Another week

Grannylou left today and we just jumped right back into our little routine (or lack of) today.  The kids did some school work.  They groaned about it a lot though.  We will definitely be hitting it kind of hard this last month before school starts.  I want Grace to know all of her sight words before school starts and she is half way (or a little more) to knowing them all.  Of course she could have know all of first grade also considering how long I've been attempting this!  I didn't do any school with her during my long term sub job so we got very behind and of course then summer came.  So today we start again.  They have books to work in to prepare them for their new grade levels.  Grace is already reading some small sight word books and picking out words when I read and she knows several word family words such as hit, sit, bit, hot, cot, not, lot, can, pan, fan, tan, cat, hat, sat, mat, and some others but I can't remember which word families they are.  I hear her practicing sometimes when she is eating at her little table that is by our school wall.  I can't wait to see how she does in school.  Everything comes so easy for Andrew and I hope it's the same for her.  Speaking of Andrew, that boy needs to get back in school mode!  He needs to read, read, read!!!  He reads to himself every night while trying to fall asleep but I want him to do more reading during the day and challenge himself.  He practiced fractions today and will do more math tomorrow.  He uses an online math site that his teacher set the whole class up on and they can pick the standard they want to practice. 

We are also in the middle of swim lessons. They already completed one session and they both passed their levels.  I put them in for another 2 weeks for more practice and because they love it this year!  Andrew is repeating level 2 for more practice and Grace moved up to level 2 and will repeat it again next year.  Andrew probably could have moved up to the next level just fine but this gives him even more practice and I asked the teacher to focus more on his breathing this time.  They actually have the same teacher that Grace had last year.  He is really good with the kids and truly enjoys (or is very good at pretending) what he is doing.  He even remembered Grace from last year and immediately started calling her Gracie.  He was also our lifeguard for Andrew's party this year and possibly last year as well.  I really can't remember but it seems like a lot of the lifeguards remember us and tell us we look familiar.  I hope that we are making a good impression and that's why people remember us!  I know it's not because my kids are really outgoing although Andrew has been in this class.  He wasn't with the teacher he just had the last 2 weeks but this one makes him feel very comfortable and Grace is speaking up also!  I love when my kids are around people that make them feel comfortable right from the start.  It's not easy for them but we are working on it.

We head to competition for Grace this weekend.  Not a lot of pressure for her age group though.  Just a fun time and they get a trophy for participating.  She is excited to get her trophy and I am ready for a break for a few weeks from class.  It will start again when school starts and life will be crazy all over again.

I guess that's about it for us.  I have so much more but I feel like I've bored you enough for today!  Hope everyone is staying cool.  It is really heating up here.  We are in it for the long haul.  Everyone else will cool down and we will stay hot for quite a while.