Reading like crazy

Now she reads Green Eggs and Ham? Really!?? She read it tonight without much help. She did get tired of reading it about half way through. We just shared the reading at that point. She is just amazing me how much she can ready. Just blossoming every day more and more. Wow!

My little singer

Maddy has really started to play quite a bit with the microphone in the living room. It cracks me up. We got it for Reagan, but she never played with it much. She plays with it when Maddy does. So it now sits in our living room and we get "American Idol" played out in our living room frequently.

Maddy picks up the microphone and sings her bible songs or twinkle. Too cute. She gets the pedal going and pulls the stand out and spins it around. It's a whole act. Funny stuff kids!

Playing possum

Tonight, Jim and I went to the movies and left the girls with a babysitter. When we got home, she told us that Maddy had a hard time settling down, more than her normal. So she went back in a held her some. When she didn't settle down, she said loud enough that Reagan could hear "let's go check on Reagan. I bet she's sleeping and we don't want to wake her". Reagan figured it out and played possum for her.

Great big sister! Maddy saw that and settled down pretty quickly and went to sleep. Love that kid.

Endless giggles

Maddy has got the best laugh ever. She laughs so easily and her laugh is just contagious. All you have to do is pretend to tickle her and she just starts laughing. She especially loves to get her bee-bo tickled.

Reading is taking off

Holy Cow! She is really taking off. The other night, she read "Go, Dog, Go". She's done that a few nights in a row. Tonight, she read me one of my favorite kid books - "A Monster at the end of the Book". I'm so impressed. She is getting so confident in her reading and other skills. She also starting to talk a lot more about what she does at school. I guess she is finally getting in to the whole school thing a bit.

Playing Jacks

Reagan is learning how to play jacks. I honestly forgot how hard it is to learn that skill. I just did it and, of course, she tried to copy  me. Then I realized when she got frustrated that she needed to get the basics down first.

So we started learning. I broke it down for her and taught her how to catch with two hands first with a bounce. She got that down. We decided to break then. I'll tackle the underhand grab tomorrow.

Reading like a champ

Tonight, Reagan read her daddy the book "Go, Dog, Go"!  Way to go Reagan!