Mother Goose

Little boy blue go blow your horn.

The sheep are in the meadow the cows are in the corn.

Where is the boy who looks after the sheep?

Under the hay-cock, fast asleep.

We finally got some!

"I want to wash my hands, my face and hair with snow.

Snow, I long to clear a path and lift spade of snow.

Oh, to see a great big man entirely made of snow.

Where it's snowing all winter through, that's where I want to be. Snow-ball throwing, that's what I'll do. How I'm loging to ski.

Snow, those glistn'ng houses that seem to be built of snow.

Oh, to see a mountain covered with a quilt of snow."

Brothers

I've been procrastinating with my blogs because it takes so long for my computer to upload photos, but I have several things I would like to share with you.

I took these pictures a few days ago. There was no posing. Ok, I admit that I dressed them in matching shirts that morning, but I'm not the one who bought them matching shirts. So, I walked into the living room and there they were lying on the couch together looking at a book. Just one of those times that you want to capture when they are enjoying the beautiful side of brotherhood.

Progress

I wanted to report how happy I am about N.'s progress with the flash cards. I made a stack of flash cards with capital and little letters on them and also letter combinations such as ch, sh, and oo.
Several times a week. we curl up on the couch together and go through the flash cards. He's had some trouble with a few of them. He wants to say "ya" for the letter U instead of "uh" but with repetition he's remembering. He also struggled a little when I introduced new combinations, but today he actually sounded one out that he couldn't remember. And he did it without any prompting from me.
This afternoon I gave the boys a few message hearts as a little treat and N. read A.'s to him. A. said, "Mom, does this say 'fish'?". I said, "Yes, it says, 'Go Fish'." N. replied with, "I read it!"
These are little steps, but exciting just the same. He has a desire to read, soaks up the praise and enthusiasm from Dan and me when he get's something right, and enjoys the time we spend together on the couch.
I'm so proud of my boy and wanted to share.

A Story by A P S

N. is holdig a rope thing. A. fell in the water. There is a ship thing that goes "shcollll"

N. is going to put the rope thing into the water so A. can grap on and then he will pull him up.

Art

For Christmas, N. and A. received a bin full of art supplies. Since then, this has been a new favorite past time. We have countless papers and envelopes and "presents" scattered through-out the house. "this one's for you mom" or "This one's for dad." "I'm writing a story" are all common phrases heard through-out the day. I love seeing their creative juices flowing and also seeing how they encourage each other in different ways. Here are a couple of todays creations. N's picture is of a duck with hair on top.

Lists

A week or so ago, my cousin talked about lists on her blog. I think it must run in the family. I'm also a list maker. Maybe not as fanatical as my cousin, but I like to make lists and mark things off of lists. If I have things to get done, the first thing I do is make a list. I get it from my dad. His answer to alot of things seemed to be "make a list"
So I was thinking about the things that I have going on in the next few months and thought I would write my list down here. When I think about it in terms of things to be done and events that are going to happen, summer doesn't seem all that far away.
February: 1. I have to decide if I'm going to take the boys to a valentines party, not to mention help them address the valentines I allowed them to buy and therefore need to get sent or given by Valentines day. 2. I have to drag out of my beloved husband either a guest list or a "drop it" for his birthday.
March: 1. Two bridal showers. One of which I'm probably helping to put together.
April: Hopefully taxes will be done some time in the two previous months, but if not, I'm going to be putting those together. Then maybe a little breather before
May: Two weddings (one of which is in New Jersey), and my seven year anniversary.
Time to welcome summer with a good ol' family caming trip.
I'm so thankful that my list is full of joyful events (excepting taxes)
My life is good. I am blessed.