Cloudburst has found a new love. I've seen her with this love at 10:30 at night, in the car, on the couch, in bed, at the store, in the kitchen and on the floor.
She loves reading! She has really taken off with reading in the last few months. Her kindergarten teacher just did assessments and said she was "embarrassed" that she hadn't moved Cloudburst up on her reading level. She put her in the 2nd grade level Take Home Reader books and said she may finish ALL the take home readers that they have for elementary school by the end of the year. So that day we drove to the library and picked out a chapter book called "Junie B. Jones." This is a whole series of books, and the first one is called "The Stupid Smelly Bus." So a concerned Cloudburst said she would whisper one of those words. :-) She is also enrolled in a dance class and will resume gymnastics this week. I figure I need to get her a few more hair bows or something. After all she is surrounded by boys!
These are the boys, playing while Cloudburst is reading on the other couch. Sunshine has been really interested in history lately, asking all about Columbus, President Lincoln and the pilgrims. Those are the stories we tell when we are all in the car on the way to kindergarten. Lately he says he wants to be a baseball player and a doctor when he grows up. That's fine with us! And Tornado has entered the "why" phase of life. He is having real conversations now, and answering questions with real answers. He learning a ton of words and is a big jokester! He'll come in the room and just make a funny face or noise to get everyone to laugh.
Here is Thunder working on a rocket that Sunshine got for Christmas. It was quite the project to get it together, but flew so high and so far that we lost it! He is staying busy in the Bishopric at church and of course at work. He still gets up early every morning to exercise, which I cheer on from the comfort of bed.
And this is me with a new haircut! I got it cut at a friend's house (Marissa Armstrong) and she did great! I've been working on the books for work, and that has been consuming a lot of time. Quarterly taxes are coming up! I've been exercising three times a week and so far my hips have been pretty good. I am now 5 months pregnant and feeling pretty good. Then again, I was at a choir recording for a Jenny Phillips CD, and the producer asked me if I had a few weeks left before I deliver... hmmmmmm. No, 4 months buddy! My cousin Tera said we Ashdown ladies are all blessed with big pregnant bellies. In the scheme of things, not too big a price to pay for these cute little guys we get to take care of.
She loves reading! She has really taken off with reading in the last few months. Her kindergarten teacher just did assessments and said she was "embarrassed" that she hadn't moved Cloudburst up on her reading level. She put her in the 2nd grade level Take Home Reader books and said she may finish ALL the take home readers that they have for elementary school by the end of the year. So that day we drove to the library and picked out a chapter book called "Junie B. Jones." This is a whole series of books, and the first one is called "The Stupid Smelly Bus." So a concerned Cloudburst said she would whisper one of those words. :-) She is also enrolled in a dance class and will resume gymnastics this week. I figure I need to get her a few more hair bows or something. After all she is surrounded by boys!
These are the boys, playing while Cloudburst is reading on the other couch. Sunshine has been really interested in history lately, asking all about Columbus, President Lincoln and the pilgrims. Those are the stories we tell when we are all in the car on the way to kindergarten. Lately he says he wants to be a baseball player and a doctor when he grows up. That's fine with us! And Tornado has entered the "why" phase of life. He is having real conversations now, and answering questions with real answers. He learning a ton of words and is a big jokester! He'll come in the room and just make a funny face or noise to get everyone to laugh.
Here is Thunder working on a rocket that Sunshine got for Christmas. It was quite the project to get it together, but flew so high and so far that we lost it! He is staying busy in the Bishopric at church and of course at work. He still gets up early every morning to exercise, which I cheer on from the comfort of bed.
And this is me with a new haircut! I got it cut at a friend's house (Marissa Armstrong) and she did great! I've been working on the books for work, and that has been consuming a lot of time. Quarterly taxes are coming up! I've been exercising three times a week and so far my hips have been pretty good. I am now 5 months pregnant and feeling pretty good. Then again, I was at a choir recording for a Jenny Phillips CD, and the producer asked me if I had a few weeks left before I deliver... hmmmmmm. No, 4 months buddy! My cousin Tera said we Ashdown ladies are all blessed with big pregnant bellies. In the scheme of things, not too big a price to pay for these cute little guys we get to take care of.
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3 comments:
What studious little cuties! That's great that they're showing so much interest!! You look great by the way!
Way to go Kiersten! It is really cool to see the world open up to these little guys when they start reading.
I love your haircut. I went back through your pictures to remember what it looked like before. It was pulled back in every picture. :)
Glad you guys are having fun and keeping busy!
Love the Haircut Steph! Oh and I cann't believe K's reading!!! Can I send my kids to your house for some home tutoring? Clara hates to read unless I'm the one reading to her uggh!
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