Wesley is on fall break this week but he just won’t stop learning. He got on Khan Academy today and learned how to add with carrying. Huge thanks to Jenn, who told me about Freely Educate where I found Khan Academy. It’s a great site with instructional videos and exercises.
Later we had a sparring contest with math problems. I’d make one up for him and, if he got it right, he’d invent one for me. I was showing him that now that he knew how to carry, he could add anything. He’s a competitive booger and tried hard to get each problem right so he’d have another chance to stump me. He got 2,156+5,435 right and he gave me 7,009,771×11,009,771. He said, “That’s multiplying, Mom,” just in case I didn’t notice. It took me a few minutes, but I worked it out and got Mom to check it on her calculator. I was right, too. Ha! I’m enjoying it while it lasts because I have a feeling that it won’t be too long before he surpasses me in math.
He also read a Little Bear book to Gracie this evening while I combed out her hair and then went to bed and needed “just a little more” reading time until he managed to finish Your Mother Was a Neanderthal
If you think I’m bragging, then you’re very perceptive. I’m tickled to death that he wants to learn and nothing can stop him. So proud. *sniff*
pic by reway2007
in the last few days and it was hard to put down. I blame it for my crappy sleeping schedule. I never would have thought to write a book about polygamy, infidelity, and nuclear bombs, but Brady Udall does a magnificent job of it. He really brings the characters to life and the story goes seamlessly from humor to deep sadness and back.
, by Anita Silvey I picked this book up from the library because I feel like I have exhausted the list of children’s books that I read when I was younger.
, by Karen Liebreich, Jutta Wagner, and Annette Wendland 
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