Great Galloping Gumdrops!

That is Garrison's newest phrase:) He has a thing for rhymes and loves to make up his own.  I added "Gasps Garrison" and he thought it was hilarious.  So now the game is afoot.  Garrison's latest accomplishment is finishing up the ABC's Learning to Read Program.  He loves the stories, so we might read some of them again, but our main goal will be working on his handwriting and increasing his reading skills.  Amazing how fast we zoomed through it.  It really helps when all the children love the stories.  Elyssia is at the halfway point or close to the end in most of her subjects.  Caleb is improving his coloring skills, so maybe we'll try some of the preschool stuff with him next year.  Work on him coloring inside of the lines, etc...  Thankfully Kiersten is learning to be content in her little corner of the room with her box of toys and books.  It makes my job a bit easier.
  Today has been one of those stay inside kind of days.  The weather has warmed up a bit, but there is a large amount of snow outside.  We might venture out tomorrow if I can get a good night's sleep tonight.  I can hardly believe that Scott's parents will be here in a week!  I really should finalize the meal plans and bake a bit more. Thankfully the younger two are almost done with their colds and the rest of us don't seem to be coming down with it yet. If only I had the kids energy...