Oct. 30, 2006
Last Week and the Weekend Update
Posted in Life in General
Co-op on Friday was great and I can't wait to go back again. The kids did really well adjusting and I know that they will grow to love it as much as they did their old co-op in GA. M is in the 3rd-5th grade classes. How sobering to see "Middle Schoolers" on the schedule sheet. I guess I have to realize that my big boy is THAT, a big boy! O is in the 1-2nd grade classes and there are a few girls in there that I know she will forge great friendships with. Same for M & B, really. But, there's something special about girlfriends! B's Kindergarten class is great, too. It's a repeat of what they did last year but I did choose to hold him in that grade again due to his maturity level and I am comforted that there are other 6 year old children in his classes. Next year he will be better equipped to enter the 1st-2nd classes. How many days until Friday?  Last week we just kept on trucking through lessons. We are now entering the abyss of fractions and decimals. Not to mention drilling multiplication and division like mad. We're also cracking down on spelling and vocabulary. I've seen a marked improvement in those two, as well. This week B is working with those Dolch word lists and will for the remainder of the year. On Thursday O had her very first Girl Scout meeting, too. They did a great craft for fall and also made bracelets (using those Italian Charms) for their moms. I helped another little girl so that the one O made for me was a surprise. It's already wrapped and waiting to be given to me on Christmas morning. We'll have another meeting week after next!! Hopefully some more girls will join by hearing about our troop at co-op! Time will tell. Here's a (cell phone cam) pic of the craft:  For this craft you need: 1 roll of toilet paper 1 paper towel roll (empty, just the cardboard part) fiber fill fat square of fall design fabric leaves and twigs hot glue gun paint (optional) First you lay the fat square design side down. Then you put the toilet paper in the center. Next you pack fiber fill around the roll. After this is done you bring the edges of the fabric into the toilet paper roll and while you are holding them in the tube portion you smoosh in the empty paper towl holder trying to secure the fabric enough so that you can glue it for more reinforcement. Once it's glued and there are no open spaces you can tear the paper towel holder along it's seams to make it appear like a stem/vine. At this point you can paint what will be the stem/vine (we did not do this but will on the next one we make) and once it's dry you can glue your leaves and twigs around where ever you like. When it's all done you will have a beautiful fall centerpiece!! (hope those directions make sense) This weekend was rather busy, as well. On Satruday we had a wedding to attend. What was nice was that it wasn't just for adults and the kids were able to enjoy the reception. Lucky for us the time change allowed us to gain and hour and boy did my hips need that hour of rest! Yesterday we went to church. M left with my mom and was asked again to be an alter boy. The last time he did it he had said that he didn't want to do it anymore but yesterday changed his mind. I think it's a great honor but I wanted to make sure that he was doing it of his own free will. I talked to him about it again and he said he would like to do it. I think what made the difference is that the priest actually ASKED him this time instead of my mom telling M to go do it. So, I think he's going to continue to do it. Then yesterday at 4pm-7pm we had a costume/halloween party for the kids at our church. It was VERY fun and the kids all had a blast. We had munchies, drinks, pizza, games, crafts and a story time, too. The 3 hours went by way too fast but judging how quickly the kids fell asleep last night, it wore them out! The girls who worked on this party are very interested in doing stuff like this for the kids. They have already taken on Bible Study and Folk Dancing and now Parties! I helped as much as I could and did the crafts and story time. They made a lollipop ghost puppet and decorated cookies. My mom helped me a lot by baking the cookies and getting the icings ready. It meant a lot...to me AND all the kids! The ultimate goal is to try and do a monthly Kids Night Out. I'm really glad these things are taking place, though. Ok, that's a long enough of an update!! |
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