Monumental Monday

Woohoo... another solid day of homeschooling under our belt! Week 1 down, the rest of the year ahead of us!

Today was cool because Bubba had his first day of writing. Granted it was just working on writing the number 1... but that is writing! He was so proud of him self when he saw that he had finished the whole page. And Spiderboy had about 30 minutes of work to complete after Bubba was done, and he did it all without fussing... actually it did it with a smile and a little trash talking about how his brothers don't have hard things like him because he is in first grade. Hey, I have no problems with a little trash talk between he and I, if it helps him deal with knowing that his brothers are out in the living room playing with trains. No what I'm sayin'?!

Oh... and another way cool thing that happened was that Bobcat wrote his first sentence today. He had to think it up himself and incorporate the word dog into it. Here is his sentence: My dog is brown, black and white. He had to remember to start with a capital letter, and end with a period. He needed a little help figuring out how to spell the colors... but not much. Man, to see his eyes light up when he wrote it... it was freakin' awesome!!! THIS IS WHY I HOMESCHOOL MY BOYS!!!! A teacher in a classroom doesn't have to time to gush over what a great job they did and praise them the rest of the day or the days to come... my boys need that, and that is what they get!