Over the summer my Mom and I are doing a joint venture with our younger kids. As Marion calls it 'Buddy School'. We are doing a reading program. For every fifteen books the kids read (them selves) they get a little something then every thirty or so books they get a bit of a bigger something. My mom and I planned the treats together and are trying to keep the kids at similar speeds, so that prize day falls on the same day for her in Canada as us in Africa. It is fun for the kids, especially for Marion and Elizabeth who are missing each other and having a hard time with the separation.

When the kids had reached thirty books we promised doughnuts! Here they are!

Good job kiddies!