We had another great weekend at home. And now Dana and Brynn are home together tomorrow, as Brynn's school is closed for Veteran's Day. She has big plans for them which include going to the mall, eating out at Lucy's (our fav Chinese restaurant) and getting smoothies at McDonald's. Sounds like a great day!
Brynn has been practicing her reading a lot lately and I had wanted to get some pictures of her reading from her early-reader library book she had brought home. I am amazed at how far she has come. She gets frustrated pretty easily, but at least now she is more motivated and wants to sound out words on her own, whereas before when it was just me trying to get her to read, she just wanted me to do it. Thank you, school! :-) I have always thought one of the best things about being a parent is watching your child learn new things, and watching Brynn learn how to read has been no exception for me.
I'm unsure if Brynn did this worksheet in school or at HopeKids asp, but it's all about Brynn. Some of her answers were so cute. We asked her where she liked to go camping and she specified Swan Lake...of course!
A couple of weeks ago it was Dine with Dads day at Brynn's school. Dana got to see her play for a bit during recess before they went in for lunch. It was so funny to hear him recount their time together at school. He said it's so chaotic during the lunch rush to get to the cafeteria. Brynn was pointing at everything and explaining along the way, and Dana couldn't hear any of it because of all the kids and noise.
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| In the milk line. |
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| Brynn at her locker...aka the black hole. |
When we were at my parents' a couple of weeks ago, my mom helped Brynn write up a list of all the Disney princes. This weekend Brynn was playing school (with me as the student) and I noticed later she must have thought Grandma forgot to list a prince. ;-) he he. So cute.
Brynn just thinks Dana is the strongest and smartest person she knows. Well, he could very well be, I suppose! She's always saying things like "Dad! You're the strongest in the world!" or "Dad, you are a genius!" This weekend we came upon Dana as he was walking out of our bedroom and he let out kind of an tired sigh and she asked him, "Dad, are you tired out from your strength?" LOL.
Brynn loves to paint, so on Friday night she was busy painting princess laptops on some cardboard.
I just love to overhear Brynn playing; she has such an imagination. Today I heard her playing with her Polly Pocket and poor Polly must have gotten lost because I heard in an announcement-style of voice:
"....do you know Polly Pocket? She is a little girl and her name is Polly. And she has a pocket. That is why they call her Polly Pocket..." And then she proceeded to describe her with brown hair and the rest of her features. ha.
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