Hi! I will hopefully be posting very frequently over the next few days/weeks
in order to catch up after this horrible "dead time" on the blog.
I'm sorry.
This is such a simple and easy way to keep in touch.
I'm so sorry that my failure here has made us feel further away than we actually are.
I love you guys!
So... I begin again.
We have started rewarding reading around our house, and it has been awesome!
It started in the early summer, as we were attempting to earn all of our library/book store prizes.
I admit that I didn't particularly see it going past summer time,
but it has been such a great and simple incentive for the kids
to read more often and for longer periods of time.
We love it!
So far, the kids have earned a hot chocolate here, a picnic at a park there,
ice creams for the entire family, and even a fancy screwdriver of their very own
(the item that T was focused on from day 1 - Yup! She earned 300 bucks)!
Here is the original "plan" that is still on our wall.
We quickly learned that D and T had to have the same requirement... 20 minutes per "buck".
When we started, I wasn't sure if I would have to sit to read with David.
He is now easily enjoying Frog and Toad and Little Bear all on his own!
T has loved a handful of biographies of the early Roman martyrs, among other things.
In fact, the biographies were so good that she now is a little "bored" with fictional reads.
I guess that is a good problem? Maybe?
Love, Us.
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