a paper the first week about a gold nugget in the California Gold Rush.  From the perspective of the gold nugget.  :)  He actually did pretty good.  His spelling and punctuation could use some work, but honestly, I'm so relieved that he actually told a creative story that I'm not too freaked out about the other stuff.  We can fix that easily.  Trying to tell a kid how to imagine something in their head, and then put it down on paper very creatively is much harder.  Especially when you aren't creative yourself!  He is a smart little man though, he'll figure it out.  :)

     Well, we start our lessons in 5 minutes, so this is all I have time for today.  Sorry, not very funny or even very interesting today, but it's all I've got.  Be back soon!