Gettin' Ready

The boys didn't get any school done today but *I* got a lot done. An unexpected errand took up a lot of the day but I'm glad to have gotten that out of the way today. I hate to have stuff like that pop up when we're trying to do school work. But since this is just our "get ready" day, it was okay.

I unpacked our books and organized our school area. I bought a three drawered cart so the boys would have somewhere to keep their school supplies and workbooks. They each have a drawer labeled with their names. Evan was enthusiastic about having his own space. I also cleared off a toy shelf and moved it into the dining room to store our books. Last year, we tried keeping them in the office but that didn't work. The office is too small for all of us to work in there so we'd drag the books out to the dining room and they'd stay stacked on the table all week. It's not very attractive to have a stray bookshelf in the dining room but it's functional!

Evan and I played "Buying Candy" this evening. It's a game that Kris invented but I added the name to encourage Evan to play. He'll do anything for candy. LOL To play, you need pennies, dimes, a dollar, and a die. Roll the die. You get pennies based on what you roll. When you get 10 pennies, you trade them for a dime. When you get 10 dimes, you trade them for the dollar and that makes you the winner. And the rule I added is that you can use the dollar to buy a piece of candy. Evan was begging to play tonight. He's so good at it, there's really nothing left for him to learn. I suggested we used nickels and quarters instead but he didn't want to do that. He hates change! But I convinced him to give it a try. He's just amazing. By his second roll, he was counting change in his head. He'd just look at his four nickels and say, "I have 20c. I need one more nickel to get a quarter." He kicked my butt!