ABC

Busy week last week. We took Alex to CMH in KC for an MRI and lumbar puncture. She did great, as always. Despite the crazy week we did a bit of learning here and there. In the waiting room at the hospital we did ABC flash cards. I was really shocked to realize that Emma knows most all of her letters (I already knew Alex was close to having them all)! We've continued working on that and it is going great. I made a point to read for a while with the girls last night. Reading time has been a bit neglected lately because of the crazy schedule and being so tired before bed. Also, Alex has gone from drawing a stick figure when asked to and is now drawing pictures of our family just for fun! I love it! She draws a stick figure for each of us and sometimes even adds the sun shine. She loves if we watch her work and then wants us to write the names of each person beside her picture. She's also using a few new phrases that she wasn't using a few weeks ago...
"Let me do this real quick"
"Just let me..."
"I no remember this place before"
Funny how the simple things and phrases mean so much.
Emma is asking lots of questions lately and right now she asks "Who you talking for?" a lot. I'm trying to consistently remind her that it is "Who are you talking to?" Still, the fact that she is showing curiosity and verbalizing it is great.
One of our current goals is to be able to retell a familiar story. I would definitely say they can both do that. Before bed it is the Goodnight Book, they both 'read' the book before bed. Other times it is on their own. Emma especially sits and looks at books and I can hear her 'reading' the story as she flips through pages.