Little bits of life...

Erica brought home her very first report card yesterday. She earned wonderful grades in all areas, and her teacher mentioned that she makes friends easily and always gives her best effort to her work. And, as proof that Erica is growing up, she got her first loose tooth earlier this week. She has been wiggling it ever since, but it hasn't come out yet and isn't much looser than the day she noticed it was wiggling. She's getting ready for her dance recital next month. I was able to record her dance yesterday at dance class and it is amazing how much she has learned since she and I were in a Mom and Me dance class! She's becoming quite the dancer!

Isaac is about to join the Sunbeam class in Primary! He's finishing up his last few weeks of nursery, and then he'll be big enough to head in to Primary with Erica. I'm a little nervous to send him, but he's thrilled and I'm sure it'll be great. He has started reading recently as well, and can recognize a few sight words and also sounds out several two and three letter words. We've been working on his reading a little at a time and he is VERY interested in it. He is quite proud of himself when he sounds out a word. I checked out a "Dick and Jane" book from the library and we are slowly working our way through it. He also takes his turn reading scriptures at night and slowly but surely is improving with his reading. He also loves playing card games with me whenever we have a chance, and is quite good at Go Fish!

Cambria just celebrated her second birthday. All day long, she walked around the house singing "Happy Birthday to Cambria" (though in reality it sounds more like "happy bu-day do da-ya") and saying "On my birthday, I will be two!" We asked her several times during the day how old she was and each time her answer was "On my birthday, I will be two!" Ever since, at least once a day she tells me "But today is not my birthday. My birthday is over." She is getting big fast - she has learned to open doors, which thrills her, and she has stopped sleeping at nap time (which depresses me).