Abigail Learns to Read

So Abigail has said that since she is now four it is time for her to learn how to read. The only problem is that she usually doesn't want to stay still and learn her letter sounds or how to put them together. So we've come up with "shower words." When we shower I write words on the shower wall and she sounds them out while she is in the shower. It has actually worked pretty well and she can sound out most of the words I write for her. Yesterday though she cracked me up when she was sounding out the word "sheep." She said, "qeep?" I said, "What sound does 'sh' make?" and she said, "It's like "quiet" right?" That got me laughing, I said, "Well, it makes 'shhh', not quiet." At least she remembered that 's' and 'h' make a sound when they are together.

Abigail's colors

Today Abigail was coloring on the iPad and I said, "why don't you use the pink?" She replied,"I don't have pink, that is magenta. And that isn't green it's chartreuse." Now if we could only get Indiana to become interested in learning her colors, she still calls everything pink.

Who needs a paper shredder?

The local Kmart is closing so Sunday while we had an hour I took the kids to look around. We picked up some tape, scissors, toothbrushes and a few other random things. Well the kids have been very excited to use their scissors. today I gave them all the junk mail we received and they have been happily cutting it into small pieces all morning.

Rainy but warm

What to do on a rainy yet warm January day with three kids cooped up in the house? Open the windows of course. And when windows are open and kids are stuck inside they discover that from Isaac's bedroom window their voices echo off the neighbor's house. So if you live nearby me and have heard things like "echo" "cow" "monkey" emanating from my house now you know why.

Love reading

Isaac loves to read. He reads two chapters a day in his "chapter" books. He finished Knight Before Dawn in two days. He also gets to read a story from his bedtime story book most nights before bed. This morning when jake got up for work though he found the light on in isaac's room. He had been up for an unknown amount of time reading. I am glad he likes to read but that is a little too early for reading.

Avoiding bed or really hungry?

It is always hard to tell on Wednesday night after church if the kids are really hungry when we get home or just trying to avoid going to bed. We usually eat before church since it starts at 7:30. Tonight the girls were whining that they were still hungry so I said,"you can have corn, green beans, or garbanzo beans (which were the first three vegetables I found in the pantry) if you are hungry." They picked green beans and have nearly devoured the whole can. They must really have been hungry tonight. Usually when faced with canned veggies or any other options they take the other option. Either way it is still a win win for me because at least they ate vegetables.

Gator boys

So the kids and I are all a little sickly today. I think it is just a cold, but we all have slight fevers and aches. In an effort to keep the kids calm and not wanting to watch anymore Thomas the Trains I turned on Gator Boys. The show is about guys who go around and catch alligators that are bothering people. One guy uses PVC pipe and a rope to catch gators in the water. The problem is now the kids are playing gator and chasing each other around with a paint stick they're using as a catch pole. Abigail had now learned to "train" Isaac the alligator by feeding him cheerios as gator snacks. Fun times at our house.