caught up

My beautiful and silly boys are having a great fall. Both are thriving at school (and "school").

Owen has taken to kindergarten- he loves his teacher and his friends, and loves learning each day. Last week they had lessons on magnets and it really sparked his interest- we heard all about the experiments they performed and what magnets can do. Each morning when I take him in, he reads me the Daily News- a worksheet that has 3-4 sentences on what the class did the day before. And Owen is really able to read it- almost all the words he knows or sounds out. It is so fun to watch him get confidence in his abilities and and we are excited for the adventure in front of him.

Ben is the gentle giant at his day care class. He brings his little books with him most days- right now his favorites are a Mickey Mouse/Donald Duck book he calls "mouse-duck" and a Peter Rabbit book he calls "rabbit". He loves all the art projects they work on. When he gets home his favorite things are Borca (Richard thinks it Porca) the Orca toy and his blankie. He's learning his colors- he's nailed pink, orange, purple and brown- and has grown 3 inches in the past 3 months.