Just your average, ordinary five year old

Yesterday as we got in the car, I noticed something on Amy's face which turned out to be a mosquito. (Have I mentioned she's a mosquito magnet? It's crazy.) I wondered aloud if mosquitoes can bite more than once, or if they die after they bite, like bees die after a sting. Reed happened to have a mini animal encyclopedia in the car with him, and a couple of minutes later he said "I found it" and started reading facts about mosquitoes. All on his own, he'd found the insect section of the book, found the pages about mosquitoes, and tried to find out the answer to my question (the book didn't have the answer, by the way). Yep, he's just your average, ordinary five year old headed off to kindergarten.

She's packed her bag....

On the morning of July 17, I heard some bumpy sounds downstairs somewhere around 6:30 in the morning. I wondered what it was...but then decided a few more seconds of shut-eye was more important than finding out (and yes, in case you're wondering....I probably should have been up already). Well then the sounds happened again so I figured I should probably find out what it was. Here's what I found:



Amy had gotten up, gone in her closet, dragged out her suitcase, loaded it up with books and stuffed animals, also chosen a skort (which was in the closet because it's too big) and a lovely Minnie and Mickey Mouse sweatshirt (which was put away because...well, it's summer!) and gotten herself all set for school. She'd gone so far as to even head downstairs all by herself. Ah, she's something else!

Night owl

Reed has been telling us for quite some time that he wanted a desk for his room so he'd have a spot to sit and do his workbooks. Back at the end of June, we finally got around to finding him one at Ikea. He is so happy to have a place to do his work after we read to him each night. He has several workbooks, some kindergarten, one first grade and even one second grade book. He loves loves loves doing them and working to figure out everything from addition to grammar to fractions to word searches. He'll also do some drawing as well. Here's a shot of him, hard at work.