Counting to 100

It's a short week at Ingram School, but I'm hoping to keep Monday-Thursday pretty normal around here.  If, by normal, you mean that last weekend we saw 70 degree weather and just now I saw some snow flakes in the back yard.  Or if normal means I can't convince Ruby and Ford to take a nap, but Rachel was asleep in two minutes.  Luckily, Ruby took the hint and she's asleep now, too.  So, if Ford will fall asleep, I'll consider us back on track (and maybe I can get some rest, too!)  Allen gets Friday off and all of next week, so we are going to take a break from "regular" school.  Some people might call it a Spring Break!!
Today, however, I got everyone to the table so we could get on with our work.  Ruby sat at the table with markers and traced some plastic stencils we have of Easter Eggs and bunnies.  She had a great time while Rachel and Ford worked on writing the number 4.  Rachel worked in her workbook and Ford used chalk on the slate and then used a marker on paper.  He even drew a square with four sides and then put a number 4 inside of it.  Pretty smart fella if you ask me!  We all watched Mr. Steve's math lesson today during snack time.  He talked about skip counting by 10s and counting to 100.  It was all review for Rachel, so it didn't matter that Ruby was trying to skip count while he was talking and Ford was chewing loudly and talking about trains.  After Ruby and Ford finished their snack, they hopped down to play Jake and Tinkerbell together while Rachel actually wrote from 0-100 (with a few numbers already provided for her).  I didn't know if she'd be at the table all day or not, but she did it!  I am being completely honest, too, when I say, I gave her absolutely no help.  She is just that amazing!!  I wasn't sure what to expect, but she just sat there and wrote and ate a pretzel, then wrote some more and ate a pretzel, then erased and wrote and wrote and wrote.  She was pretty doggone cute about it!  We read a few books together and Rachel even read Ollie out loud to us.  Then we did our chores and did some exercise and then made it to the playroom for some Lego time.  Ford built a truck all by himself out of Legos and Rachel had fun playing with her new Lego Treehouse that she bought with her own money this weekend.  Ruby had out her cupcake Legos and had a great time.  I am really liking using the "train" table for all of us to play on at the same time.  If we can just keep it from falling apart, we'll be great!!  Vanessa and the boys stopped by for about 30 minutes of play time after they went grocery shopping, then when they left we ate lunch, hit the potty, and read stories for nap time.  This afternoon is music class and Chicken Chili for dinner!!!