One afternoon, Esther and Elijah walked around the block and took their little sisters, who rode their bicycles.
Esther watched this starling building a nest in the garage roof. She was amused by the size of its load! Apparently, it didn’t get much of that load to its destination.
Esther also took this picture of a sunset. We got some smoke from Australian bushfires, so that’s probably part of why the colors were so vivid.
Miss Joy is learning to read! That’s slightly bittersweet, because it means my baby is no longer a baby. I love watching her learn, though. I took this video sometime in November, when she had just started to read stories. She was delighted with her new skill and wanted Grandma to hear her.
I found the girls having a picnic in the garden one day.
Miss Joy wanted me to take a picture of her with foxgloves on her fingers and her crinkle-cutter in her hand!
Yes, Maria, I could see you in the one part of the video. 🙂 You are doing well with sounding out the words–when you take the time to sound them out. I can see why it would be very tempting to fill in words that fit the picture, but that sounding out will get lots faster with practice! Keep up the good work!