The Simonson's: One Week At A Time

Tuesday, November 1, 2016

One Week At A Time

One week at a time, I will get caught up. So much to share and so many pictures. So busy! Time needs to slow down! Here we go:
Oct 17-23
Monday I was feeling a little bit better but still not 100% so we just took it easy. The girls had school, Alec and I played and did some laundry. We had a big steak supper and everyone was in bed on time! Tuesday morning we went to school early so that we could go to the book fair. The kids each picked out a couple books for themselves; we also got some books for Hanna, Dutch, and Ashylnn. After the book fair we went to Walmart and came home. Wednesday the girls had school, we ran some errands in town and spent the rest of the day getting things done at home and getting ready for the weekend. Thursday Alec and I enjoyed coffee with Traci and the girls got out early for Parent Teacher Conferences. The neighbors Justin and Jase came over and watched the kids while I ran to conferences and Mike was working. Conferences went really well. Becca is doing great in class and is starting to read a little. She will probably start AR (the reading program) after Christmas. Rachel is doing very well again this year. Math is her strongest and most liked subject. She is getting so much better at Reading. She still struggles with minute reads but her teacher is not worried about them so we are just trying to do a little better on each one. She needs to work on writing complete thoughts and complete sentences on paper. We are going to start writing and mailing more letters to our family and friend to see if we can improve on this skill some outside of school.

Alec got new glasses from Traci at Coffee!

Friday we all got up early and after Mike rounded at the hospital and we picked up Stacy we headed for Des Moines. The kids all traveled really well and after a couple stops we arrived in Des Moines around 2 pm. The kids were so excited to see Hanna and Dutch's house and Alec gave Dutch a big hug as soon as he saw him. Friday night Kate hired babysitters to come watch the kids so we adults could go out. Saturday we Mike and Justin went golfing in the morning, and then we girls went to the winery after lunch. We all were home by game time and enjoyed lying around and watching the game on Saturday. The kids all played so well and had so much fun playing together. The weekend went way to fast. We packed up and headed home after breakfast on Sunday and got home just in time for the kids to play a little and go to bed.