"Mama, can you cut these dots out for me?"



Writing practice...
I wrote the first line, then asked the boys to copy. I thought I was being funny. Jacob copied his sentence first and never even commented on it. Then it was Joe's turn. But he didn't think "great" was the right word to describe me. Well, "good" is OK, too. It could be worse.



Now, can you figure this one out?

Enjoying this Winter Weather (a little)

The best place to eat lunch

This is the kids favorite corner... for obvious reasons.
Notice what's hanging off the side - it's a timer. I'm not sure if they were actually using it for the purpose of knowing when it was the next one's turn, or if it was there just because it's magnetic and anything magnetic usually ends up sticking to every metal thing in the house sooner or later.



The next best place for lunch - sitting right on the table.

Just one today

All ready for church but we're a little early. Nothing like a good book to pass a little bit of time.

Smooch!

"Mama, look at Coco, she's sooo funny!"









It sure looks likes she wants to be out there playing in the snow with her sister, doesn't it? Well, don't feel too badly for her. We had just come in from outside. She was out for a whole whopping five minutes and then this...

Part of the boys day includes reading lessons. This used to be a long, draining process. They would stumble over every word and it seemed to take forever to get through a couple of sentences. We would sit together, upright and I had to remind them constantly to sit still and concentrate.
Now they are on lesson 83 and I can finally step back a bit and let them go. I can lean up agaist the other side of the couch and just listen to the story.
(The stories still are not very exciting)
These pictures look so much like the ones I took just a few weeks ago. They are so cute and peaceful (and maybe it's also because I'm so proud of them) that I can't help but run for the camera.







Jacob showing his daddy his math work...