Recovering Noah

I'm not sure if I mentioned this before, but Noah loves biographies. I can read a Junie B. Jones book or a Captain Underpants book and he immediately leaves the room. But sit down and pop open a biography and he's all ears. Lately I've been reading the In Their Own Words: Harriet Tubman biography to him each night. I find the whole In Their Own Words series so fantastic. Some books I've read aloud to Noah and it's a struggle just to get through them, but this series rocks! The Harriet Tubman one has really moved me. I don't even remember learning this much in school... and now I really want to learn more about the Underground Railroad. And Noah seems pretty fascinated by it, too. If he'll sit through a chapter without screaming, flinging a toy, or running out of the room then you know it's got his attention! Anyway, I was wondering if Eli is too young to learn about slavery. He doesn't have the attention span to sit through chapter books yet, but we...

Remember in my blog post a few days ago where I mentioned that I had plans on keeping Eli in public school for 1st grade? We'll, Eli has other plans. He gave me a note that the "doctor" wrote on a "prescription pad" detailing exactly why he can't go back to school: Translated as: "Eli's head is hurting. Tummy hurting. (He has a) mosquito bite and eye infection." And, according to Eli, the only cure is for him to stay home and watch cartoons all day. Is that boy dramatic or what?? ;-) P.S. Yes, we WILL be working on spelling this summer... lol