Learning ...

Aaron decided that he was old enough this year to start reading chapter books. I don't know what my problem is, because that honestly never even crossed my mind. He's a good reader, too!! Good thing he was thinkin'! :) So, anyway - Aaron's nose is in a book quite often now. I still die when I remember the "chapter books" you were reading in 1st grade, Kent ... ya know - the ones I read in 7th grade. ;) I tell ya what ... if you don't know how to read and write by first grade - life gets very difficult quickly. Aaron starts his spelling tests this week - and to be quite frank - I'm not sure he even knows how to write all of his lower case letters yet. They sure learn fast, though! It's amazing. Marissa is actually LOVING school this year. Perhaps it's due to the over-prepared-ness of her Orem 5th grade teacher ... or, even more convincing ... she has a healthly dose of homework each night rather than five hours every night like last year. She has good friends - including her best friend from Orem (Sierra) who moved to SF this Summer (and they are actually in the same class) - so that has been very helpful. So ... a huge sigh of relief from me, because 5th grade last year was pretty much torture - for our whole family. Here is a picture of the cute bag Aunt Cindy made for the family reunion auction. It was love at first sight for Marissa. She loves it!!



I was SO DANG excited to get my hands on Shannon Hale's new book, "Rapunzel's Revenge". So, needless to say, when I made a special trip to the library to pick up my copy that came in - I was surprisingly disappointed. This much anticipated novel, people, is a graphic novel .... A COMIC BOOK!!! I about DIED! However, due to my love for Hale's writing - I will be giving it a try. So ... I'll let ya all know ... probably on good reads ... how the experience goes. Maybe it'll be a learning experience! :)


I have been trying to download a video of Krystal all day - and have now given up. Is there a trick to getting blogger to work on video downloads? When it does work, it takes several hours. Lame. Anyway - Krystal FINALLY knows her ABC's ... and her pre-school is awesome. She's recognizing letters and knows their sounds - and can nearly write her name. Kids learn so fast.