Sorry it was a depressing blog yesterday. Thank you for your encouraging comments; I really appreciated them.

It seems like whenever I have a really hard, discouraging day, then the next day is really idyllic to make up for it. This morning, we started out by Jacob writing half the alphabet in his writing tablet, then we all put on hats (two firefighter helmets and one bike helmet) and Jacob and Ethan saved me from the fire and bad guys upstairs. After that we played with blocks and trains, and then I let them use my new dry erase markers on their dry erase boards. Here are some pictures to illustrate. Please excuse the desk mess - everything I don't want them to play with gets thrown up there.