She has become a big reader and when I come downstairs in the morning, she is usually on the couch reading a book (having already watched her morning tv, of course). She loves mysteries and is working her way through Harry Potter right now. Today she got a dictionary to help her with the more difficult words (this series probably is above her level) and she enjoyed looking through it on the way home. Lately, she has complained of feeling dizzy and after consulting the dictionary, she told me she's feeling dazed but not stunned. At least she had fun looking through it.
She also still enjoys writing. One day, she asked if she could write a family newsletter. A few days later, Erik found a piece of paper with her headlines on it and it was too cute not to let her do. I set up a newsletter template for her, put in the headlines and left her to do the rest. The final product was pretty entertaining. It included headlines like: Dog Steals Pancake, New Baby Boy, Sherlock Holmes in Eden Prairie and End of Soccer Season. The girl has a way with words!
Her school year is going pretty well and she seems to love second grade. We had a few incidents early on-talking in the hallway (no surprise) and making fingernail imprints on a few boys' arms. This one had us stumped and apparently her too because she claimed not to have any recollection of why she did it.
Soccer has ended for the season but she continues to love it and is proving to be quite talented at it too. She went to many Gopher women's soccer games with her grandpa and us and even took in an Eden Prairie high school game as well. Several of the EP players have gone on to play for the Gophers so who knows where Sophia will end up if she continues.
Andrew loves kindergarten! The first week, we struggled a little with forgetfulness. He came home with his towel (for naptime) and art shirt. When we asked him why, he said he was supposed to bring it home every day. Of course when I asked his teacher about it, she confirmed for us that it should stay at school. One day his jacket didn't make it home. Another day he left his backpack in my dad's car and when he dropped it off, his lunchbox was missing. Luckily, we seem to have gotten into a rhythm now. He has made a good friend named Connor who rides his bus. When the bus pulls up in the morning, Connor is ready to greet him as he gets on. Andrew's backpack pocket is full of post-its. It started as something they needed for a club and he's got quite the stash of them in there now. Andrew surprised me the other day by counting all the way to 100!
Andrew has taken quite an interest in reading and as a result, we were at the library a lot this summer. Some of his favorites are Berenstein Bears and Arthur. For awhile he was on a Mercy Watson kick.
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