A Halle Morning

Up around 7:00 and sat down with Drew, to watch Sports Center and cruise the Internet when Halle came bouncing down, jumped on the couch next to me with two books, and we were off.  First, we read JACK AND JILL AND BIG DOG,  then BISCUIT GOES TO SCHOOL.  Both are quite fun and even though she has them memorized, we are getting her to pay more attention to sounding out words and thinking about what she is reading rather than just memorizing.  She is afraid to think about it, just lets her memory speak rather than trying to read, typical of this age, I think.  She is getting better and she was able to spell out all sorts of words that rhymed with hill, like pill, dill, till, ill, and mill.  She is getting the idea.  Then, she ran up and got her Barbie computer and we figured out how to get some games working, one that spells out a word in Spanish, then shows a picture of the word, like horse.  We tried some of the math games but they seemed too difficult, as she still has some trouble were her numbers, especially those over ten.  I can remember the last time we visited and Evie worked really hard with her on ten through twenty but she still needs to work on them. She is a doll and is sitting on Evie's lap working on her spelling.  She is happy to work at her skills all day, with a smile.

I have to get some exercise in this vacation, my vow, so let's see how long it's takes for me to break it.  Not long I imagine as I feel lazy already and it's only 8:30.  Coco just came down, after sleeping upstairs with Jill, so I imagine she'll be up soon.  Time to start thinking about doing something other than sitting on the couch and reading or writing.  Trouble, as Hayden just came down, having slept in late for her, despite her alarm going off at 7:00.  She wants the dog and the fun begins, as he'is sitting on Halle's lap.  Let's play 'who gets Coco.'

Just ate dinner, and we are all filled up with junk food from Burger King because Chick Filet closes on Sundays because the founder vowed that his employees would never have to work on Sunday.   I suspect.  Jill and Drew went to a movie, then dinner, so they won't be home till later.  Earlier in the day, Drew added some lights to his attempt to be Clark Griswold and wouldn't you know it, after they left, the lights came on momentarily then the lights in the house went out.  I checked the circuits and one was sprung, so I reset it; the lights went off again, just like at the Griswolds, so I went out side and pulled some plugs, reset the breaker again and we have not had a problem.  Drew's sister's children, Caleb and Carly came over and decorated Christmas cookies for a couple of hours, a couple of cute kids, one is Halle's age, and Caleb is seven.  We are sitting watching Toy Story, though we want to get the kids ready for bed soon as they have school tomorrow and with these two, it takes quite awhile, after all the preparations, the stories, the talks, karate, and all. Coco has jumped up on my lap and snuggled between my arm and computer.  He can be cute when he's not biting or humping your leg.  Ahh, the beauty of a puppy.