The Richardsons

We (teacher, social worker, special ed teacher, a village, a team, anyone who wants to) are trying to teach E-man to read. My new life is that of a tutor, going over and over words and sounds. E-man does like when he gets it saying, "I'm brilliant." To which I always agree. There are always the convenient distractions. Last night he wanted hot cocoa, but it was too hot. Instead of blowing on it he went to the trouble of finding a fan and putting it on the hot cocoa to cool it down. Halloween is coming and this is the year, Annie will be Annie! Abegail is going to be a sailor girl and E-man will be Mario. My Costco Kids My kids are always hungry. They are always standing with the refrigerator door open looking in. Not taking anything, just standing there waiting for the invisible man on the other side of the cold air to magically hand them a piping hot meal. I go to the store, three days later, there is nothing in that refrigerator. There are never leftovers wh...

Sue's been bugging me a ton lately to post something on the blog...I gave up months ago trying to keep up w/ her regular postings. Well...today's my day! I'm as proud of A&E as I've ever been!! They had the Burke SoccerFest 4x4 tournament today and both kids WON CHAMPIONSHIPS!! Abegail scored 5 goals in the first two games and her team finished with a 3-1 record. They won their division and she brought home a nice, shiny gold medal. E-Man played with the Golden Jets - the 4x4 team that's won tournaments in the past and will be traveling to Orlando in January to play in a national tournament. This was a nice opportunity for them to play together again in preparation for that big tournament. E-man started much slower than Abegail, scoring only once in the first 3 games. But in the Championship game HE SCORED 2!! And his team won 2-0!!! Here are the photos I was able to take this afternoon! Enjoy.... Abegail's Breakaway Goal! E-Man's Breakaway Goal! Abegail...