The Booker Post

Scholastic Bowl season has started! I don't think I realized how much a commitment 2 days a week for a couple hours would throw the rest of the week into chaos! Sometimes it seems like I'm running around doing so much, but have so little to show for it. But I've managed to keep up fairly well, I think. Of course it doesn't help that our kitchen is in complete disarray thanks to the "small" remodel. The other side of that coin is that the kids haven't had their normal full access to the house, and the gate has caused some headaches in and of itself. It doesn't seem to matter what they're doing before the gate goes up, perfectly happy playing with their toys or looking out the windows. They have two full rooms to play in behind the gate: a living room pretty much devoid of obstacles and a play room filled (and I do mean FILLED!) with toys of all shapes, sizes, songs, games, and dances. None of that seems to matter when they hear the gate click into ...

Gabriel decided to try on Daddy's hat. Callie helping take down the Christmas decorations outside. Gabriel is a corn loving boy! He started hugging the bowl as soon as he tasted it! I've decided it must be a genetic thing. Males must have this built in need to take their pants off once in their house. Callie and her balloon. She insisted on taking it outside and then was very upset when it flew away . . . Lesson learned? Probably not. So our Christmas was wonderful, New Year's was a rocking good time. Ok, not really, Philip painted and I worked on lesson plans for starting preschool. I'm sure most of you have seen on facebook that Callie & I have started working on different skills and knowledge that she will need when she goes into kindergarten. She's doing really well so far (we're on day 2!). We're focusing a lot on writing because she knows most of her letters and numbers by sight. So far, we've had a couple of "I can't do it" momen...