please ignore this post.

you. guys.  i need a moment.

math-u-see came yesterday.  i was so STOKED.  i waited until it got here before we left to go to the library.  that's how much of a dork/loser/crazy-person i am.  i think i scared the UPS man a little with my enthusiasm.  i wonder what he thought was in that little brown box.  i'm pretty sure he wasn't thinking, "i bet it's a math curriculum!"

i waited until today to break it out.  i was supposed to wait until monday, but yeah.

i watched the video by myself first.  okay, so i watched the first lesson.  then i called all my beautiful darlings back into the living room and sat them down in a row in front of the television set.  i gave them each a few of the green "one" blocks, and pressed play. 

they liked the video.  all of them participated and yelled out answers and all of that fun stuff.  meanwhile, i sat smugly on the couch, congratulating myself on finding a way to make math fun for all my children at the same time, with little to no stress on my part because i. am. not. the. teacher.  the man on the screen is the teacher.  and he has an EXCELLENT attitude about teaching.  i haven't seen him yell YET.  i was impressed.

anywho, the video went off, and i broke out the workbook, just to show them the ridiculously easy problems they'd be starting with, and how big the pictures were and how there were only THREE problems per worksheet and isn't that AWESOME? 

apparently, no, it was not awesome.

here are beau's exact words.

"why did you give us these blocks?  we don't even have to use them this time.  this is stupid. (side note: okay, so he didn't SAY it was stupid, but he IMPLIED it) *rolls eyes*  i KNOW what a number six looks like, mom.  MOMMA.  i DON'T want to do this!  *heavy sigh*"

yes, i know it's a bit slow for beau right now.  but it picks up SO fast and it will be fun for him in just a few lessons.  he'll live while his brother and sister go a bit slower through this part.  plus, i think it was more of a, "MORE worksheets?!" sort of thing.

if he only saw the amount of worksheets they do in first grade public school, he'd thank me.

also, i grounded him from video games for the rest of the day because he threw little green blocks at his sister in his grouchy attitude.  seriously, son?  did it make you feel better?  was it worth having to watch your little brother play lego star wars all by himself while you sit sadly by and complain in a REALLY loud voice how it isn't fair and he's just rubbing it in?  hmm?