Fun Learning and Falls

We finished My Side of the Mountain yesterday while running errands. The kids enjoyed it though they got a little tired of hearing about acorn pancakes. We had a good discussion with J and P about how all boys don't "really" want to run away. J was very disappointed with the way the book ended. I can't tell why or I'd give the ending away. I'll have to go to the library before we leave for vacation and load up with more books on cd.

M spent most of her free time Tuesday listening to The Trumpeter of Krakow on cd. She loved it! After listening to it for a few hours she asked me, "Is this for school?" She thinks if something is enjoyable it couldn't possibly be for her benefit.

V, big J and I played scrabble on the computer last night as I was settling E and T into bed. It is good to have him home from college. He was very talkative. They were cheating, looking up words in the pop-up dictionary, but I didn't mind. I was happy V was learning new words.

E ended up on our injured list. She was running while wearing V's flip-flops. I was just about to tell her that wasn't a good idea when she tripped on them and broke her fall with her face. (ouch!) She ended up with a good sized knot on her forehead and her previously slightly loose tooth is now hanging on by a thread. A few ice packs, two spoonfuls of Tylenol and a milkshake did the trick. She was good as new by the afternoon.