Gillian has a new saying. She started it a few weeks ago. She constantly says “Oh dear!” I think she picked it up from school because it is not something that Daddy and I say. She drops her fork and says “Oh dear!” She throws baby across the room and says “Oh dear!” She also says “Oh brother!” a lot too. Tonight at dinner, she asked “More chicken?” Daddy told her “Sorry sweetie. We have no more chicken.” Gillian responded “Oh Brother! Oh Brother!”

Every night John and I find a quiet spot in the house and John reads me a book or his weekly list of words. We borrow books from school that correspond with the letters and sounds they are working on. John did awesome with his short book tonight. So I went downstairs to our little library and found Dr. Seuss’ Hop on Pop and New Hat. John read all of New Hat and half of Hop on Pop to me. I am so proud of him!