We began our second Term on January 2, at which time I bumped my 10-yo dd up to doing Year 4 independently.  She has been following the schedule for Year 4, Term 2 fairly closely since then.  I do not yet own a copy of Kidnapped by R.L. Stevenson (of Treasure Island fame which dd loved, by the way, when I read it aloud to her last year) so I've been printing out the two required chapters a week until I can purchase a copy.

Dd10 did not like this book at first and she let me know about it in no uncertain terms.  :-S  I just smiled :-) and reminded her that she didn't have to like it but that she would still read it anyway.  So she has dutifully read her two chapters each week.  Last week, after finishing chapter 4, she turned the page only to find that I had not yet printed out the next chapter.  She looked up at me and said, "No fair!  Where's the next chapter?"  I said, "I thought you didn't like this book."  She replied, "I didn't...at first.  But now it's getting good and I can't wait to read the next chapter!"  :-D

Ahhh!  This is me with the biggest Cheshire cat grin spread across my face and the A-Team's Hannibal's famous line running through my head: "I love it when a plan comes together!"  :-D

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