We are starting the new grammar program from Easy Grammar this morning. The first part of the program for both Kelly and Christian entails memorizing a list of prepositions. When that is done, they systematically go through a grammar program that appears to be quite complete. The last hole we have to fill is the writing program. I really need to start looking for a good writing program.
We talked to both Al Rizo and Lauro, Jr. last night. They are going to let me know in the next couple of days whether they can go on the skiing trip to Mt. Bachelor at the end of February. The place we would be staying is named Eagle Crest and it is a Gold Crown resort. Lauro’s daughter, Dayanita is excited about it so we are really hoping they can make it.
One thing I did not really talk about yet is what a great job Christian did on his first Chemistry experiment writeup. He did it all by himself and did an absolutely stellar job of writing up the experiment description, methodology, and observations. Today, I called him at home and asked him if he wanted to wait for me to get home before he did his experiment so that I could watch him do it. That really should be fun.
This weekend, we read the entirety of Henry Reed, Babysitters, Inc. It was great. Fortunately, an additional Henry Reed book that we had ordered from Amazon came in the mail on Friday and there are two more on their way. We are really looking forward to reading them. Kelly asked what we would read when we are through with them all. I told her that we would go on back to reading The Fellowship of the Ring. That is a great book to be reading, but we have been having an exceptionally good time reading Henry Reed. We have enjoyed them just as much as we enjoyed The Little House on the Prairie books, but in a different way.
I got a webcam hooked up to my office computer and running at my desk, so I took a couple of pictures of myself to post here for the sake of posterity.
Dad at Work
Dad Talking to Mom at Work