Our second week has started off great. We are learning about the letter 'U' and are still trying to get in our schedule. The kids are doing great, and yesterday we started writing the letter 'I'. It was interesting how quickly Ms. Chloe picked up her writing. Of course, it is such a fine motor skill, it isn't surprising. Christopher enjoys writing the letter 'I', he just doesn't want to do it 'within the lines' so to speak.

Monday after school (10a.m.) we had Ty and Levi over to play. We were a bit heavy on the boy side of things, but I must say Ms. Chloe enjoyed the attention. Since she was the only girl that needed rescuing, she was never lacking in having an escort. The kids were so exhausted by 4, when the boys left, that they crashed by 7:30 without a peep. In fact, they were swimming about 5 and couldn't do anything but hurt themselves, so we took an early shower and they chilled with Tom and Jerry until dinner.

Tuesday is our 'day out' since it is gymnastics day and also playgroup day. I am going to try to get some pictures of them doing gymnastics that I can post. They always turn out too dark. Anyway, after gymnastics, C&C went to play at Kinlee's house, since Mommy had a dentist appointment. I have just realized that life is just busy. Between appointments, school, playdates, etc. We just keep running. It is fun though, and the kids enjoy having so many friends to play with.

After completing a week of homeschool, I think the thing I have realized is, it takes some prep on Mommy's part. I am missing my evenings of 'chilling out' once the kids are in bed. Now I spend my evenings planning the next days lessons. We are enjoying it though, and I guess that is the important part. I must say, it is very rewarding to have them recognize the letter 'I', know the sound it makes and pick it out of the books we are reading. Of course, this is their success, but I celebrate it with them!

Today is another rainy day here, and we have a friend over this morning b/c her Mom had an appointment. We have not done school yet, but we will get to it this afternoon since our swimming date has been cancelled. We are practicing our printing of the letter 'I' and also still working on learning 'U'. I think the kids favorite thing is still Starfall on the computer. They are getting so good at it and I love the way it reinforces the letters.

Below is a picture of an activity from Mondays school. We have the word "Indian" to help the kids remember the 'I' sound, so our activity was answering questions regarding the 'I' sound, Capital and little 'I', etc. for review. With each correct answer they got to move their 'indian' (bear) closer to the teepee until they reached the drum....then they got to bang on the drum. Yeah! Of course, it just so happened that we inherited a teepee from our cousins...YEAH! This activity was supposed to be done on the chalkboard with little pictures moving closer to the teepee that I was supposed to draw, but I think the kids enjoyed this and I enjoyed not having to draw little stick figure indians

Well, I am off to check no my little princesses and my little prince. Sounds like my prince is rescuing the girls from a big 'ol dragon.

Thanks for reading!