Spelling our own name (and the emotions it brings to mom)

So yesterday while sitting in the waiting room at the doctor's office for Kaidynce's well check, Brennan tells me he can spell things. So I ask him to spell his name, expecting the typical, "B...r...n....I can't" response I usually get from him. But not this time. This time, he looked me straight in the eye and spelled his name perfectly. I was so excited since he hasn't done this at all for us. Then we discussed doing some in our workbook (thank you Costco) this weekend. He told me it was really important to catch up because he had so much homework to do and that he is behind. I love my little brain child.

So I thought I would test the world of the unknown and ask Kaidynce to spell her name, knowing I might get the K and that was about it. Nope, she surprised me to. Her response, "K...a....d....y" and that is much better than past responses so I will take it.

I think this weekend calls for some reading time with Brennan to see if he can recognize some of the easy words in our books. And we will work with Kaidynce on letter recognition. Their brains absorb so much and we can make it very fun this weekend.

Trying to get back in the blogging mode

So life got the best of me and I ventured away from this to pursue other time consuming activities. You know the activities I am talking about....work, work, exercise, kids, work....oh and vacation. It was a nice family vacation that was two wonderful weeks of relaxation. And I really do mean relaxation. I don't know how many times I took naps on the patio while the kids were taking naps in their "camping beds" and my husband played games on his iPhone but it was bliss....sweet bliss.

Anyway, with the recent changes at Facebook (which I am none too impressed with), I plan on bringing my quirks and daily statuses here and transforming them into longer than 140 character summaries. At least here I can explain why Tangled is on constant repeat in our house, or why my son spelling his own name in the doctor's office today brought me to tears.

Tomorrow will begin updating more frequently, both with pictures and stories of the things that take place in our world and the humor that is our life.