What to say about this week? Arley has had a few grumpy days, but nothing we can't handle. It's because last week I was raving about how happy he is, I jinxed us. It was just for a few days, but now he seems fairly happy again, unless we ask him to do something that causes a bit of anxiety. We discovered last night that he doesn't know his alphabet! The kid has a reading age of 12 years, knows all of his letters, but doesn't know what order they come in! I don't know how this slipped me by. Of course the easiest way to learn is to learn the song, but he is refusing, and blocks his ears every time we try to sing it to him. What a pain in the butt! Homeschool success story this is not! Ha ha.
Carmie has been doing a little writing, which honestly is a miracle. I have to bribe her every day, but at least she is bribable. She is still reading up a storm - she has read two books since yesterday morning. Her speech hasn't been great this week, as I haven't been on top of her speech therapy homework, as my insomnia is getting the better of me, and I have been sick since Tuesday. Carmie and I go out most mornings and play handball with each other. Arley begrudgingly joins us. Carmie has been desperate to beat me, and she finally did this week, and she is so proud of herself. When we started a few months back, she missed most balls that came her way, so it really goes to show what practice can do!
There's not much to say for this week. I can't even remember what we did this past weekend, which means it obviously wasn't very memorable! The kids are counting down the days until Christmas. We aren't booking any holiday classes or programs this year, as we plan on having a lot of down time. I'm looking forward to it. I have almost finished my painting series (I thought I had finished yesterday, and we even celebrated, but now I realise I have to make some changes in my last painting), and I am fairly desperate for a break at this point!
A quick video of Arley cantering (again!):
At horse riding:
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