Readin, Ritin, n Rithmatic

It is amazing to me how all of a sudden my baby can read and write and do math - I had no idea he was capable of such acheivements until I met with SuperGerky's teacher and she told me that he wrote a story. I wasn't sure what she meant until he did it for me. He wrote a bona fide story - words, sentences, complete thoughts. The spelling was atrocious of course, and the sentence started on the bottom left side of the page and then wound up the page going in a sort of serpentine motion, but nonetheless, he canwrite. When exactly did THAT happen? I have been working with him more diligently now on his reading and holy cow! It is amazing how much better he is getting every day. I am so proud of him. Although now it is just a matter of time until I lose a primary way of communicating with my husband while he is in the room. D.A.M.N. (oops).

Magician still amazes me every day with the type of things that come out of his mouth. He and his brother were teasing each other and he turned to his big brother with a little giggle and said "aw, you got me AGAIN!" I had to do a double take. The idioms that he comes out with just floor me. Of course, he still answers all my questions about school the same way (ie. "what did you do at school today?" "Miss Amy"). Oh except when I ask him a question that starts with "when...." then his pat answer is Sunday. "Mommy, I'm going swimming!" "You are? When?" "Sunday" or "Mommy, I watched Thomas" "You did? When?" "Sunday" etc. He does make me laugh.

Ok, just a quickie entry today - I'm off to the gym. Said goodbye to 20 pounds - now I'm trying to get rid of the final 10. Later.