PROJECT 365- Day 97 - Never let the sun go down on your anger
This afternoon started out as many others. I picked up the kids, we came home, unpacked, did homework, had snack, and they went outside to play. Then they came inside while I was cooking dinner and things quickly took a turn for the worse as they sometimes do. There was bickering, yelling, general disagreements, tattling, you name it. It culminated with everyone going up to their rooms and finally (after my own self imposed time out) a family meeting. I had the kids sit down and tell each other something that the other one did tonight that made them sad and something that the other does that makes them happy. I had them tell each other things that they like to do together and make some promises about listening to each other and thinking before they do or say something to each other. I know they love each other and I know that siblings are going to fight. But I hope that they can learn to communicate with each other and never let the sun go down on their anger. (This picture was taken after our family meeting - they do love each other.)
PROJECT 365 - Day 96 - Wine for two, Dinner for five
We haven't been able to all sit down to dinner together for the past few days, but tonight My Wonderful husband was here and he brought home wine. It was so nice to sit down with a nice glass of wine, a delicious dinner, and family conversation.
PROJECT 365- Day 95 - Writing Centers
Let me start by saying that I LOVE that my kids like school, like to read, like to learn, and above all are creative and bright. Am I biased? You bet! But that is all true anyway. So with that being said, The Bear came home from school today telling me all about the poetry unit that he is working on at school. He was so excited that he wanted to work on some poems at home. I have to admit - I was a bit "geeked" about this. Since I still have some of my classroom materials from when I was a teacher, I had the perfect thing for this instance. I have four "writing centers" that I used in my classroom for sentence writing, paragraph writing, story writing, and poetry writing. When I pulled them out this afternoon you would have thought it was Christmas morning! No joke. The Bear, The Princess, and The Boy were as "geeked" about this as I was! They spent hours writing sentences, poems, and stories. We ended the night by working on a group story together. We developed characters, came up with a setting, a problem, events, and a solution. This will be an ongoing project so watch for more details as they develop. I can tell you that the characters are a brave princess , a noisy baby , and an old man with a fishing pole. :-) These kids make me smile. :-)
PROJECT 365- Day 94 - Soccer Monday
Tonight was the first night of spring soccer practice for The Bear and The Princess. The Boy starts next Wednesday. It could not have been a more beautiful spring night for the first soccer practice. Warm enough for shorts and t-shirts. Hopefully the next 6 Mondays and Wednesdays will be just as beautiful. They all love having their Daddy as their coach and I love watching them all out there having fun and playing hard.
PROJECT 365 - Day 93 - Brunch on a beautiful day
It was another beautiful day on the island and we went to ScoJo's, one of our favorite places, for brunch with Poppy before we had to head back to PA. It was so nice out we didn't mind sitting outside to wait for a table. (Hopefully we weren't interrupting The Princess' "conversation" on her fake cell phone - seriously is this an image of things to come or what?) We are back home now and ready to tackle the week after breathing some salt air this weekend. :-)
PROJECT 365- Day 92- School is now in session
Ms. Leonard (aka The Princess) had two students in her "class" today - Poppy and The Boy. She taught them time, addition, subtraction, patterns, spelling, and reading. She made tests and graded them. Poppy and The Boy were model students with A averages. The Bear played hooky and enjoyed some time to play his video game without his brother. My Wonderful Husband and I got to go for a run and do a little shopping while school was in session.
PROJECT 365- Day 91- Now Showing...
This is a familiar picture and a very familiar scene. We are in the van again headed up to the beach for the weekend. The kids came home from school, had a quick dinner, got in jammies and hopped in the car ready for their new movie. Now showing in the Leonard van - Tangled. It sure sounded good from the front seat where I can't see it... :-(.... There were lots of laughs from the peanut gallery and anything that makes the ride bearable is great in my book. Here's to a great weekend!
