Other Happenings

We have been busy lately with fun and routine things. It is easy to let the blog slide but I know a lot of you look forward to keeping up to date with us this way and so I'll try to include some of the things that have been going on lately.

As you can see in the picture, Hannah got to be a magician's assistant a few weeks back at the Prairie Peddler. She had a lot of fun with that. Hannah kept making more wands appear and was running out of places to hold them. Hannah also got to make a candle with mommy at the Pedler. She really got to do a lot of things while we were there. She also got to play a dulcimer, and watch her name being carved into a piece of marble while she was holding it.

We have also made a count down paper chain for our upcoming trip to Florida. I don't think an hour goes by that it is not mentioned by someone. We are all excited about the family vacation. less than 2 months to go.

School continues to go well and we have started on phonics in the last 2 weeks. Hannah is doing well with them and will start reading first words very soon. Her favorite things to do is read the Big Book of Nature with the Bearenstein Bears and the workbook pages. She has really learned how to do some many things in such a short amount of time. We have done several science experiments and she loves to ask questions.

Unfortunately the hardest ones to answer are usually the ones we aren't expecting. She already has a good grasp about God and how sin separates us from Him and our need for forgiveness. She is always willing to pray at meals or if someone needs it. She has prayed for many of you already by name.

She continues to enjoy gymnastics. Speaking of gymnastics, Luke enjoys watching Hannah doing her gymnastics. He enjoys it so much, that today he started doing his "ta da" stretches to the sky every once in a while. It took us a while to figure out what he was doing. He is such a charmer and at the same time, such a huge whiner. It is so hard to believe that he is two!

Earlier this week, Hannah got to see a bird's eye view of the Magic Kingdom using MS Live maps program online. She is so excited to go and see Cinderella. I think both of the kids are going to really enjoy being there. Tonight, we got some new cups for Luke. I know, we can spoil the kids once in a while. Lukie was so excited to see his new cup with "Mater" as in "Tow Mater" and "Cars" aka "Lighting McQueen" from Pixar's "Cars" movie. It is one of his favorite shows to watch on TV. Thanks Granma and Papa for letting us borrow it.

Well, I guess we have finally caught up to date. We will be more earnest in trying to keep this going.