Weekly Update?

Is that what it's coming to?  I suppose the excitement of the daily blog has waned and for now, the weekly update will have to do!

We are joining a co-op on Tuesday mornings.  Thing 2 had a great time when we visited.  Thing 1 was her shy self and will take a few weeks to warm up.  All in all, it's a great thing for us.  We need the community and the time away from home and our classroom.  Although we love the classroom, being in one room every day is tiring.  The co-op will do us all good.

Thing 2 read his first book today.  He's decoding words in the -am and -at families.  Amen for the Bob books!

I am struggling to motivate Thing 1 to work as hard for me as she would for a teacher.  When it comes time to write paragraphs, she's always looking to do the least amount of work possible.  A short lecture (and yes, a threat to send her to school) brought her in line today.  Maybe she's just testing and we'll move through this.

Photos to come!