What We're Up To

Today is a wonderfully rainy day. (Rainy days are wonderful as long as you don't end up with a week of clouds. I am completely addicted to the sun!)

So, we are doing some of my favorite rainy day activities, like reading. And making homemade, hot chocolate pudding. Nathan doesn't like "hot" putting. He only likes the store bought stuff. So sad. So, we made it while he was gone.

I also went looking for a list of books I can read to the girls, but don't necessarily involve the pictures. The list is for books to read to children or for them to read at certain grades. I'm reading "Through the Looking Glass" to the girls, basically, Emily. (Actually, it's on the 7th/8th grade reading list, but Emily is sitting down and enjoying it with me. There is a picture every other page, and it's just enough to keep her interested in the book to look at the pictures and get to turn the pages. And hey, I'm interested in reading a lot of these books too.

http://www.kidsource.com/kidsource/content/timeless.html

I'm excited because I've been collecting a lot of the books on the list, and some of them I'm going to start reading to Emily. She's also been working on reading all by herself. I have the book "Teach Your Child to Read in 100 Easy Lessons" and so far, I LOVE it. I think it is perfect. Meredith isn't quite ready to sit through one of the lessons, she will sit through all of two parts (and there are typically 8) of a lesson. She does ask for it to be "my turn." It makes Emily want to learn more. :) I'm not really eager to start Meredith anyway. I'm teaching the girls the sight words together though.