Monday, August 27, 2012

We had a great school day today.  The kids had some questions about grammar (we have one who has there/their/they're as a Waterloo and another that struggles with your/you're).  Maddie wanted me to use a white board and do like a "real teacher" so we went to Tom's office and got one and started out.  The big difference is that sometimes all the kids and mom talk at once~wouldn't happen at school.  From this simple refresher we got into pronouns, prepositional phrases (are the adjectival or adverbial?), direct and indirect objects, and how to format paragraphs.  It's cool to see them growing as writers and actually "getting" grammar more and more. Grammar is so boring and hard to deal with that often I've found the kids not "getting it" truly until late middle/early high school.  Or, maybe that's just my kids. ;)  Anyway, they are showing growth in that area and the area of writing as a whole.

I had to run to Walmart, Ingles, etc. The boys have Scouts tonight and Maddie and I are planning to hang out and read or just be girls together.

Today's workout:  1.5 mile doggie walk; AM Yoga for Your Week, Hip Openers; Tracie Long Defined Lines.  My new workout pattern:  M~light weight workout; W~Medium weight workout (probably circuit training); F~heavier weight workout; T/R/Sa~cardio and Tracy Anderson Meta.

What I'm reading:  Max Lucado Traveling Light (based on the 23rd Psalm).

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