Weekly update

This week has been fruitful dispite Mom not feeling to great. I have been fighting a sinus infection ever since the dust storm blew in last Saturday... I am thankful however that is ME that is sick and not the children.
Here are the highlights for the week:
Math:
All the kids continue to make excellent grades on their math assignments. I decided today to sit down with each of the kids and see if we could advance them a few pages in their books. Its really nice to be able to go at a pace that is right for each of them. Nathans book introduced solving for the unknown (X).. so I explained to him how to do the problems and he was so thrilled.! All the kids joined around me on the couch as I showed them a short Algebra problem [ (7+x)2= 28 ] ..When I showed them how to work this problem.. they all said THATS COOL! Its just amazing to me how excited they are about math.. and how its FUN for them. This is because I was a child who struggled in math.. and hate every math page I had to do.. except for geometry .. (that was more art to me than math).. It makes me feel great to know that 1. My kids love math 2. My kids are not scared of Math and 3. My kids can go at their own pace.

Reading:
The boys are devouring the Magic Tree House series.. It seems they are in a new book every day. Catherine is still reading Encyclopedia Brown but I will try and find another "classic" for her to read next week.
Joseph.. .. well.. this week Joseph made my heart sing! We went to the library on Thursday and he found a Magic Tree House Research Guide he just couldnt put down. It was all about Sharks and Dolphins.. .. standing in line at the Library he would keep reading information to me.. "MOM.. did you know a so-in-so shark is "so-in-so" feet long and weighs "s0-in- so" lbs? Then he would start comparing the different lengths and weights of the different Sharks and Dolphins and tell me how much longer "this shark is from that shark" etc.. It was just wonderful.. The kid read the book.. face pasted in between the pages all the way down the sidewalk to the car and all the way home.. reading to me sections at a time.. He was SO excited! (and so was I). This Thursday was the first trip home from the Library that all three kids were reading the whole way home.. This was unusual because my Joseph was usually looking at words and asking what this or that spells .. but not that day.. he just read with confidence! YEPii!

I am looking forward to ordering Phonics Zoo Spelling.. and hope it is something we will love! I have been looking at it for over a year so this is a huge deal for us :)

Today (Friday) we went to PE.. The kids had a great time.. and I will post pictures later .. Also..
this week Cat got to have another sewing lesson and put pockets on her apron.. she was so excited! (i have pictures of that too!)

The kids had a bit more free time this week since I wasnt feeling well.. which they used shooting their bow and arrow and sling shot at the target in the backyard, teaching the dog to run up the slide, watching Henry, drawing Pokemon, and reading. (among other things) .. I hope next week we will all be back to normal and once again making more strides to get through our history, latin and science. :)

Blessings..
and have a great weekend!