Sweet happy smiles of these two…but not without challenges for their mommy.
They are moving slow at getting back in the swing of a school schedule. Also, due to the freezing temperatures, excitement of snow, loss of power due to freezing power lines, and torrential winds on our hill, their energy is HARD to manage…especially with three of them!
My closet somehow became a parking garage for balance bikes, bikes with training wheels, tricycles, tractors, wagons, and everything else they push or ride. Much to my dismay, I couldn’t enter due to the mess! Since we have established a “parking spot” for each of those mentioned toys, my frustration led me to follow the lead to one of our literature favorites, “The Poky Little Puppy.” I posted the note on the right outside our closet door. I loved listening to Jackson read this to Abigail and explain it to her.
Isabela is too cute insisting that she scrub her own feet (one of her new words) with the washcloth! It’s even cuter watching her try to maintain balance without tipping over as she lifts her leg.
We posted when Jackson completed his goal of writing to one thousand by the end of the year. He had a great idea to now try and work backwards to one! I admit, I never had that goal for the children in my classroom years back, but I’m excited he thinks it’s a good goal! He completed the first step from 1,000 to 901.
We played silly in toy baskets
Played a little dress up, heels included
Made silly faces
Painted a wooden train craft(a gift from Aunt Teresa)
Jackson started a series of short stories and comprehension
As a review I had him to write by 10’s, 5’s, and 2’s to 100
900-801
We’ve spent some time naming nouns and verbs and labeling the words in a sentence
Abigail has been working on matching upper to lower case letters. I included this to show the improvement of her eye hand coordination to the connection of her lines
“Me, Ride” Jackon always willing to make her happy, especially now that she is starting to communicate what she wants, they are thrilled they have “taught her how to talk!”
Both Abigail and Jackson are so excited to be “big” brothers and sisters to Isabela. She is such a fun experience for them both. Abigail is super sweet about her affection toward her baby sissy. In the dark of an extremely loud and windy night, while she and Jackson were sleeping in our bed, she whispered to me how cute Isabela was, how she liked that Isabela followed and played with her, and then she closed by thanking me to bring her to live with us! How wonderful of a comment for a four year to make!
Let their love be with them, comfort them, and guide them always!
For my children 