What's Up in the World of Ms

I have been pretty busy with the boys last week since Peter left to take his exam in Ottawa. We have transformed our "dining" area to a play room. I found a BRIO train table for $40 on Craigslist and set up a cool layout of train tracks for Mattie. He added his Bob the Builder toys on top of the Thomas stuff. He is starting to play with a story line now.

In addition, I have been reading up on how to teach kids to read. I purchased some books and flashcards and is slowly working up to actually starting the process. I figure since Mattie always wants me to read to him, I might as well use the opportunity to teach him to read. Plus it gives me a project to do. Any ideas on other things to teach Mattie?

I also picked up some books to read. I started the "Twilight" series from Stephanie Meyer. It seems like it's so popular, I figure I would give it a shot. It's pretty interesting so far. I figure it's a good break from reading children's books or books about children.

My next pet project will be the cross stitch for Mikey... it's slowly making its way back on my list of things to do.