Wanna Hear About My Rock?

6th grade is taking a photography class and 1 of her assignments was to take outdoor pictures of her home. Today she was editing her photos and I saw one that reminded me of story of getting something that I wanted.

I have always wanted 1 of those big rocks that you see in people's yards, but after pricing them knew that it would be one of those things that just stayed on my wish list. Well, last summer our utility company decided that they were going to put meters on the outside of the houses in our neighborhood as most were in the basement and nobody would let meter readers in anymore. LOL! When they dug near my foundation to get to the meter, they hit a rock that was blocking right where they needed to hook into the meter. They had to dig it up and the guys ask me if they could please just leave it in the yard. I cracked up! It was not as big as what I thought I wanted, but it is the perfect size for sitting on in the front yard, the kids love standing on it and jumping off (and it is small enough to be safe for that) and finally, the place where they left it is perfect because it stops the water run-off that used to flood the flower bed we sometime put in there.

My rock!

Progress Reports

Progress reports for 6th grade and 2nd grade.

26 Days!!!!!

The Littlest Rottie

Our littlest Rottie is leaving soon. A pre-adoptive family has been identified and they have started visiting him for the transition. They are a very lovely family and I am so excited for the baby because he is going to a great home. I think my kids are doing okay with his leaving... we talk about it and they understand that he will have a new family.

I started packing today and got most of the children's clothes packed: 2 swimsuits, 2 sets of jammies, and 1 dress/casual outfit in case we go out to dinner or a show. We have this down to a science. LOL! I always put the kids in matching traveling shirts as it helps me to keep an eye on them and lets suspicious eyes know that we are all together.

Community Helpers by James

A booklet by James.

History & Geography class is much better this year for 2nd grade as the lessons are focused on useful information for him and I think he is enjoying the projects this year.

Mat Man

We use Handwriting Without Tears for all grades and 1 of the characters for the Pre-K is Mat Man. He is made using the curves and lines that are needed to make letters. He is usually made with a rectangle as his body. In today's story, he needed to be made from a triangle.
I must admit, I crack up every time he is made. Mat Man has curly hair today.

Tickets & Review

I finally got affordable flights for our trip. Twern't easy.

Review:

6th grade took a couple of days off from school...not feeling well, but she dragged herself in today. Her curriculum has alot of essays this year. She loves writing, but has such a hard time with the structure of writing an essay.

2nd grade is working hard and doing lots of independent reading for his lessons.

Pre-K had been doing testing all week. I mentioned before, his biggest struggle is his confidence. We are working very hard on him just trying new skills. During circle time, we have started paying attention to the weather. I have 6 little icons that show sunny, sun with clouds, clouds, rain, snow and clouds with lighting coming from them. It was a bit cloudy this morning and Pre-K was looking out the door to determine the weather. He looked and searched and then yelled out, "There's that sun!"

What's On Your Floor?

Floor puzzles....

and muddy footprints!

(James played in the rain and mud today after dinner)