Books, Books, Books

As any of their babysitters know, the girls always want to read books. "Read a story, daddy. Pleeeeease." Once you start, another books always appears to read immediately following the current offering. The weekly circuit includes a visit to the library to check out a fresh batch. Library books are always on the top of their list above all the other books in the house. Not letting trivial matters like not being able to read stop them, they "read" the books themselves and to each other.

Continually surprising me with their phenomenal memory, they conjure up the story from the last time they heard it. Picking out books from the shelf, they know the titles and recognize them by their spine. They point at the words "What does that say daddy?". Already having mastered counting to 10, letters are next. But we'll go easy on them.
 
 
 
 
 
 

Science Center

Science is cool! The girls visited the Science Center for the first time. I wasn't sure if the exhibits would be appropriate for the girls age. It was a hit. Water toys always attract their attention. Similar to the local Children's Museum, they loved swishing, pouring, and splashing water. Then on to the tide pool display to feel anenomes, starfish, and hermit crabs. Combining water with touchable animals awards two thumbs up. After dinosaurs, giant bugs and butterflies the girls approached nap time but summoned enough energy to play with a toy I can only describe as a giant donkey kong structure. Last, but not least, we discovered the Space Needle growing out of Alex's head.

 

 
 

Helpers

The girls love helping. Eager to participate, they want up on chairs so they can help make dinner. They jump up and down until they can fold clothes. And when the whim hits, they demand the vacuum cleaner. Everything we do, they want to partake. Hmmm...with these examples it sounds like we are slave drivers. It's fun...really.
 
 
 
 
 
 

Leaves

The girls are getting big enough for chores so we are putting them to work in the yard. They are raking up leaves and packing them down in the yard waste container. Once we teach them how to mow the lawn and trim hedges we will be living the high life.