First day of NaNo

Friday was such a whirlwind we didn't have much time to put our Fall Carnival things away. So one of the kids left out the counting calories guessing jar and the guess sheet. The janitor (a former student) wrote a guess down and he was within 20 of the number! So he wins. My class decided he should get the jar even though he's not a student. 

We finished our latest read aloud book today. They wanted to pick out a new book, but I said our mood might change by tomorrow so we should wait. Maybe the book I ordered for read-aloud will be in at the library...

Today was the first day of NaNo! We only wrote a collective 399 words today (although I haven't written mine yet). Our class of seven has a goal of 79,653 words! Yikes! 30,000 are mine, but two students want to write 17,000 and 20,000. I have a feeling they might change that. Although, they are both good writers and are creative, so if they're dedicated, they can do it. We'll see what happens.

House update: rafters are going up on the garage! The construction manager thinks they'll have the roof done sometime this week. Woohoo! Then they just need to put windows in and my house will be enclosed.