I'm pretty sure she's the smartest three-year-old ever!! (Besides my Eva.) We've been working on her letters this past week quite a bit, and I was drawing letters A through H tonight and having her tell me what they were. Then, I started to draw the letters in her name, and she's so independent, she took the marker out of my hand and wrote her name five times! She was so proud of herself, and I was amazed at how quick she caught on. She even holds the marker really good, and she colors in the lines very good too. What's more amazing is that I always thought Kayla would be hard to teach anything to because she's so carefree and busy. But she's actually a very good listener, and she watches me first and then tries things herself. Eva's so good at cheering her sister on, and telling her that she's proud of her. I'm going to keep encouraging her to write her letters. Milestone: Kayla weighs 29 1/2 pounds and is 37 inches tall. She's already growing out of her 3T pants, her legs are getting really long. Eva is almost out of size 8 clothes, and we'll weigh her and measure her soon so I can post it. Eva's gearing up for her MEAP tests that start tomorrow. I'm a little sad about how easy her math is this year, I hope it gets a little more challenging. I'm lucky to have such smart girls.
My step-dad's parents were in town this weekend from Georgia, it was really nice to see them on Saturday. Paul and I had fun watching YouTube videos together and Louise had a nice time watching the girls play, and rocking Kayla like a little baby. Mom and Mike loaded them up with candy, it drives me crazy, but it makes everyone else happy!
Monday, October 12, 2009
Sunday, October 11, 2009
Pumpkins!!
The girls picked out their pumpkins today! It was a little cold out, so Kayla went to the car a little early but Eva managed to pick out the biggest pumpkin I could carry. We went to a place that had lots of different styles and fun colors. Eva's monster pumpkin has bumps all over it, it's pretty neat. We've had a pretty good weekend, and decorated the house for Halloween. Plus, we picked up lots of new markers, construction paper and paints to help keep the girls busy while the weather is turning colder. I seem to have misplaced my camera, so who knows when I'll be posting pictures again. I have lots of pictures on my cell phone, but not sure how to get them onto my computer.
Bad news, I was in a car accident on my way to work this past Monday. I was traveling east on Silver Lake Road in Fenton and a teenage boy was heading west, and turned in front of me, wrecking my new car! I am so thankful the girls were not in the car, that noise and feeling are the worst. And I'm very thankful noone was hurt, but I'm very sad about my car. $8,500 in damages to the front end, I should have it back in another week or two. Meanwhile, we have a cute little red car to drive that Kayla calls "Lightning the Queen" (she thinks that is the name of the main character in the movie Cars).
Kayla is taking a nap in my bed right now, I think she may be catching the cold that I had this week. Eva's complaining of a sore throat too. Gotta love the back-to-school germs!!
I'm missing Dad alot today. I found a picture of him today taken at the Relay for Life in Brighton about 6-7 years ago. He was with his friend Gene, and they were walking in the Survivor lap to kick off the 24 hour event. I remember watching all of the people walking around the track, and being so grateful that the surgeon was able to remove Dad's tumors the year before. Seeing that picture was bittersweet, just because you're a survivor, doesn't mean you're guaranteed the cancer will not come back. It's just such a mean disease. But then, I know we have to be grateful that he did have six years where he was cancer-free, some people aren't that lucky.
Bad news, I was in a car accident on my way to work this past Monday. I was traveling east on Silver Lake Road in Fenton and a teenage boy was heading west, and turned in front of me, wrecking my new car! I am so thankful the girls were not in the car, that noise and feeling are the worst. And I'm very thankful noone was hurt, but I'm very sad about my car. $8,500 in damages to the front end, I should have it back in another week or two. Meanwhile, we have a cute little red car to drive that Kayla calls "Lightning the Queen" (she thinks that is the name of the main character in the movie Cars).
Kayla is taking a nap in my bed right now, I think she may be catching the cold that I had this week. Eva's complaining of a sore throat too. Gotta love the back-to-school germs!!
I'm missing Dad alot today. I found a picture of him today taken at the Relay for Life in Brighton about 6-7 years ago. He was with his friend Gene, and they were walking in the Survivor lap to kick off the 24 hour event. I remember watching all of the people walking around the track, and being so grateful that the surgeon was able to remove Dad's tumors the year before. Seeing that picture was bittersweet, just because you're a survivor, doesn't mean you're guaranteed the cancer will not come back. It's just such a mean disease. But then, I know we have to be grateful that he did have six years where he was cancer-free, some people aren't that lucky.
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