Wow!!

I'm pretty pumped - I need a safe place to brag about this.  I don't want to be one of those in-your-face moms with everything her kids do, but this is my blog and if you are reading this, you know that I'm totally just gushing in amazement my kids, cuz they're awesome!

Audrey can sound out words, both to read them and to write them.  Yesterday, Amanda told me that she was picking out magnet letters and spelling out 3-letter words that she'd suggest.  She suggested BOX, and Audrey picked up the X first, and then sat and thought a while.  Amanda was cueing her with "Buh, buh..." and Audrey chimes in, "I want to spell xylophone."  She was a little upset because she couldn't find an I, because she had already used it in another word, so Amanda pointed out she really wanted a Y anyway.  So she ended up spelling it "XYLFON".  Not bad!  Then she had sidewalk chalk out on the driveway, she drew a big V, and then announced she would spell violin. So she did!  It's plain as day out on our driveway.

This morning, she and Travis were looking at a book of counting, which is more of an activity book than a reading book.  He asked her if she knew a word, pointed to it, and she thought a while and announced, "Ten."  She also read Six and Stop. And these are the words, not the numbers, she's reading.  There's no sounding out loud, either, she's doing it all in her head.

Crazy! :)