Oh, what a week… March 9, 2009

And, yes, it’s only Monday. 

Sometimes Mondays just go a bit haywire, don’t they?  For whatever reason, it was like pulling teeth today to get the kids to do anything.  They’ve been pretty grumpy since we left Grandma’s in Utah.  I think all the traveling in the car was just more than they could take, and it’s still effecting them.  But, what are ya gonna do?  I tried to distract them with other activities today, but it pretty much backfired on me.  Oh, well.  At least I tried.  It wasn’t all bad, though.  Logan tested out of another math chapter.  Easy-cheesy.  It’s soooo good to see him have some confidence with math again!  Hooray!!  We also went and picked up a punching bag off Craigslist.  I really felt like the kids, especially the boys, needed a healthy place to let out anger and frustrations, so a punching bag seemed like a good idea.  I almost fell out of my seat when I priced them out at stores.  Thankfully, I was able to locate just what I was looking for on Craigslist for a fraction of the price!  Hooray for that! 

Well, hopefully tomorrow will be more productive than today.  Maybe I’ll start the day with something silly, to get the kids in a better mood.  I’ll let you know.

Where, oh where, has the time gone???? March 3, 2009

So, it’s been a while since I’ve posted anything.  Life has just gotten away from me.  I feel like I might one day eventually slow down, but hey, what’s the hurry? 

Well, we’ve been trucking along with school.  After my dad passed away, it took a bit to get back into the groove of things, but we are getting there…again.  So, since it’s been so long, I thought I’d just give some quick updates, then make a goal to say I’m going to post much more often.  Really, I want to. 

Gavin:  Well, Gavin is getting really into things well again.  A little over a month ago, he finished kindergarten math!  That’s right, completely finished!  He just has a math brain, at least right now anyway.  He was so excited, and frankly, so was I.  He can move on to first grade math anytime, but we are waiting until he catches up on phonics a bit more.  Speaking of phonics, he’s pretty jazzed to do phonics now, not just because it means that he will be getting first grade math, but because he’s reading.  It’s still really hard for him, as he has to sound out the letters most of the time, but he does get the words.  He’s getting more and more all the time, though, and he likes it.  We are also making a ton of progress in language arts.  Since phonics and language arts have been his hard areas, it’s great to see him progressing and wanting to. 

Logan:  Logan is doing really well, too.  He’s also getting caught up on language arts, which is good.  He doesn’t like doing it, but we get through it.  He asked me today why he had to do some of the language arts, but I told him that it really is good to know.  It’s hard to understand that when you are in the midst of really disliking what you are doing.  But, he does it and remembers most of it.  He’s really come a long way with language arts and I’m really pleased with all the progress he’s made.  His other big triumph has been with math.  Wow, what a difference a semester makes!  We’ve switched from doing arithmetic to doing geometry.  He went from struggling and taking a few days for one assignment, to doing a whole unit in one day- by testing out of it.  He’s just got a good brain for the geometry stuff.  He likes it too!  It’s so nice to see him happy and not discouraged about math!  He’s been doing well with all his other stuff, too. 

So, while we’ve been really busy and things have been a bit hectic, we’ve been getting quite a bit done, too.  All-in-all, I think things are going well, and I love doing it!   

And, I really will try to do better with my posts.