In the Dark-Well, Almost

Hmm, so here I sit typing by candlelight and the glow of my iPhone. No, we didn't forget to pay our electricity bill, the winter winds have swept through our rural neighbourhood again and I suspect, have wreaked a little havoc.
I thought I'd relax a little and write tomorrows letter of the day on the board before heading off to bed with a potentially sick husband. First, the 24 hour flu (or something) claimed Savanna on Saturday and now my poor husband is feeling less than stellar. I know it's not my cooking though, because I am feeling fine-famous last words I know.
Tomorrows letter will be "Y", yacht, yak, yam, all that good stuff. We've been working on a little alphabet review here for the last three weeks or so. At first I started out with an overly ambitious three letters per day and I soon realized that that was a bit too much so we've tapered it down to one. It's been a challenge coming up with fun ways to review each letter but thanks to the Internet I've made some progress. Today's worksheet seemed to be a hit. Cutting out x's and pasting them next to pictures that have the x sound seemed to be a fun activity. Anything crafty goes over well with this creative daughter of mine-and math, she loves her math. The concept of adding and subtracting took all of two days for her to grasp so I think we are well on our way there. She's happy to pick out her own math worksheets as long as we limit it to about 15 minutes at a time.
Science was today's big hit though. She loves her Bill Nye the Science Guy-grades 3 and up-ha! Storms were the topic of the day, a day late after yesterday's strange unseasonal weather, but still close enough to be relevant. After the DVD we did a fun little experiment with making our own rain in a glass. Take water, squirt shaving foam over top and use drops of food colouring to make it rain. Amusing and inexpensive. I'm sure we will be doing this again soon.
So I think I will sit a few minutes more and enjoy the peace and quiet. Come April, when our new arrival gets here things may not be so peaceful and quiet, but then again, who knows? This one seems pretty laid back so far, not nearly as active as his or her big sister was. Maybe it will like to sleep in like me. One can only hope.


I'd also like to note that Savanna took this picture of our wintery chandelier-I think she did a pretty good job.