We've had such beautiful weather that we've played outside quite a bit lately. Not sure how long it will last, but we've enjoyed it. This week has been pretty much the normal routine of teaching and caring for kiddos. Brent had a long deacon's meeting in Durham on Tuesday night, so the boys and I went to Addison's upward basketball practise by ourselves. It was fine, but Aaron must now be removed from the gym area because he cannot stay off the court. We found a nursery room to play in and Aaron just enjoys walking around on different surfaces! Today we hit the gym and dollar store (where we ran into Nana :) ) for birthday and Valentine cards. Andrew is really excited to make Valentine treats of heart-shaped rice crispy treats, made using fruity pebbles instead of rice crispies. I think I got the recipe/idea off of familyfun magazine website. I'll try to post some pics when we get them done. Today I continued on teaching Andrew how to read. We are using the book Teach Your Child To Read in 100 Easy Lessons. Many friends I know swear by it (okay, these ladies don't swear that I know of but it's just an expression). We are only on lesson 3, but to say that Andrew is eager is an understatement. He especially loves the part where he writes the letters we are working on that day (see pic of Andrew with his paper wearing his now proclaimed "favorite shirt"). It is obvious from the pic that he needs a haircut, which Aaron recently got, finally! He was really looking like a mophead. When I told Andrew we needed to get his hair cut, too, he asked why, and I just said "So you'll look nice." Andrew replied: "I don't want to look nice, I want to look cool!" ;-)
Tonight we are going to a concert on campus put on by Faithful Men, an all male singing group here on campus. We are all going, with Nana and Papa, too. I'm sure one of us will end up walking around with Aaron most of the concert, but at least we can stilll hear it!
