You Belong to Me

This has become our anthem.  Taylor Swift rocks and we are rocking out with her - in the car anyway.  This is the girls' favorite song.  Jules loves to bob her head to it the whole time

Good day today.  Madi and Julia went over Kami's house for most of the day until 3:30pm.  I took Riley to her four year old check-up and then she stayed with me for the rest of the day.  Had her play on the computer during the few lessons I had.  Madi had fun with Kenzie.

When we got home, I vacuumed and Madi and Riley played for a very short time.  I gave Madi the option to put her laundry away now or later.  She chose right then.  Only she didn't just put away the laundry that was in the hamper.  She wanted to put her formal clothes in the closet and everything else in the dresser.  The pile on the bed was incredible.  I let her do it her way and when I came back in a little later, I gave her a few tips to help her find places for everything as it was not fitting in the dresser.  So I explained what to hang (sweatshirts, not cotton shirts;  jeans, skirts and anything bulky;  don't want to stretch out the shoulders of her shirts)  and she organized all of her drawers the way she wanted them.  I also showed her how to hang things in the closet by color and the type of clothing they are.  All pants together.  All skirts together.  Put shirts by color.  Etc...   When we were finished, she loved it and was very excited about how it all looked.  She thought it looked neat. I tried to explain why to put shirts by color (so if she's looking for a certain shirt, she doesn't have to search high and low for it - that way it saves time when we're in a hurry or just time in general).

Madi also did about 40 minutes of math work tonight.  Finished the entire math section of her TAKS book that you purchased.  We only have 30 some questions or so of English/Writing to do as well as practicing pre-writing and writing skills.  She did great with the math tonight.  I sat with her the entire time while Riley played and Julia ate.  She was very focused and we read the problems together.  Went really well.

Madi is playing Sims now on her iPod and Riley is playing nearby.  We finished the Babysitter's Club book last night so now we'll start another new book tonight.  Or Jeremy will - it's my night with Riley and his night with Madi for the reading part.

Hope you're good!  We won't be leaving anywhere early tomorrow - not until 9:30am - so Madi can call or you can call if you have a chance.