Busy, Busy

    Wow, what a whirlwind weekend and beginning of the week! On Saturday, we went to the farmer's market to see our favorite farmers. At the one fruit/vegetable stand Molly earned a free plum by reciting a poem by William Carlos Williams:) After the market we were off to a scarecrow fest with friends. The fest was kind of a bust with the lightening sirens going off, not much for the kids to do, and no concessions available. A break in the weather and a great magician saved the event. Molly got called up to be one of the magicians helpers and she proceeded to call him out on his trick...oops! She said matter-of-factly, "You just put it up your sleeve." The audience about died laughing! He made a joke to distract from her comment but she just looked at him and said, "You really did just put it up your sleeve." She had a great time and thought he was hilariously funny...we thought so too!
    Saturday night at church we happened upon a friend of hers from her short stint in preschool last year. It was great to reconnect because Molly has been asking about her since last October and I didn't have any contact info.
    Sunday was yardwork and then we went to see Kung Fu Panda 2. Very fun! Well, not the yardwork...
    On Monday, Molly and I went to the gym and after I worked out we swam for an hour together. After that we came home and I started reading Roald Dahl's The Fantastic Mr. Fox. Very engaging! Other than that, that day was all about playing. She painted pottery ornaments, she acted out stories, and read a lot.
    Yesterday we had an ugly start to our morning. Molly pretended to not know the number one. I talked to a fellow homeschooling friend who said her daughter wasn't getting past only having five fingers. It must have been something in the air. Molly ended up reading me eight Bob books. She wrote her numbers to 15 and wrote the alphabet. We played with her Melissa and Doug wooden clock and she was soon able to move the hands to any time I threw out...before yesterday she could only do any that were simple like 3 o'clock or 4:30. Now she can do 3:20, etc. She did a lot of puzzles...I only had to help her with the 100 piece one. Molly did a computer spelling game towards the end of the afternoon. It was a very full day of school...from about 10am until almost dinnertime! Despite our rocky start and my string of frustrations (like dropping a glass jar of pizza sauce, and having a pizza drop into my oven which created a huge mess) the day turned out pretty well:)
    I ordered Molly a light panel...we are so excited for it to come!

Here's the William Carlos Williams poem...

This is just to say...

I have eaten
the plums
that were in
the icebox

and which
you were probably
saving
for breakfast

Forgive me
they were delicious
so sweet
and so cold