Feb 19 2009
Thankfulness Thursday
Right now I’m thankful that we all got through the morning with no tears. We came close!
Otherwise, today I am thankful for:
Having a night off from any obligations. As grateful as I am to have my job, it’s also been a tiring week, and I’m happy for the rest. Gus had a rough day yesterday and a difficult morning, which was a bit draining for me as well. Heaven would be to get to sleep before 10:30.
PARP - Parents as Reading Partners. This year both kids were involved in this reading program at concurrent times. It’s been lots of fun, and we’ve really enjoyed going through several chapter books together. Gus’s pick has been the Magic Treehouse series by Mary Pope Osborne. Historical/fantasy, extremely well researched and loads of fun. She even wrote reference books for some of the later works in the series. Another series he loves is Time Spies series by Candice Ransom, again these are incredibly well done historical fantasy, which seems to be the genre of choice lately. (I’ve even learned quite a bit from both series.) We’re going to try Encyclopedia Brown when we’re done with these. Both kids also enjoy the Junie B. Jones books by Barbara Park, which are hilarious, and even though the character, Junie B., is probably not the best model of socially appropriate behavior for Gus, he seems able to recognize her lapses in social skills, so they are helpful in that way.
Finally, I’m thankful for all my visitors, readers, EC droppers, commenters, Twitter followers and pretty much everyone who has supported this blog! I don’t always reply to comments because the interface is clunky and annoying, but I just wanted to throw out a big THANK YOU! Your presence and support is much appreciated!
And now, please share your gratitude as well! Have a great Thursday!
