Being 4

Sara is constantly figuring new things out. She really enjoys learning and has surprised me by how quickly she is figuring out how to write letters. For preschool, we have a new letter each week. Often when we start talking about the letter she will say, "I know how to write that one." And sure enough, she does, as far as I know she hadn't practiced it before. She is also doing great at counting. Tonight, she counted all the way to 39 without any prompting and got up to 102 with me giving her the beginning sound of the first new 10 number. She currently loves wolves. We have a lot of books from the library about wolves. She also loves games, talking on the phone, using the computer. I feel like she is growing up sooo fast. She also loves being with friends. She wants to have a play date every day. She is a lot of fun. She is usually great with Jonas too. She invites him to play with her, tries to comfort him when he is sad, and is very thoughtful.

18 months

Joans is now officially 18 months. It has been a year and a half. Fun things he is doing now: He loves playing with Sara. He follows her everywhere and tries to join in on what she is doing. He likes riding his indoor bike, building towers, looking at books, he will keep pulling books out to be read to him for at least half an hour, he loves duck, duck goose. He walks around the dining room table saying, "duck, duck" at each chair. He is saying a lot of new words, such as, "bubble", "turkey", "JD", "Lilly", "baby". It is really fun watching him figure things out too. The other day he went and got a step stool, so he could climb on the couch.

Trick or Treating

This year, we went trick or treating for a little bit around TT's neighborhood. Sara had it down this year. She walked right up to people's porches and said, "trick or treat" and "thank you" like a pro. She went as Cheer Bear and Jonas was a dinosaur. After trick or treating our church had a huge event, Fantastic Fall Free for All, which was really fun. They had tons of games, good food, and a bouncy house. Sara got her face painted as a puppy dog and mostly bounced the night away. We also went on a hay ride. It was a great time.

Leaves

Jonas has now joined in the leaf fun around here. We have sooooo many leaves fall in our yard. We spent a morning as a family raking leaves and jumping in the piles. The kids had a blast! It is really one of the highlights of the fall. We were also blessed with warm weather, which makes raking so much better!

Fire Station

We went to the Milan Fire Station with Sara's pre-school group. Sara and Jonas both had fun as Fireman Mark showed them all of his gear, and then later lead them on a tour of all the fire trucks.

My Own Shopping

Sunday morning I was helping Sara pick out what to wear for church. I suggested a dress. She said, "No thank you mommy. I prefer to do my own shopping." She then picked out her own outfit and got dressed on her own. She did a good job too :)

Play mates

Sara and Jonas have started playing together more and more. This morning, Sara kept coming up with things for them to do. She would say, "Come on Jonas." He would follow her wherever she went and gladly participate. He loves it when she includes him. He wants to be everywhere she is and do everything she is doing. They ended with a picnic of Cheerios in her bedroom.