Update on the Kiddos

Jonah

Jonah is enjoying Kindergarten. He has been reading pretty much since he started. He came into Kindergarten well-prepared, having already known what most of the letters sound like. The Spaulding phonics program his school uses is doing wonders for him, and he is sounding out more hard-to-read words. He reads Dick and Jane books every night, almost all by himself! I'm pretty proud and excited that he can read and that he likes it. He hasn't told me much else about Kindergarten, except that he likes Music, P.E., and going to the library. I was able to go in a few weeks ago as a volunteer, and from what I can see, he is doing pretty well at school. I'm not sure if he is making friends or not, but Jonah isn't really a people person, so he might just prefer to play alone.

Other than that, Jonah is loving Let's Play Music, a pre-piano program he is in. He is still into Star Wars, Waldo books, and art projects. I can't believe he's going to be 6 soon!

Eden

Eden is still loving preschool in Miss Amy's class. She is a goofball and charms everyone she meets. She still needs to learn her alphabet- she only recognizes the letter E, which she thinks is her name. I'm going to try and start working with her using the phonics program from Jonah's school.

Eden is going to play T-ball this fall. After last year, I figured I would put her in so I didn't have to hear any more whining about why she couldn't play while Jonah was. I think she'll like it, and even if she's no good, it might help get some energy out!

Eden gave her first talk in Primary a while ago, and she did a great job.

Levi

Levi just had a screening appointment to get tested for speech. His articulation is far worse than the other two kids' was, so I'm pretty confident he'll make it into the program. He made it past the initial screening, and now we have to do all the paperwork and go back in the next few weeks. They are usually pretty quick with the process, but since there's a two week Fall break, we might have to wait a while. I hope he gets into the program. It would really help him out, I think. It's nice that Eden already goes, so he could ride the bus with her. Levi has pretty much grown up with the bus coming to our house to pick up either Jonah or Eden, so I'm sure he'd adjust fine.

Levi is also going to be playing T-ball, and I'm sure he'll love it!

Levi is still addicted to his favorite toys/characters: Fred from Scooby Doo, Prince Phillip, Sir Tyrone the knight, elephants in general, and his green car. Maybe it's a third child thing- like most things get taken away from them, so they hold onto their toys like they're pieces of gold :)