Starting June

Claire

I got a video of her telling the story of the scriptures but it was too long so I just picked a picture to share how happy it makes me. She did well with this week's story about the pride cycle, but she needs prompting to remember the different names from the story. If they were princesses, I'm sure she would have learned them better! She can sing the princess finger song with each princess as she puts them on her finger, then Shay gets her turn right after with her PJ masks finger toys. They learned it from a video on the tablet because after homework is done, they get to watch videos for a little while. Claire is starting to recognize sight words and gets stickers next to the words she remembers so hopefully I can also get her to start sounding out. She is still a little too hyper to sit still long enough to not drive me crazy.

  

Shay

Her playing pretend has no end! She loves to be Claire's kitten, Catboy, Elsa, a baby, mermaid, and probably more if I gave her more ideas. When they found a feather in the backyard, Claire would tickle Shay, the kitten, nose, and she would sneeze. Her sneezing became more and more extravagant, hence why it sounds crazy in the video. I've learned that Shay is sensitive to smells and will ask "what's that smell?" while plugging her nose even if it's a good smell like bacon or ham! If it smells at all, she doesn't want to try it, not that she wants to try any new foods anyway...I need to dye everything blue so I can tell her I made her a special Elsa meal so she will eat it. She was really excited about the blue popsicles because they are 'Elsa ice' apparently.

Us

Chris had a very successful week of testing and passed the two tests he had this week. He has now been studying and doing practice questions for the coming test tomorrow and we are praying all his hard work will continue to pay off. I've been a little extra busy as well by starting to organize to prepare for packing while I watch the kiddos. I want to finish my sewing projects before packing my sewing room, so I've spent a few hours here and there hiding. When I can't hide, I usually read or doodle between when I'm needed as mommy. Our trip to Idaho starts this week and when we get back I'll be really kicking my butt in gear to pack! I have a plan to use the 4 weeks to get this house all ready to go and fit in a yard sale before the final week here. Doesn't seem like too long away now!