• Sep. 26, 2009
Long Days
This has been a long week. Mike has worked every day and every night. He had Wednesday night off but after dinner he went over to his brother's house to hang out for a bit. Today he is off of work but he is helping his sister move the rest of the stuff out of her apartment. The kids and I are feeling a little sickly. We all have coughs and stuffed up noses. Our throats hurt. Most of us are at least eating. This makes for a long week.
On a good note we are still current in the school planner... minus one day of history which we'll cover during lunch today. Abigail isn't struggling with anything so far.
Ethan is starting to fight me on his writing book. He's learning the writing process this year (pre-writing, sloppy copy, etc.) and he's not a big fan of writing. He did write a short story yesterday about Alison getting stung by a bee and he got through it pretty quickly with minimal fussing.
Blake is struggling with letter formation. He has 2 issues- he likes to start each letter from the bottom AND he has a tough time fitting letters onto all those lines on the paper. Which letters go in the "upstairs" and which go in the "downstairs" and which parts go down to the "basement." I can see why it would be confusing. I am going to take a break from his handwriting book and we are going to do a few weeks of handwriting without tears. I think this will help out a lot.
I just finished folding 2 loads of laundry and putting out a few fall decorations and sadly it's time for lunch. I'd really like to just lay but everyone is telling me that their bellies are grumbling. So lunch it is.
Today I'm thankful for cozy rain, hot tea, and comfy clothes.
