Happy Birthday Dr. Seuss!!

To celebrate Dr. Seuss' birthday we enjoyed a yummy dinner of green eggs & ham and truffula fruit (aka mangos & pears).

Happy Birthday Dr. Seuss!!

January's Family Reading Party

Family Reading Parties are the BEST!!!

I can't think of a better way to start off the new year!

Sara's Obsession

We received a copy of The Composer is Dead for Christmas and it quickly became a family favorite. Sara, in particular, adores it! She loves to have it read to her. Now that she's in potty training mode it has become her 'bathroom' reading material.

Why do we enjoy this book so much? Because it's mysterious, it's creative, it gives brings out the personalities of the various orchestral instruments. But most of all, it's just plain F-U-N!!

Thank you Wettsteins for sharing this great book with us!!

Great Joy

I ♥ reading!!

I've always hoped that our children would love it too.

Can you imagine my joy when I saw this?

Thank you boys!!

Change

Change is not always an easy thing. Just last week the boundaries of 5 wards in our stake were realigned. Thanks to the change our family is now part of a new ward. Yesterday was our first Sunday in the new ward. It was nice. The boys came home very talkative and full of insight about our new ward. It was reassuring to see the excitement in their little eyes.

The ward change has also really motivated Jared to follow through on a challenge issued by his former primary teachers. He really loved Bro. & Sister Rose, they were the perfect teachers for our little Jared. Jared is determined to read the entire Book of Mormon before he gets baptized. Before church he read, after church he read, today after school he read. He is so excited! How grateful I am for wonderful gospel teachers.

It's a party!

Once again the boys did a fantastic job with their reading goals.

Way to read Daniel & Jared!!

the Fam & Chris showing off their oreo smiles

A Loving Brother

Aren't big brothers wonderful?!

Wednesday evenings are always a little trickier to get everyone to bed in a timely manner. We were running a little behind schedule and little brother was still not feeling great. So, Daniel decided to read to Jared while I finished getting Sara ready for bed. What wonderful children!!!