Kindergarten!

This was our first week of kindergarten at the Critz house. It was a fantastic week. We started a new family schedule that has worked absolutely beautifully for all of us. John V has eaten up watching the clock and remembering what it was time to do next. No TV or movies unless we're in the car which made some Saturday morning cartoons this morning a fun and special treat! The kids are doing a great job learning their assigned chores. John V's favorite job is being my dinner helper and Kailey's is making her bed. Kailey and John V are both doing a great job with their school work. Kailey is working on her alphabet sounds and getting those "teen" numbers unmixed. She also enjoys coloring and art projects. John V loves math, especially estimating numbers. He's also doing a great job with his handwriting and reading. Today we had "Show & Tell Saturday" where instead of doing school work, we showed Dad everything we had worked on this week. We quoted our Bible verses, talked about how we had showed attentiveness (our character quality for the week), and showed Dad our book work. John V was very disappointed to learn that we don't do school on the weekends. He finally grudgingly agreed to wait until Monday so we could "play with Dad" while he was home from work. : ) It is a privilege and honor to see and participate in his hunger for learning. One of my favorite parts of our day right now is at breakfast when Daddy reads us our Proverb for the day and John V listens for verses that talk about being wise or foolish. He hits his right hand on the table if he hears about a wise man and his left for a foolish man. He listens so intently and talks often lately about his wise choices to please God. We point out the verses to him about a wise son making his father and mother glad and tell him how great our joy is in seeing his choices to please his heavenly Father. These are truly precious days and I am tucking each one away in my heart's box of memories. God has been so good to me!