Posts tagged books

Ethan’s Progress Report

Oct3rd
2012 4 Comments

Written by cooking4mykids

Last week I hinted at sharing good news about Ethan. Then, life got busy with school, a special birthday party, planning for October, and a stomach bug that quickly made its way through our home. So, the good news, while still at the forefront of my heart, had to take a seat on the back burner while I was able to get caught up a little. What happened last week was so especially exciting because, honestly, I did not really ever foresee a day when this would happen. Of course we have dreamed Continue…

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My Reading Champion

Sep25th
2012 5 Comments

Written by cooking4mykids

Gabriel accomplished something pretty great today. And, I could not let the night get by without sharing. The second week of school, all of the 4th graders were given a challenge. Their teachers wanted them to each read 40 books, of various genres, by the end of the year. Books longer than 350 pages would count as 2 books. We knew that Gabriel could read that many books in the matter of months, so we gave him a different challenge. We told him that we would buy him a Kindle if he Continue…

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Keeping It Simple – Recipe: Fiesta Nachos

Jan31st
2012 10 Comments

Written by cooking4mykids

As I have mentioned, Gabriel loves to read. After he finished one of the books in his current series on Saturday night, he was antsy for the next one. I told him that I would run to the bookstore and buy it for him. While I was there, I picked up some crafting beads for Summer And an airplane for Ethan. They were all thrilled with their surprises. Gabriel immediately started reading, Summer started working on her necklace, And Ethan was all ready to fly his Continue…