School Holidays!!

Yippeee!

I love school holidays and these ones have been pretty realxing so far. Elliott's new habit of coming in and saying good morning and then leaving me in bed to sleep while he goes and plays is simply wonderful. This habit can STAY lol

We've also been reading lots and lots and lots lol and the improvement is amazing. Our new daily routine is....reading comes first, every morning. So after he has his play time we do our reading before brekky, before tv...before i get out of bed lol! The reading folder that we made is perfect, god bless Marks' ability to make things on the computer :-) Checking the books off each day is really helping both of us. It keeps it nice and focused and motivated too. For each sheet he finishes (30 books) he gets a toy (ben 10 atm).

It is such an amazing thing to hear the improvement. I know the ones school sends home are only about 10 pages...but he is easily getting through 30-40 pages per day. So our "home folder" will continue throughout the school term, on the days he does not get a school reader.

As for other things, we have been bushwalking, to the park, to see Ice Age 3, had a board game day and of course some play time and a few movies on the lounge. The really simple pleasures this time...of course, next holidays I am off to England...so quiet this time is perfect.