A hodge podge

Kenan is done with Kindergarten camp now and it went well. Kenan's teacher was surprisingly positive which is such an answer to prayer! He came home with a new backpack full of school supplies and a certificate of completion. He's made progress when it comes to writing his name.(Yay!) At least the teacher will be able to recognize his mark. He can make a K and an upside down e. Beautiful to mama! The teacher was even helpful in suggesting one of these for Kenan. They let him try one yesterday and it helped him grip the pencil a lot easier. I ended up finding something like this but by RoseArt. We haven't tried them yet so we'll have to see how they work.

Micah got some sporty new shoes today.

He was such a good little boy if you forget that he screamed when it was time to try them on, and the teeny tiny fit he threw on the floor when big sister brought him back into the store. He quickly calmed down and just laid on the floor looking at himself in the mirror and occasionally checking to see if anyone was looking at him. Of course I was only peeking out of the corner of my eye. The great thing about this shoe store, is that they cater completely to kids so they understand the antics of a 2 year old, as well as the parents which is so helpful.

Then this afternoon I was helping Hannah with her Summer Bridge workbook. This is something our school does for the kids over the summer to annoy them help keep their brains from turning to mush. Does it work, I have no idea. I do know that my kids are tired of working on them and even dollar a day bribe motivation doesn't work. Anyway I digress. So back to helping Hannah with her homework. She was doing a section on multiplication. i.e. 746 x 348 Easy right? Not really when you to do it using Napier's Bones. It's actually quite easy once you get the hang of it but why? Why learn this way? Why not multiply the old fashioned way. Well maybe the way we learned is the modern way and Napier's Bones is the old fashioned way. I wonder if they will actually learn this in school (6th grade) or if it was just a different way of doing it for the sake of doing it differently. Anyway we figured it out, though it took a while. Maybe it's much easier and I'm just slow. Who knows.

All in all we had a good day today, and now it's Friday and I'm ready for restful weekend.