Read-A-Thon and a Few Other Things

This weekend we stayed home and caught up on a week's worth of chores, errands, and HOMEWORK. At parent teacher conferences, Cooper's teacher informed me that while he is reading at a 5th grade level, and can read over 170 words per minute, his AR goal was in the toilet. He needed to have 40 points at the end of the trimester and he had 10. Now, I like AR for the most point but I don't like that it's not an accurate reflection of a student's reading ability.

However, Cooper wanted to go to the AR party so we began working to bring his numbers up. This weekend we were within 12 points, so we had an afternoon of reading. Well, they did. I wrote lesson plans.

Luckily, he read 13 books in one day and made his goal; we can all rest easy this week!

Here is his victory moment:

In other news, last weekend Amelia had a birthday party for a friend, so Cooper and I had the rare opportunity to go to lunch together:

He was absolutely perfect and extremely polite. He knew exactly what he wanted to order and told the waitress his order, punctuated with "please" and "thank you". He was also thrilled to have an adult-sized Sprite, which he completely consumed. The rest of the day he was running to the bathroom.

Also, I finally caught Amelia during ballet class when she was doing her dance on pointe. Here is a video. You won't see her much the first bit--she's in a black short-sleeved leotard with a dark purple skirt in the front by the mirror. But if you listen you can hear her shoes. When the girls start the circle she comes by. You can tell it's her because she's on her toes. :-)