Sunday Funday...what the kids r up to

So I was able to take a few pictures of the kiddos today before church. As you can see they are growing like weeds.

As you can also see, Vivian has learned to smile when I tell her to say cheese. The only thing is she thinks she needs to close her eyes.





Maybe I will go back to just playing peek a boo with the camera because I love those brown eyes and definitely want to see them. She has also learned how to throw a fit when she doesn't get her way. But she is more independent than Austin was at this age. She likes to do things her way. She refuses to let us feed her. Below is a pic from today after she fed herself mashed potatoes.



We are starting to tell her "no" more often and she says "no" to everything. She is defintely sweet but not the angel she once was. Two's are just around the corner...terrific twos, right.

I made these traceable worksheets for Austin about a year in a half ago. They include his numbers, letters, and his name to trace. He has gotten pretty good at them and recently will do about 5 worksheets at a time. I so don't mind it, I would rather him be doing worksheets than playing the Wii or with cars anyday.




He is also really into reading his poetry book that they made at school. Each week they get a new sheet with 3 sentences (with pictures next to them) that go with that weeks letter. I think this is brilliant. Just two months ago he started pre-k not wanting to read and now he is reading his poetry book. It is definitely a self confidence issue for Austin. If he thinks he can't do it he won't try or will want help, but once he does it he wants to do it over and over and over.

Here is an example of one of the pages.

Aa
A is for alligator...picture of an alligator
A is for ants. (picture of an ant)
A is for apples on my pants (picture of a pair of pants)