My son and nephews love the sets we've gotten them.

I've taught this part of Y2 twice this year and am getting ready to teach it the third time. It threw me at first, but I'm so glad I taught it this way! It gets used again when they teach three digit addition and subtraction and really cements place value and an understanding of what those numbers mean. One of MEP's strengths (and there are many) is the building of "number sense" in the students' understanding. I wish I had been taught math this way! I recommend teaching it the MEP way. Even as a struggle, it will be better in the long run, I think.

Eliana, if you haven't read it, our own AggieAmy's scathing review of Julianne Donaldson's previous book, Edenbrooke, is good fun for reading. Sounds like Blackmoore suffers from similar problems as Edenbrooke did. Edited to fix the quote ...

I enjoyed this article Tea with the Vicar, or the Pleasures of Light English Fiction and supposed some of you might enjoy it likewise. A number of authors to explore!

It's been several weeks since I've posted one, but got one posted tonight. It's kind of whiny, though, so be prepared.

I wondered, in the conversation between Thomas Cromwell and Archbishop Wolsey if she wasn't trying to make them seem so close, so on the same thought-pattern, that it didn't really matter which of them said it. Maybe? I'm not very far into the story, though.

Antecedents to the pronoun are very helpful but I think the avoidance is on purpose, here. I remembered there was some book you had problems with that, and that you had read part of Wolf Hall, but not that these were one and the same LOL. It is the next book for our library's reading group so they have a bunch of copies right now. Shouldn't have any problems with renewals - yay!

Wordless: Serious Reading Wordy: Nobody Will Cry for Him quote from Wolf Hall

We finished Man of the Family by Ralph Moody last night. This is the second book in the Little Britches series. It was excellent. My son was bawling by the end. It was a sad ending. Moody's writing is descriptive and emotive. We love these books. That was book 40. I'm way behind ... I think we'll read Barbara RAiney's Thanksgiving, A Time To Remember next. I'm reading Wolf Hall, through Part One, and it is amazing so far. I see why people love it! Book Reviews 1. The White Horse King: The Life of Alfred the Great by Benjamin Merkle 2. Publish and Perish by Sally S Wright 3. Pride and Predator by Sally S Wright 4. Pursuit and Persuasion by Sally S Wright 5. Out of the Ruins by Sally S Wright 6. The Little Prince by Antoine de Saint-Exupéry 7. Watches of the Night by Sally S Wright 8. Code of Silence by Sally S Wright 9. Pinocchio by Carlo Collodi 10. The Secret Thoughts of an Unlikely Convert by Rosaria Butterfield (excellent) 11. Unnatural Death by Dorothy Sayers 12. Emil and the Detectives by Erich Kästner 13.The Unpleasantness at the Bellona Club by Dorothy Sayers 14. The Devil on Lammas Night by Susan Howatch 15. The Pemberley Chronicles by Rebecca Ann Collins 16. The Little Way of Ruthie Leming by Rod Dreher (very very good) 17. The Exact Place: a memoir by Margie L Haack 18. Lord Peter Views The Body by Dorothy L Sayers 19. Strong Poison by Dorothy L. Sayers 20. Jane and Prudence by Barbara Pym 21. Men of Iron by Howard Pyle (audio book) 22. Runaway Ralph by Beverly Cleary (audio book) 23. No Fond Return of Love by Barbara Pym 24. How to Teach Your Children Shakespeare by Ken Ludwig 25. Brat Farrar by Josephine Tey 26. Tending the Heart of Virtue by Vigen Guroian 27. Covenant Child by Terri Blackstock 28. Shadow in Serenity by Terri Blackstock 29. The Five Red Herrings by Dorothy L Sayers 30. Alexander and the Wonderful, Marvelous, Excellent, Terrific Ninety Days by Judith Viorst 31. Pilgrim at Tinker Creek by Annie Dillard 32. Have His Carcase by Dorothy L Sayers 33. Leonardo and the Last Supper by Ross King 34. Hangman's Holiday by Dorothy L Sayers 35. The Swiss Family Robinson by Johann R Wyss (audio book) 36. Holy is the Day by Carolyn Weber (Book of the year. Fantastic) 37. The Tanglewoods' Secret by Patricia St. John (Audio Book) 38. Murder Must Advertise by Dorothy L Sayers 39. Ender's Game by Orson Scott Card 40. Man of the Family by Ralph Moody (Family Read Aloud)

I had no idea, either. Interesting. I wrote in The Little Way of Ruthie Leming by Rod Dreher in the Memoir category. I'm surprised they don't have a Inspirational category. I'd totally submit Holy is the Day by Carolyn Weber, but I'm not sure it fits there. I haven't read anything else published in 2013, though LOL.

I finished three books since I last posted [oops] It took several weeks, but I finally finished Murder Must Advertise by Sayers. I'm ready for Harriet Vane to become a regular character. I like LPW better with her than without. I did enjoy the book, but was a little disappointed by the mystery. For Christmas gifts, my sister records books for the children on mp3. She did two Patricia St. John books, and we listened to the first: The Tanglewoods' Secret. We enjoyed it and are currently enjoying Treasures of the Snow. This is a gift we love; she reads well and the kids love listening to books. Yesterday, I started Ender's Game which I've never read. I finished it during quiet time today. I read a lot while the kids did schoool (I did help them some, though). Ender's Game was the theme book for our town's DelawaREADS program this fall. My husband read it on vacation and made me think it would be depressing. I put it off for a long time, but finally got started and am glad I did. I haven't written any reviews yet. I should get on that before I start something else which I think will be Wolf Hall.

I just loved this. Glad you are too!

My husband is on his second Brutus Buckeye pillow pet. The dog ate the first one that he got because he kept using our daughter's ladybug one.

I thought it was a good way to show the languageness of math. Maybe the humanities preference folks can understand better. And it's fun. That's all :)

Has anyone seen this? Diagramming Math Sentences. Fun. http://comparativelysuperlative.wordpress.com/2013/04/23/math-sentence-diagram/#comments

We have a Little Red Riding Hood, Purple Cat, and Lumberjack: http://ladydusk.blogspot.com/2013/10/trick-or-treat.html?m=1

Congrats, Amy! Prayers that all works out and it is a smooth transition adding the new little one!

The rental houses we've stayed at in the Outer Banks does this too.

Wordless Wednesday: We got to go see and OSU Hockey Game Last night, and were in a suite with friends from church. Go Buckeyes! They won 5-3. Wordy: Dorothy Sayers diagnosis the commercial culture: Leisured and Luxurious Illusion It's a lot of words and long sentences. Worth the read anyway. If you find any typos, let me know LOL.

My brothers are twins and have a similar birth story; they were told that they must've been stomach to stomach in womb and that's why thwy only heard one heartbeat. Can you imagine now? Dad running out for another carseat so you could fo home? More stuff? Crazy. They are still very close. Their wives love each other. One has a 6yo and the other had a baby this year; our nephew (the 6yo) said he was so exited to have a brother (instead of cousin ... He knows about cousins, too).

Halfway through FLL1 the first time I started to question using it. A friend told me to trust the process. I'm so glad she did because now that I've gone through it three times, I'm so thankful for every repetition (not 3x every lesson, though). My just turned 9yo is into level 4 and finds it incredibly easy. My kids havent struggled with the grammar in Prima Latina (or Latin dor Children A). I diagrammed a sentence for my son during Sunday's sermon and it helped him understand. So, I would say for 5-10 minutes a day, trust the process.

My son adored Billy and Blaze at that age. (He still does)

Is there any other kind?! Go Buckeyes!