They are in there bickering like an old married couple! lol

DS is WAY too good at playing Monopoly (thus the reason I don't play him anymore--same reason I no longer play chess with him!   )

My mother (Gma) says, "I don't know any 3rd graders who can multiply like he can!" 

To which DS replies, "That's b/c I do multiplication all the time!"

Gma says, "They start multiplication in 3rd grade?!"

To which I say, "Ummm...no...but there is no sense in him doing the same boring thing over and over."

I refrained from telling her he has been doing multiplication since 2nd grade!  "They" might not approve!

My mom has been generally supportive of our choice to homeschool; although, she does not understand it.  She thinks it should be "school at home."  She laments the fact that I don't have any "me time" throughout the day as other public school moms have.  She wonders how my children will ever learn to follow rules if they aren't required to sit in neat little desks in neat little rows in neat little classrooms. 

But just to give you a glimpse into what makes mom tick...her first comment when I said we were going to homeschool was this,

"But you won't be able to greet him at the door with milk and cookies!"