Here's Sis being a "bulldog" with her math paper.  Grandpa, who takes a very active role in the kids' schooling, always asks her if she's being a bulldog or a kitty cat when it comes to her schoolwork.  He encourages her to be a "bulldog", or in other words, to bunker down and get it done without whining and complaining that it's "too hard".  Why is it that she listens to Grandpa better than she listens to her mother? 

Here is another little guy who has learned a lot from Grandpa.  Grandpa taught LilBub how to read when he was 4 and has continued to be a huge encouragement to him with his reading.  Basically, Grandpa barters with LilBub - 1/2 hour of reading time gets 1/2 hour of PS2 time.  Works like a charm!  I mean, the kid can read can't he?  Something must have clicked! 

This is the one who is both my easiest, because of his age, and my most difficult... also because of his age.  He is 11-going-on-20, and likes to "challenge" his mother, so to speak.  He basically knows everything and doesn't understand why I am making him do school every day.  LOL!!!