"That says Kathleen"

Yesterday when I picked Kathleen up from school she showed me her artwork in her cubby. As she pointed to the marker dots on the page she said, "there's the circles." Then she pointed to her name on the paper and said "that says Kathleen" - I was amazed. She can recognize her name by sight! I told Calvin the story that night and he tested her just to see if she would be able to do it again by asking what was on the label of her cup at dinner. Kathleen responded by saying, "Kathleen!" in an excited and confident voice. We told her she was right and got excited for her that she could read  her name. Then this morning while Kathleen was eating breakfast she pointed to her name on the paper artwork from school again and said "that's the baby's name." 

I love our smart girl. I am so happy with her new class since she's moved up to the Yellow Finches room. She is doing so well with every thing we ask of her. 

Kathleen's "Say Cheese!" Face

Tea Anyone?

Kathleen loved having tea on her new blanket with the stuffed animals Grandma Luann sent for Christmas. Thanks Grandma Luann!!

A visit from Aunt Mo

We so enjoyed our visit this Thursday from Aunt Maureen (aka. Aunt Mo). She stayed the week with my parents in Davie County and came on Thursday with Mom to see where we are living in Henderson. We met up for the afternoon at the NC Museum of Life and Science in Durham. Thank you for taking the time to come play! We love you.

Hi Fish!

We now have some beautiful fish living with us in the parsonage! Calvin and I were excited to get Kathleen a fish tank this month and one of the Gillburg UMC church members gifted us with a dozen fish to populate the tank - mostly Guppies and two pretty larger reddish orange fish. One of the guppies was pregnant when she came to come live with us, but has since had 7 babies and so far as we can tell 4 have survived. I was able to see her giving birth due to the fact that we came home late Friday evening the 14th from my sister in law's graduation from law school. It was really beautiful to see the momma swim around the tank and then go to the bottom corner to drop of 2 - 3 babies at a time in the rocks. The were born live and just laid there for a little bit to get their barrings the began to swim. They were so tiny and their bodies were clear so all you could really see well was their eyes. Kathleen loves watching and feeding the fish. We say hi and bye to them now with Rascal's greetings as we come and go from the house.