intentional living, little by little
It turns out that reading to the kids has been an easy habit to adopt. Remembering to take photos of the books we’ve read…well, that’s another story! Here are a handful of our favorites from the last two weeks.
Today is our first day of school!
Last year, I went with a boxed curriculum, but ended up tweaking it to fit our needs. For this year, I pieced together a curriculum and I’m really excited about my choices. Buying curriculum is a tricky thing, at least for me. There are so many wonderful books and for as many people who love a product, there are just as many who hate it. My method is to research as much as I can, then trust my gut and make a decision based on that particular child. Sometimes it works, sometimes it doesn’t.
Here are our choices and goals for this year:
My third grader is a strong reader and average mathematician. This year, we are focusing on improving his spelling skills, writing more clearly and sharpening those math facts.
Pre-Kindergarten
I am dedicating Tuesday and Thursday afternoons as special time for the little kids. While I generally would keep things really light and easy at this age, these two are just dying to be like the big boys, which makes things tricky. This year, we are going to focus on our letters, numbers and lots of read-alouds.
All Together
This year, we’re going to do a few subjects together as a family. It helps lessen my work load a bit and I like that we can adapt the work to each person’s level and pace.
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A collection of our ordinary days, recorded every week. At the end of the year, I’ll publish them into a keepsake to treasure.
Around here, I have been:
starting T25. On a Tuesday. I’m done choosing the “right” day to start something, so Tuesday it is. The workouts are hard, but manageable and even fun. Mark and I (and even M) have been doing them together first thing in the morning and it has been a great beginning to my day.
eating clean and finally on week two of Whole30. I’ve done this before and knew what to expect, so it was a little like childbirth: you know it’s going to hurt, but it’s worthwhile in the end.
enjoying Brain Games on Netflix with the kids. The show is educational and entertaining and we have learned a lot. (Note: I would suggest skipping the episode on fear. I previewed it and determined it was WAY too scary for my kids.)
taking care of D as we found out he has double ear infections. He feels so much better now that he’s on antibiotics.
setting up our new birdfeeder! It is acrylic and sticks directly to our window. We are still waiting for the neighborhood birds to realize it’s there, but hopefully we’ll have some visitors soon.
stitching like a mad woman! I set a personal deadline to finish Sophie’s “girls” by the time we started school and now we’re only three days away! Hoping I can finish up this weekend. (Finally linking up to Erica’s Summer Stitching Stash Blast #11 too.)
watching TJ all the time. He is climbing stairs, dancing to any and all music, loves peek-a-boo, and hits and throws everything in sight. He also does a full cross-body waving thing that I’m crazy about. I love this age.
buying Do a Dot markers for the little kids. They have been a little jealous of all the cool books and supplies the big boys have been receiving for school, so it was fun to tell them that this package was theirs.
laughing at Sophia and her adorable and hilarious comments. A few of her latest: “I a goose!’ (meaning: she’s a silly goose), “I go to bed in…um, thirty years!” And my absolute favorite, asked every single evening as I start getting ingredients out: “We cookin’ family dinner, mama?”