Sandtray Center

We've discovered a great little place in Historic Loveland called The Sandtray Center. It's a place where kids can experience literature and social groups while playing in the sand! Jeremy goes there every other Tuesday afternoon with some friends from school. Two weeks ago, they read I Can Read With My Eyes Shut by Dr. Suess. A few days later, I dropped Zachary off for his reading group and found this in the window:What fun! Jeremy made the little book - he was trying to rhyme some words. He's so excited about making little books, that we now have a "writing center" full of pens, markers, crayons, paper, and itty bitty books ready to fill up with all of his creations. I even bought a special stapler that can staple together 100 page books if he wants. THEN I promptly jammed the thing with the wrong kind of staples, despite the fact that there is a HUGE upper case warning right on the front of the stapler: DO NOT USE STANDARD 1/4" STAPES. THEY WILL JAM THIS STAPLER. Nice! Anyone have any repair skills?

What Kind of Household....

What kind of household do you live in when the eight-year-old disappears into the bathroom, you ask him if everything's OK, and is answer is that he's just fine, "I was just working a math problem?" Wow. We're sort-of geeky around here. In a good way, I'm sure.

Pajama Day

So, I sent my boy to school in his pajamas (on purpose). Celebrating Right to Read week, today was Pajama Day. Here are the kindergarten and first grade cuties at the bus stop.