Its not a secret that I don’t love winter, but its amazing what a good nights sleep will do! I felt pretty capable this morning upon waking up, and headed down to get the kids up at a reasonable time that didn’t leave me rushing them through breakfast. I got Dekker packed up and sent off to school, and got the dishes done while Solly finished eating the Rowan and Laela played. I sorted laundry and started it going. When I came up, I was greeted by this beautiful sight.
Laela has been paying attention over the last year or two, watching Dekker learn to read, and she has been really interested in it! We talked with her teacher the other day, and Laela said she wanted to start bringing books home to read that are in her reading level, not just library books for us to read to her, though of course we’ll keep doing that, too! Her teacher agreed, and Laela brought home some level A books the next day. And crushed them. That alone seems to have boosted her confidence. She spent a good chunk of the morning reading a book that is definitely out of her reading level, and while she had to ask a handful of times about different words, she never got discouraged, and she limped her way through that entire book!!! I was SO impressed! Once it was done, she requested a snuggle, so we did that too.
The little boys seemed a bit lost without her, lol! It was pretty cute!
Wavy has slept through our entire morning, which is both awesome, and inconvenient, haha! She’s sleeping through teething, which is ideal! But I also have a parcel waiting for me at the post office that I ordered three weeks ago and I want to go get it! I obviously can’t justify waking her for that :/ Merp. Self control, guys. I may have to exercise mine and wait until Brady gets home! *sobs internally*
I pulled out the laptop to get today’s blog up and Rowan was loaded with suggestions of what to blog about…
guitars
Christmas trees
robots
faces
buttons
mugs
stuffies
All solid options! But on mornings like this don’t require too many extra ideas. These kids make stories just by being here! Its been a cute day so far 🙂 Let’s hope it continues!