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Friday, June 26, 2009
Sunday, June 21, 2009
Uhhhh... catching up?
Impossible to catch up, it's been too long. Here's what's happening recently.
Eliana just finished kindergarten. She's reading at a 3rd grade level and doing addition w/ carrying, subtraction w/o borrowing, and multiplying 2's and 5's. She says things like "Mommy, please cuddle me several times." I've been reading one Roald Dahl book after another to her, and if I can't read to her for a night, sometimes she'll read those on her own. Mostly she is reading Magic Treehouse books to herself. She alternates between being emotional at the drop of a hat, and steadfastly reasonable. (I guess I do too, actually!) She continues to adore Donovan, and is taking it upon herself to teach Kes some academics over the summer break.
Kes is about to crack the code, which freaks me out since she is younger than when Elly did. She is starting to spell, and yesterday pointed to the word "of" and said, "Mommy, look, that word says off." (Um, yeah, it should. Dang.) She is enjoying cutting/pasting and doing the pre-K workbook. (Eliana reads her the directions or teaches her what to do.) 3.5 is her hardest age yet, just as it was Elly's hardest age. Maybe I just don't do well with 3.5. But, she's cuter than ever. Lots of love, as usual. And her drawings are so adorable - always her with someone she loves, doing something fun, or just hugging.
Donovan finally learned to sit up at 7.5 months. He is getting his 6th tooth. His personality is really coming out and it is just the same as always, but bigger. Sweet, inquisitive, smart, persistent. I say his rapper name is G Force b/c he just loves being upside down, swinging around, bouncing - any kind of tumbling. (His mobster name, given by GUncle Ross, is Donny Cheeks.) He is pottying super well. I love not changing poopy diapers! And he eats like a champ. My first kid that likes baby food! He loves plain yogurt and every type of jarred baby food I've given him. But his favorite food by far is goat cheese. He smells like it all the time. There goes the sweet baby smell!
Eliana just finished kindergarten. She's reading at a 3rd grade level and doing addition w/ carrying, subtraction w/o borrowing, and multiplying 2's and 5's. She says things like "Mommy, please cuddle me several times." I've been reading one Roald Dahl book after another to her, and if I can't read to her for a night, sometimes she'll read those on her own. Mostly she is reading Magic Treehouse books to herself. She alternates between being emotional at the drop of a hat, and steadfastly reasonable. (I guess I do too, actually!) She continues to adore Donovan, and is taking it upon herself to teach Kes some academics over the summer break.
Kes is about to crack the code, which freaks me out since she is younger than when Elly did. She is starting to spell, and yesterday pointed to the word "of" and said, "Mommy, look, that word says off." (Um, yeah, it should. Dang.) She is enjoying cutting/pasting and doing the pre-K workbook. (Eliana reads her the directions or teaches her what to do.) 3.5 is her hardest age yet, just as it was Elly's hardest age. Maybe I just don't do well with 3.5. But, she's cuter than ever. Lots of love, as usual. And her drawings are so adorable - always her with someone she loves, doing something fun, or just hugging.
Donovan finally learned to sit up at 7.5 months. He is getting his 6th tooth. His personality is really coming out and it is just the same as always, but bigger. Sweet, inquisitive, smart, persistent. I say his rapper name is G Force b/c he just loves being upside down, swinging around, bouncing - any kind of tumbling. (His mobster name, given by GUncle Ross, is Donny Cheeks.) He is pottying super well. I love not changing poopy diapers! And he eats like a champ. My first kid that likes baby food! He loves plain yogurt and every type of jarred baby food I've given him. But his favorite food by far is goat cheese. He smells like it all the time. There goes the sweet baby smell!
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