Daddy School

Tori and Katie still love Draw Write Now. They’re working on geese this week.

That went well with our nature study and park time this week! We fed the ducks and geese and saw the babies and eggs!

Katie takes her time drawing on the dry erase board to make sure it’s just right before putting it to paper.

I’m impressed with their improvement in both skill and attitude with their handwriting and drawing. In the beginning, they would write only one sentence and that was like pulling teeth. Now they write the whole paragraph and do it independently and cheerfully!

Fun times at the park. This tree smelled so GOOD!

Tori loves the tangrams and she can do the advanced set all by herself now!

I found a critical thinking workbook at a yard sale for only $1! Dad did 3 pages with Tori and Katie as soon as I brought it home! They love it!

We pretty much love everything from the Critical Thinking Company! Some great books!

 Then the girls and Dad had some crazy balloon races to test the helium levels or something. It sounded science-y, lol. They had fun anyway. That’s what counts.

Later, Dad is taking Tori and Katie to get their nails done! I found the cutest nail salon that has little girl pedicure chairs. I will make sure he takes lots of pictures!

We had VBS at church this week. We had dinner there each night and it was nice not having to cook or clean the kitchen. all. week. long.

Since I was working in the preschool VBS, I didn’t get to interact with my girls, but they told me they had loads of fun and learned lots about Jesus! I was pleased that they did so well with the bigger kids! I’m glad I made the decision to place Katie with the elementary kids. I thought she would be super bored in the preschool and I was right: we only had really little kids. She’s kind of in limbo right now, at 5 years old. Her behavior often leaves a bit to be desired, but academically, she is even more advanced than Tori in some areas. I was hoping she would rise to the occasion and be more mature around older kids and it worked out quite well! So proud of her! Of course, Tori was just about perfection. She’s the sweet one.

Tori gave me a card the other day, for no reason. She wrote it all by herself, sounding out the words as best she could. I do love that girl!

We’re taking a little break from school, for the most part. We still have Bible, reading, and science and the girls LOVE their math. (We had to confiscate Tori’s math book the other night: she was in bed under the covers after bedtime, doing her math – how can you really be mad at that?!)

I have some fun and frugal things planned, like the splash pad and science experiments and making yummy treats. We need to find a pool that doesn’t cost a fortune and that will allow Alex in his swim diaper…And we have family coming for a week in July and a fun camping trip (our first!) planned for the last weekend of July!