Hah! I did it!

I transferred & correctly dated all my archived posts from homeschool blogger! I also updated my sidebar links.

Christmas was very, very good! We went to my mother-in-law's Christmas Eve morning, and spent a couple of hours just hanging out, drinking tea, and watching the kids play with all their new toys. Then, in the evening, we had my dad, sister and brother over for dinner and presents. The children had a blast all day, and they really raked in the presents! C.O. got tubs of LEGOs, Magic Treehouse books (set 1), a Superman action figure, HotWheels race tracks, superhero pajamas, "cars" (the movie) & "Robin Hood" (the Disney animated version). C.J. got Calico Critters stuff, pink candy-themed pajamas, "The Little Mermaid" (Disney),the "Curious George" movie, outfits for her Cabbage Patch baby, an Olivia book, a "paper doll" magnet set, and the laundry room set for her dollhouse. Together they got a huge bucket of TinkerToys, and an in-home planetarium set-up. We had a nice relaxed dinner, then the kids went off to bed willingly, as they were hoping Santa Claus would come!

Yesterday, it was just Christmas for the four of us. We stayed in pajamas until early afternoon, when the kids had to go test out their new scooters from Santa! We opened presents in the morning - a magic set, a couple of books, a shake-&-go car and a few stocking stuffers for C.O.; a bakeware set with a handmade apron, a couple of books, a kitchen dollhouse set & stocking stuffers for C.J., plus a set of Magnetix and the movie "Nanny McPhee" for both of them (which is a pretty good movie, BTW).

At least they won't run out of new things to play with anytime soon!

We're planning on sitting down to do some schoolwork later this afternoon - math, phonics, and some work in Maps, Graphs, Globes. C.J. will probably work on writing some letters and numbers - she said she wants to know how to write her name, so I'll try working on that with her once I get C.O. going on his work!

Edited to add: C.O kept complaining during Maps, Graphs, Globes (which was the first thing we sat down to work on) that his stomach really hurt, so he went to lie down, threw up, and has been mostly asleep ever since. I'm putting it down to too much excitment & too many cookies over the last few days. C.J. on the other hand was very focused - she wrote her name, her brother's name, "mommy" and "daddy" by copying what I wrote out for her! So far, her handwriting is very tidy. I guess I'll try with C.O. again tomorrow, if he's feeling better. C.J. has been sounding like a frog for the last couple of days, but other than her voice, she's acting normal and seems fine.