Tuesday, October 9, 2007

Gabriel is Reading Little Sentences

Gabe has been working on his Alpha Phonics Primer for about a month now and is on lesson 6. He is now able to sound out two and three letter words that have "a" in them. He has been reading sentences like "Dan has an ax." He seems to be doing all right. When we are out running errands he is always trying to sound out words on signs. Asher is trying his hardest to learn them too so he can keep up with big brother. He recognizes most of the letters, which is better than Gabe could do before his third birthday.

Gabe's 8 Mile Ride

I took Gabriel and Asher on a bike ride on a trail we hadn't been on before. Asher rode in the trailer but Gabe brought his bike for a change. I tols him to let me know when he wanted to turn around and go back, but he was too excited about the ride to say anything for four miles. We turned and made it back, but he was very tired at the end. His legs were a bit sore the next day, but he was okay. I was pretty surprised that he could do that on his little 16 inch bike.

Isaiah - Two teeth, four words, standing

Isaiah now has two bottom teeth that make his smile very goofy and funny. He says "ma" "da" "baba" and sometimes "Gabe." He pulls himself up on things and can stand while just holding on with one hand. He loves to bounce to music. He'll be starting to walk long before his first birthday it seems. He's not worried about his slow army crawl because he's focused on walking ASAP to catch up with his brothers.