Week #3 Review

This week was a tough balance between sick kids, deadlines, Daddy being gone each and every night, and keeping school fun. I think Mommy learned more than Matthew this week.

Most of the week was a struggle to do anything productive. But we made it through. We tried to make play-dough at the beginning of the week and it was a disaster. So we ventured ot and bought some, along with some play-dough toys to go with it. Matthew turned "play dough age" right when the girls were born, so he's never really been able to play much with it. He's LOVED that this week. And the tools it came with will really help the muscle development in his hands - scissors, tools to squish it, etc. It's been a good incentive for him to do some of the things he doesn't like to do. "Read me this page and then we'll play with play dough together." He's had a good time.

He also had a great lesson on Wednesday. They had been splitting the skaters up into two groups - those who could skate and those who couldn't. Wednesday they decided he belonged in the skating group! He's the only kid who has moved from the non-skating group to the skating group so far. About halfway through the lesson the skating group teacher sent him back to the non-skating group while the skating group skated backwards, but then he moved back again. He skated the entire length of the ice and back. We were so proud.

Today was a beautiful 80 degree day. Our science lesson was about the wind. We were able to go outside and learn about the wind while we sat in it! We watched the wind blow the trees and tried to diagnose if it was a breeze, a gale or a tornado. It was fun.

We also played a game where we put several items on a tray and then one of us would close our eyes and take one item away and the other had to figure out what it was. He's got an incredible memory and was much better at that game than I was!

Overall, it was a good week, despite its challenges. It could potentially be a couple more months before Daddy is home on a more consistent basis, so we just have to learn to deal with the challenges!