Wednesday, August 26, 2009

School is (almost) in session!

We're about to embark on our homeschooling journey! I was thinking about waiting until next year and starting Olivia with 1st grade, but she said she wants to start kindergarten. We'll have our first day of school when Joe starts, which will be Monday. I plan to follow his calendar. I've been brainstorming and making lists of activities we can do. I found some recipes for play-dough, finger paints, and other good stuff. We'll work on writing (some letters need a little attention). We'll also work with numbers. She can count pretty high but doesn't recognize numbers after 10. I also want her to learn the coins. She's been wanting to buy things (she saw a Tinkerbell kite somewhere), so I'd like to take her to the store, let her pick something, pay for it - let her experience the whole thing.

Those are a few ideas I've had. She's reading a little - I think she's doing pretty well for her age. Today she was reading in her coloring book. She got stuck on "triceratops" but otherwise did well!

Saturday, August 8, 2009

Breastfeeding Awareness Month

August is National Breastfeeding Awareness Month and August 1-7 is World Breastfeeding Week. Baby Blues has always been an advocate of breastfeeding. Here is a compilation of breastfeeding strips. These are hilarious! At least I thought so.