Reading

Lex has started reading out loud again. That makes me happy. He has been shy about it for awhile now, even going so far as to tell me that he doesn’t read in school, he only looks at the pictures. I’m curious if he’s starting to notice that other kids his age can’t read. I was happy this morning to hear him reading to Eve again. They were supposed to be getting dressed, but reading is so adorable I grabbed the camera and let them keep going.

After school Lex got in the car and said, “I’m not very tired from school so I think I’ll read Eve a story on the way home today.” He grabbed a book (we ALWAYS have a stack of books in the car) and read to her the whole way home. Notice how he holds the book so she can see the pictures? He did that in the car too :) Such a sweet big brother.

Swimming

Eve had her first swimming lesson today and boy was she excited!  This is her first lesson with the “big kids” instead of the Mommy and Me group.  She has three other kids in her class, two boys and a girl.  I was worried about her jumping off the ledge when the teacher isn’t looking, but she only did it twice and all the other kids did too.  She is the smallest and youngest in her group.  The age cut-off is 3yrs and she’s a month shy, but the teachers knew her well from the Mommy and Me lessons and they both agreed that she is ready for the preschool group.  The preschool group!!  Such a big girl.

Eve swimming - 1

Look at the eager little face

Eve swimming - 2

Jumping off the ledge to the teacher

Eve swimming - 3

Monkey crawl around the pool. She is such a strong girl!