Have we learned anything this summer?

We've managed to get to the library 4 or 5 times this summer, and Fiora still takes the lead in reading her books of choice. She even re-reads some of them. Savanna struggles to read anything, she'd rather be baking, straightening her hair, calling friends, emailing, even cleaning. She did find a book that she has really gotten into, and even though some literature experts might be fundamentally and morally appalled that I even allowed such a thing, Savanna loves and is almost through "Twilight." Hey, I'm just glad she's reading.  Weston has read a few "Magic Treehouse" books, but that's about all I could get out of him this summer. They know they need to gear up for some major reading time, because once school starts its at least 30 minutes every day. 

One thing Fiora likes to do is write stories, and they are all clever and funny and wonderful.  She got Weston to write a story this week that I thought was pretty good--descriptive, informative, and short and sweet. 

 

The kids are brushing up on their math and art skills too. We pulled out the flash cards at dinner and everyone was competing to answer the math facts. Savanna and her friend Ella spread the butcher paper all over the kitchen and created a mural and Fiora and Weston thought that looked fun and jumped in and helped. It was quite the creation, and we were cleaning up spattered paint off the floor late into the night. Yep lots of learning going on. :) All in addition to their daily practicing, I get about 5 to 20 minutes out of each kid depending on the day, I hope they have improved on their instruments this summer.