Back to School

We have been slowly starting up our school schedule and have finally got into full swing. I have to say, those lazy summer days are nice, but the precision of a school day schedule that has the kids in a routine is soooo nice. I have been working and working on prep work to get this year's curriculum printed and ready to go for our 3rd and 1st graders. They now have a check off sheet with their assignments for the whole week... now when I hear... "Mommm what do I do"... I sweetly say, "Did you check your assignment sheet?" and they answer, "Oh yeah!" So nice. It's also nice to hear, "Mom, I am almost done with my assignments!!" Oh, the joy of all my hours pulling all our curriculum together has paid off!

Now I had to share this one from the other day... I am working on a word problem with Will. I give him the following scenario - Little Brian has one cat. His uncle brings home 7 more cats. How many cats do they have now? Will looks at me and blurts out, "1" without really thinking about the problem. So I probe and ask him..."Well William, what happened to the other 7 cats?" He quickly answers me back with, "They ran away!!"

Oh my! I could not hold it in. You know when you don't want to laugh at your child for saying something so honest and sweet, but I was cracking up! They ran away! Where did he come up with that? So funny. He started laughing with me and said, I know mom they have eight cats. He and I laugh at his cats running away now. So cute! I could fill pages with the funny things they say! Praise the Lord for giving us these sweet children!!
Well, back to work... I am printing up their tests for Friday.