Hetic Week

Well this week was so hetic with husband on call that I totally forgot to write on the blog.  The kids did good this week so here is how the week ended.

November 6, 2014.  Today was a good day for the kids for school.  I showed them today's lessons and tomorrow's lessons. E did All of today lessons and one of tomorrow lessons he completed 6 subjects when only 5 were required today.  W completed 5 subjects today.  W did not do AAR today and so will double up on that subject tomorrow, he however did double handwriting today so that will not be done tomorrow.  Although it worked for the kids it is hard and taxing on the momma.

November 7, 2014.  Today was long.  Kids not having a good day since they went to bed a little late.  I also think they do better school at 11 vs 10.  We are working on the e as in (echo)  sound.  I can tell this is going to take some work for they both seem to get the i (itchy) and e (echo) sound confused on the e like in bed.  W is a little worse on this than E but we will get it with work.  School is over and I await the weekend. 

Also on another note.  I'm going to say this week, the week of 11/ 9-15/14, was on and off good.  I mainly chose the order of the subjects and the kids seem to do better when they chose the order.  This week we had Thursday off and schooled on Saturday.  Thursday was a trip to the doctor's office as a follow up to husband's blood test results.  The kids did wonderfully.  We made up cards for each child on what to expect at each step.  1) car to building, 2) check in, 3) wait, 4) call back, 5) dad talks to nurse, 6)wait, 7)dad and mom talk to doctor, 8)possible wait, 9)check out, and 10)building to car.  At the end of each step the kids received a ticket if they did good.  Oh, I had an additional 3 cards 1)smiley face, 2) ok face, 3) frown face.  3=no ticket.  So they did really well they did not get a ticket for step 7 but in all fairness it was long with us talking to the doctor, however they did earn enough tickets to stay up late.  I think next time they will have to earn a different privilege.  I do want to say for about 2 days before the doctor's visit we went over manners and how to act at each step and what was acceptable.  It Worked.  YEA!