More on Sunday, then Monday, Tuesday & today...

Sunday - we did make it to the Fairy Folk Festival, and had a good time! C.O. and C.J. each got a crown and a pair of wings - C.O.'s are black dragon wings with blue 'jewels' and C.J.'s are pink and purple fairy wings. C.O. spent the rest of the day telling us that he is a dragon king - now he wants a sword and shield, so M and I are looking at crafting those! I think I might dig up some good tales of knights, etc., and see if this new interest goes anywhere.
Monday - C.O. took his blue teddy bear to class for a 'teddy bear tea', which he said was lots of fun. He is learning a lot of nice little songs in class. We did a bunch of school work in the evening, finishing off with doing the volcano experiment again. We also looked at, and colored, diagrams of the 4 layers of the Earth, which he now can name from memory. C.J. sat down and, for the first time, purposefully wrote a number (9)! She's left-handed, so it's a bit different teaching her to write than it has been with C.O.
Tuesday - Coming down with colds, all of us, so we missed soccer practice and our playdate. Still did school stuff though - C.O. did lessons 12A and 12B in Saxon Math, working on placement (first, second, third, etc.), which he seems to understand pretty well. It seems like math might be one of my imaginative, playful child's stronger points! I've been looking at this as a possible supplement - The Noble Knights of Knowledge. I think with a little creativity (I hear the story lines aren't all that fantastic), it could be fun. We also worked on writing a couple of letters and some more letter sounds. He is starting to really connect the sounds with the visuals, asking about words he sees while out and about. It's actually really cool watching him go through the steps of learning to read. C.J. only wanted to color and look at a book of farm animals, but that was fine.
Today - We are officially having a 'sick' day. I had to call in to work, and call C.O. in to his class. This cold is nasty! We've watched movies all morning (Shrek and Shrek 2, now Pippi Goes on Board), the kids took a warm bath, we're all drinking lots of hot tea, and just resting. We've upped our vitamins and taken echinacea this week, so hopefully this cold will pass as quickly as it came on!