Still feeling under the weather - thanks to those who emailed me or posted a comment hoping for me to feel better! Found a medication I can take while pregnant, so I'm hoping that will kick in today.

Church was excellent today - we missed the past two weeks because we were traveling both days. Brad and I both love our pastor - he is very genuine and truly a teaching pastor. Today's lesson was on how we react/respond when God answers our prayers/dreams with a "no." Want to listen to the message online? (I love today's technology!) Click here if so. That will take you to our church's site where you can download the message. It starts with a member's testimony and then moves to Pastor Dave's message.

As we start school tomorrow, I'm reminded of some of the books/items we've used the past two years. Some were great, some weren't so great. Thought I would pass on excellent book suggestion because it worked so well for us. The book is called "Teach your Child to Read in 100 Easy Lessons." I used it for our 2004-2005 school year with Riley and she was reading quite well by about lesson 40 or so. We completed up to about lesson 65 or so, and then stopped because she was doing so well on her own. I know some people don't care for it b/c the pages are black and white, with very little pictures - but it is an excellent teaching book. She enjoyed it and is now reading very well.

We used Sing, Spell, Read and Write last year to practice lots of sounds/blends/etc, and we are using Winter Promise Language Arts (Explode the Code) this year as we move into phonics rules, more handwriting, etc. Clicking on the book below will take you to Amazon, but you can often find this book at your local library (we checked it out continuously for about nine weeks before I bought a used copy!) or used book stores.

Have a great end to your weekend!