Spring 2016

Once again, it's been a long time since I updated this blog!  We are finishing up the school year and getting ready for summer.  Becca had a great first year of preschool.  She had wonderful teachers and made a few friends in her class.  I am so thankful that both kids love school so much and never have separation anxiety.  Until she got used to her schedule Becca would cry on the days that she didn't get to go to school.  Next year she will be moving to a different preschool.  It is closer to our house and the same preschool Ben went to. 

Becca is 3 now and very mature and independent for her age (except when it comes to swinging on the swingset which she insists she can't do).  She makes up elaborate stories with her princesses and loves dressing up in costumes.  She also loves any and all crafts, especially using glue sticks!  Despite a slow start, she is finally potty-trained.  It's so strange to not have a kid in diapers.  Becca loves to play with Hannah (a little too rough sometimes) and Hannah seeks Becca out for attention.  Becca also started some basic dance classes this Spring and she loved them!  I feel like she is constantly twirling in circles at home.  She will be playing soccer in the Fall so that should be interesting! 

Ben is finishing up Kindergarten and has had a great year.  He also loves school and has made some good friends.  His reading and writing have come so far this year.  He never enjoyed trying to read and sound things out and would get very frustrated.  Some day I will learn that Ben does things when he is ready and not a minute before!  He is reading like crazy now and loves it.  He did Tae Kwon Do up until he had a cast on his foot this Fall but then decided it wasn't the sport for him.  He did t-ball/baseball this Spring and really enjoyed it.  It was a pretty big time commitment so we were afraid he would get tired of it but it was a pretty successful season.  He is also going to play soccer in the fall (for the first time since he was 3!) so hopefully that will go well.