Readaholic

Well, Amber has turned into a reading "machine". Being a teacher, I know how important it is to continue to read over the summer to maintain and not fall behind at the beginning of the year. I encourage my kids to read each summer, but last year I didn't sign them up at the library for the reading program (I did this 2 years ago and the kids charted their times and got prizes for reading). So, I signed Amber and Josh up on Friday and she's already read 6 hours!! That comes down to 1 hour a day. Now, let me just say that anyone can read to her, or she can read or listen to books on tape/cd. Josh keeps pointing out how this is unfair, but he is going in 7th grade while she is only going in 1st. Amber is reading about 40 minutes on her own though, so she's doing her part:-) It's been nice being able to take the time to do this every day with her.

We had more drama in the neighborhood today with a group of boys that keep accusing Josh of things. I'm so tired of this and summer has just started. I'm about to get into a knock down, drag out fight with these little boys! If I'm arrested, you'll know why!:-) I know my kids aren't perfect, but I do trust and believe him and so far he has proved to be trustworthy. While these other boys are constantly getting in trouble- they are definitely earning a bad reputation in this neighborhood. Hopefully, things will cool down tomorrow...