December 2013 - really???

This year just seems to be disappearing!

The girls & I went to MD for Thanksgiving. Our trip got cut short by a day as bad weather in Dallas cancelled our original outbound flight. But we had a great time. It was cold & raining the first few days, but we went shopping and to the B&O Railroad Museum. The girls are such good travelers.

I've been busy with my business and the girls & Daddy have been really supportive. It's nice to be able to show the girls that Mommies work, too.

Libby is doing really well in Math. I'm proud of her progress. I think we could do more work with Literacy but I'm waiting to hear from her teacher on how to proceed. She is doing great with sight words and reads well at home, but I don't see her spelling and sounding out of words improving. She loves to make "books" everyday though. She folds a sheet of paper in half and draws pictures to represent the book.

Sept 2013

School is in full swing and the Homework Folder came home yesterday. First grade is a different animal: spelling tests, timed math tests, and sight word tests. Libby doesn't have anything positive to say about school :( I finally got to attend a volunteer orientation, so hopefully, I will be able to get in the classroom to help out and see what's so "terrible" about 1st grade.

On a brighter note, little sis is loving preschool. She is enjoying 3 hrs, 4x/week and Mommy is enjoying the break ;)

Auntie Dee was here for a visit.

Olivia has 3 books from the library this week. There was no school last week on library day, so she's finally getting new books after 2 weeks. She chose 1 audio and 2 regular books.
"Magical Animals"