New skills

This is the first year that our three kids are in three different places in the morning! Each of them is doing and learning different and new things...here are some of the highlights!

Audrey...as promised, a video of her riding her bicycle on two wheels. She's always been our most tentative child. Slowest to crawl, walk, jump, etc. She's always taken things little by little to get them just right and cause the least amount of hurt/risk along the way! So without any scrapes at all, not on her knees, elbows, hands or head, we have a two-wheel bike-riding girl in our house...finally! Take a look.



Isaac...is loving school. He has a male teacher that is FABULOUS! He is fun but stern, lovable but demanding. Isaac just loves him! He was one of only three kids in his class to learn (recognize and write) all his letters (upper and lower case) in the first month of school! He has been learning something new every day it seems. He is reading and writing 2/3 letter words no problem, and is sounding out the bigger ones! Here's a paper he just did (seriously, while I'm typing this post). I had to fill in the A and the E, but he managed to get all the consonants!

Violet is enjoying her times at home with me; we drop off Audrey and Isaac at 8 a.m. and don't go back to pick up Isaac until 12:30. Mondays and Tuesdays are flexible, running errands, catching up on housework, or just relaxing at home. Wednesdays are babysitting days, so Violet has two other little buddies to play with (neighborhood friends). Thursday morning is Mom's group, so we have fun visiting a local park, someone's backyard, or our church nursery so I can visit with other moms and she gets to play with more friends! Friday morning Violet is at the Bergen's house so that I can volunteer at Robinson all morning (two hours in Isaac's class, one in Audrey's). Violet is improving her speaking skills so much recently. She talks non-stop (she's probably just so excited to have no one else to talk over, or wants to fill the empty space)! Recently, her favorite things to do by herself are (1) puzzles, (2) playing with Little People, or (3) read. However, as you can see, she's found a buddy that loves to listen!