"we do homework"

This afternoon I watched as the girls went through flash cards together. Alex looked up at me and said, "We do homework!" Emma would hold up a card and ask Alex "What this?" Then whey would practice saying the word as clearly as possible. I love that they are 'teaching' each other.
Yesterday during children's church Alex drew a picture of our family. I was so proud! For the record, mommy was the tallest, but daddy was drawn in a different color than us girls :) She even drew a sunshine in the top corner of the picture. For any whp don't know, laving the fine motor control to draw 4 stick figures and a sunshine is a big deal for Alex. Yay Alex!
Last week we continued practicing the use of pronouns... he, she, they,etc. I point them out in normal conversation, but also to specific activities such as asking questions about a book we are reading and encouraging their response in sentence form (as opposed to one word answers). Example...
"What is the boy holding?"
"He is holding a book."
We are still spending lots of time outside. That play time seems to encourage their imaginations. Examples... Emma was using sidewalk chalk to 'paint' Alex's fingernails today. Only moments later Emma was using that chalk as a tool to work under the hood of Alex's Mustang. They play shopping by exchanging grass and rocks as items and money. Alex places and 'order', Emma delivers a rock and says "Here! Give me money!" and then Alex pays her in grass. I love it!
Alex also showed off at therapy last week by writing her own name on her paper during speech.
I almost forgot... field trip to the county fair with Nonnie and Uncle Pat. We walked through the buildings and looked at all the plants, crafts, and animals. My girls are no strangers to farm animals, but having the opportunity to see so many animals and how they are the same and different is wonderful. Although Alex now thinks we need a rabbit and Emma was a bit disappointed that there were no monkeys :)