Monday, August 18, 2008

first day of school! first day of school!

Or something like that. Is is possible that kids get vapor-lock in their brains over the summer? They seem so, umm, stupid today. I read the following to The Boy: "Elmer Elevator flew into the evening air on the back of his baby dragon." I asked him, "Who is in the story?" No answer. No idea. No way. What are they doing? Same response. Heh? Look at the word next to the boy's name: flew. Heh? And he has forgotten all of his addition. *sigh* The Girl is going to need a separate curriculum. And a separate school. And they're still demanding to go to "PE" at my dad's pool. Ech. Not feeling the love.

Good things: everyone woke, dressed and showed up without complaining. The Boy cheerfully measured the items I asked him to, although he played dumb a lot. "If a yard is the length from the king's nose to his fingers, and you're smaller than the king, will you get the same size if you measure it on your own body?" Over and over. I think he finally got it. Can't wait to do area...

Oh yeah, good. Um. The school shirts turned out nice, except that the logo kind of migrates under their armpits. ;) Mine looks ridiculous. And also, they made so little progress that I have very little preparation to get ready for tomorrow...

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