A Common Shepherdess

The most exciting thing this past week is that our 7-year-old graduated from Year 1 of Ambleside to Year 2. One thing we have kept from Year 1 is reading a poem every morning. We like all the crazy, goofy poems we have read so far. Many winter people have now come into our RV park so my days are crazy busy. The boys aren't doing too well with staying on task with the distractions. The assignment books have helped some. For my oldest I have also started writing out his daily tasks. He needs the additional structure. Today the boys got to spend the morning outside painting their new clubhouse their dad finished on Thursday. The girls will get to use it too. Our oldest is already planning on how he wants to paint the interior.

I came across this great link . It is a map of the USA with the states labeled and each state's electoral votes listed. The boys will be coloring it tonight as we watch the election results.

The Big Read reckons that the average adult has only read 6 of the top 100 books they’ve printed. The Rules: 1) Look at the list and put one * by those you have read. 2) Put a % by those you intend to read. 3) Put two ** by the books you LOVE. 4) Put # by the books you HATE. 5) Post. ** 1 Pride and Prejudice - Jane Austen ** 2 The Lord of the Rings - J.R.R. Tolkien 3 Jane Eyre - Charlotte Brontë (never could finish this one) 4 Harry Potter series - J.K. Rowling 5 To Kill a Mockingbird - Harper Lee ** 6 The Bible 7 Wuthering Heights - Emily Brontë (couldn't make it through this one either!) * 8 1984 - George Orwell 9 His Dark Materials - Philip Pullman * 10 Great Expectations - Charles Dickens 11 Little Women - Louisa May Alcott * 12 Tess of the D’Urbervilles - Thomas Hardy 13 Catch 22 - Joseph Heller * 14 Complete Works of Shakespeare (almost all) 15 Rebecca - Daphne du Maurier ** 16 The Hobbit - J.R.R. Tolkien