Elina’s last report card indicated a slight indifference to reading. We figured that she would read when she wanted to, just like she learned to crawl, walk, talk, and so on…..
To help her along, I bought the Hooked on Phonics program for her from her Scholastic Book Order. She broke it open today [...]
I meant safe and sound
But we are brown too … at least I am
We had a wonderful vacation. Here are some highlights:
Elina learned to dive (we’d drop something to the bottom of the pool and she’d dive down and retrive it)
Elina loved the beach (didn’t necessarily love it before but now that she’s [...]
Thanks to google translator I’ve added – Start of Vacation
I thought I’d tease everyone with the weather in Mexico (near Playa Del Carmen) where we’ll be for the next 8 days!!
We have a direct flight from Toronto tomorrow afternoon. There’s a one hour time difference in Cancun (where we land) and then the all-inclusive resort [...]
Our lives are far from boring and there have been so many “bloggable” moments in the past while. Our only problem is that we are just far too busy, we enjoy every second of this kind of family life and wouldn’t change much.
Here’s an overview:
Elina does NOT like when we re-tell stories about her
Elina does [...]
Miss Elina taken to stamping and she joined me with Jane and her gang of friends on Saturday and loved it.
Her favorite was the Good Friend card.
I loved how she didn’t have the patience for the beek and the legs so she drew them in herself. She also went “Sentiment crazy”. She was so proud [...]
