The Kids' Antics

Today's blog is solely for the purpose of bragging on each of my kids, as well as telling some funny stories. Yes, I know it's bragging, but it's my blog so I can do what I want! This could be long.

JOSHUA:
One night this week "Mom, can I sleep naked."
Me: "I don't care."
Jason: "That is called your birthday suit because it's what you were born in."
Joshua (looking around): "I have two holes in my birthday suit!"

On his 3rd quarter report card, one of the things on there is his reading fluency score from the standardized reading test. They expect 1st graders to be able to read 40 words per minute at the end of the year. Joshua's score was 115 words per minute!

He takes after his mother that when he sits down to read a book, he reads almost the whole thing in a sitting. His next book to tackle is Mrs Frisbee and the Rats of Nimph, one of my favorites growing up. He loves spending time with his friends, and going to the pool. He is learning a lot from swim lessons and he starts the 2nd session on Monday.


ZACHARY:
He has always lived in his own little world and not paid much attention to much else. You can give him a video game, and he'll have it figured out in no time, but he didn't care too much about learning things. Evidently he has been learning anyway because he knows a lot that I didn't know he had picked up. But, a few weeks ago, we were in the car and he said "Mom, you know lots of stuff, Daddy knows lots of stuff, and Joshua knows lots of stuff. But I don't know lots of stuff." Now he asks questions and wants to learn about everything ~ geography, animals, how things work, how things are built, weather, etc.

The day he figured out that he didn't know lots of stuff, we had tornado warnings. In preparation of that, he started packing a bag to take to the basement with us. His bag included granola bars, bottled water, fruit snacks, all 3 of the DS's, the games for the DS, and diapers. The diapers were not for Sarah, though. They were for him in case he needed to go so he wouldn't have to come back upstairs.

He is doing well with putting sounds together and sounding out words. I think he will do very well in kindergarden. Zach is still the comedian and loves to entertain people and make them laugh, but he has grown a lot just over the last month.

He is an awesome swimmer and also starts his 2nd session of swimming lessons.


SARAH:

Sarah loves popsicles, but is a really messy eater! This was this week while we were riding bikes with some friends at the daycare behind our house and eating fudgepops.

She figured out how to run Jason's new clock radio (that he had a heck of a time figuring out how to turn off). Then, the song "Forever" was on the radio (Christian song) and she was singing along. I said "Sarah, do you know this song?" She said "Yes, Larry sings it." On a Veggie Tales CD we have, Larry and Bob sings it.

When we were at the liver specialist, she figured out that everyone would give her stickers if she asked. She ended up with literally 60+ stickers and they had to get her a bag to put them in because everyone she saw, she said "Stickers please?" And, she had stolen the nurses' pen and was coloring with it. The nurse said "I am going to need my pen back." Without missing a beat, Sarah said "Then I am going to need some crayons."

I told the boys to put the shoes on to go to the store. Sarah said "Mommy, I not going. I watch Open Season. Bye."

The end of Jan:
She went over and got a banana off the counter and brought it to me to eat. Then she wanted another one and she couldn't reach it. She said " 'nother na-na"
I said it's "ba-na-na"
"na-na-nana"
"ba-na-na"
"na-na-nana"
"ba-na-na"
"OK, More?"

She knows most of her letters by sight, can sing her ABC's, and picks up on stuff so quickly. This morning, I was changing her diaper (and yes she knows she needs to go on the potty instead) and she said "McDonalds."
Me: "We aren't going to McDonalds."
Sarah: "No, 'Now I know my ABCs next time won't you sing with me' McDonalds.
It was her way of telling me that she wanted to sing Old McDonald, not go to McDonalds.

Sarah has been healthy for more than a month off antibiotics. It's the longest in almost a year that she has been healthy, and we are so glad! We have had so many people trying to figure out what is wrong with her and how to make her better. Hopefully now that it is all out of her system, and with keeping up with chiropractic adjustments, she will stay healthy!

Happy 4th of July! Have a safe holiday weekend!