Yesterday school started with this:

 While C worked happily, J was frustrated and unhappy. He claimed he didn't remember how to write numbers... Right... After some tears I decided he was done for the day.

 C was supposed to cut along the lines...

 I think she missed...

 Because J couldn't remember how to write his numbers yesterday, I decided today he would have to trace numbers. My plan was to have him see the "baby work" which would be boring and easy and then switch him to his big boy work. He had to trace 10 pages (numbers 0-9) that looked like this:

 I realized my plan backfired when he told me "I love this easy work, Mom!" *sigh* So we ended up turning the worksheets into a number book that he can reference it if he ever "forgets" how to write them again.

 

C worked happily and excitedly...

 

 Then J did some more writing/reading.

And I just noticed he forgot the "n" on the second line of fan. Slick.

A week and a half ago we went to a local fair.

The kids made conductor hats with little books about trains.

 We learned how women washed and dried clothing during the civil war.

 C got her face painted while the boys jumped around in a bouncy house.

 She was a cat!

 They ate cotton candy,

 

 sat in a real race car,

 and we took a trip to Imajine That!

The next day was soccer!!

Today was a simple day. C is not feeling well and J is starting to get sick too.

Here they are working today:

They weren't ready for school to end so I whipped out their Toy Story 3 Memory game! It started out nicely until the kids insisted that we had to keep them all neat and put the cards back down in different places. It made for an... interesting game.

 

After two very long games we put it all away. C was not pleased. Her big brother gave her a squeeze and told her she'd be ok and they could play again tomorrow, which made her smile through her tears.

Successful day and Soccer!

I didn't think today would be a very successful day with school since I had two crabby kids on my hands. But it really turned out great!

Today we did this:

C working diligently tracing lines... or so I thought!

Caught scribbling all over her page!

J practicing his letter "Ss"

Gleefully making a mess...

Then I got the bright idea to give C a dry erase marker and a one of those dry erase books to practice writing. And she did FABULOUS! For some reason she decided it was important to follow the lines. Hey, whatever works!

 

Working!

J doing his math work (subtraction)

Drawing shapes

Working on a maze

Cheese!

J also joined a soccer team as part of his PE portion of school. Yesterday was his first practice and game! He even scored a goal!

He is number 11!

Him and his best friend sharing a snack after their game