First lost tooth!

Big news this week - Jimmy lost his first tooth! He was a little scared about it hurting, but he was a champ as I had to yank it out. I would have let it fall out on its own, but it was hanging by a thread & it was bedtime; I didn't want him to swallow the tooth in his sleep. The tooth came loose during a wrestling match with his younger brother, who was quite upset about the whole thing. Earlier in the day, we had been to the dentist, who told me that he'd have to pull the tooth if it hadn't fallen out on its own in a month. lol

Life interrupted this week. Between travel on President's Day & a long day full of errands, we only had 3 days of school this week. I think it's official now that we'll have school (at least math) into July.

We spend the holiday weekend at my parents' house. It was nice to get out of the house for a bit. During dinner one night, I mentioned Jimmy's math speed drill issue to my dad. When I was in grade school, my dad designed a computer program to make me 10 minute speed drill worksheets to help me get over my mental block. So I thought he might have some ideas to help me with Jimmy. I explained how this curriculum works & he immediately came up with the most simple yet brilliant idea - instead of giving him a minute on the timer, time how long he takes to complete the drill. The goal is to get the time less than a minute. He won't get frustrated at not finishing! How great is that? I put that into practice this week. We have only had 2 speed drills (1 of our 3 days was a test day, so no speed drill). First drill's time was 1:19. Second was over 2 minutes. Still, he was a LOT less frustrated & much more positive that he can do this thing.

So thank you, Daddy!