I just don't update like I should. My intentions were to post here once a week. I never seem to have the time or inclination. My blog is so boring compared to some.
C and E are still doing well. I'm amazed at how quickly we complete a school day. I can't imagine how bored C must have been in ps. Math....still whizzing through. LA...she mostly whizzes through, unless she has a writing assignment. She's not a great writer, and doesn't like it. She did surprise me yesterday. She had to write a letter to a make believe friend in India, telling this friend about Christmas. She had the letter done, in correct form, and very well written in 5 minutes. I was very surprised, and it was her best written assignment yet. She still begs to do history/geography every day, even on weekends. We are slowing down now, because we've reached the rise of the Roman Empire, and it's pretty fascinating stuff for both of us, so we are adding in lots of extras outside her history book.
About 2 weeks ago I found some really cool workbooks at the Dollar Tree. 4 Science ones for C, and 4 Math and 1 Phonics/Reading one for E. Since they were just for fun, and not part of our curriculum, I handed them to the girls to do as they felt like it. C had hers all 4 done in 2 days. E had the math ones done, about 1 per day. The phonics one was 60 pages long, so it took her a whopping 2 days on that one alone. I told hubby maybe I should just hand them all their schoolbooks, and see how long they take to finish those. LOL
C loved, LOVED the Olympics! It was on all day at our house for the past 2 weeks. Her favorite sports were swimming and gymnastics, but she watched it all, every sport, every country. If something came on after her bedtime she knew who was competing, and asked me first thing in the morning to check online to find out scores. She either has a crush on Michael Phelps, or just really admired his record setting in swimming. She learned to average while the teams did qualifying rounds. She tallied the scores, divided them by the number of competitors, and tried to get the team score before the judges posted it. She watched so much swimming she learned to do the dolphin kick in our pool. I can't believe I work and work on teaching her proper swimming, and she learns one of the hardest strokes from watching TV. LOL She's impressive at it, too. very quick and graceful. I can't do it at all. I look like a whale having a seizure when I try.
Hope everyone reading this is doing great. : )
