Anna Ruth's 1st Happy Meal

The children's Great Grandmother, Mema, sent us $10 to take the kids to McDonalds.  So, with today being a snow day.....and all of the extra excitement that brings, I thought it might be a fun day to go get happy meals.  In our house, happy meals are reserved for post doctor visit treats or for special "dates" with the children.  Plain cheeseburgers, on the other hand, are common "no time for lunch fare" which are eaten on the go.  Thus, today, the children and I went in, claimed a table, and all three got happy meals.....Ru Bear her very first!  They were delighted.....thanks, Mema!

Anna Ruth's 1st Happy Meal

The children's Great Grandmother, Mema, sent us $10 to take the kids to McDonalds.  So, with today being a snow day.....and all of the extra excitement that brings, I thought it might be a fun day to go get happy meals.  In our house, happy meals are reserved for post doctor visit treats or for special "dates" with the children.  Plain cheeseburgers, on the other hand, are common "no time for lunch fare" which are eaten on the go.  Thus, today, the children and I went in, claimed a table, and all three got happy meals.....Ru Bear her very first!  They were delighted.....thanks, Mema!

Snow Day

We awoke to a winter wonderland this morning, though barely a trace of it remains a few short hours later! This is the first time we've really taken Anna Ruth out in the snow.  I would describe her reaction to be fairly serious and pensive with an edge of crankiness!  However, she did seem to enjoy eating snow.  

News Flash!! Part of the alphabet not important!!!

Caleb has been catching on lately to the concept of sounding out words.  He is quite frequently delighted with himself when he can read a string of similar words and now tells me that he no longer needs reading exercise books because, in his words, "I already know how to read all by myself."

Yesterday, he had just completed a phonics exercise, and Emet was having a hard time going through Dr. Seuss's ABC book by himself.  So, I told Caleb to read the book to him.  It was so fun to hear Caleb sounding out some of the words, making others up, and remembering some of them from the many times through that book.  At one point, they seemed to be stuck on a page for quite a while.  Finally I heard Caleb say, "We'll just skip this page, Emet.  It's not really important."  :-)