Reading and talking and talking and talking!

Alrighty- Post 4. Just trying to get caught up.

I am SO proud of Austin!

I was making some flash cards for the kids. Mainly for Ashley b/c she has a hard time with rhyming. I want to show her how the rhyming words have the same ending. As I was making them Austin came in the room and started reading all the cards. He read over 200 of them on Thursday night. So I decided to start making the words more difficult. He would get frustrated on some of them and say, don't tell me and he would work them out.

He would sound them out like this: "t...rrr... when 2 vowels go a walkin' the first one does the talkin'...ay...tray"

He even sounded out the words, cheat and wheat and lunch and wish.

I was so excited, I told Austin that I was so proud of him. And he said, "I'm so proud of myself!" How precious is that? I bought him a train tonight, because I thought this was a big deal and deserved a reward!
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In the car Mason started irritating Austin by calling him a genius (over and over again). Mason really likes to push his buttons and take it too far. I told Austin that what Mason was saying was a really good and nice thing to say and that he should tell him thank you. He thanked him and Mason continued. So Austin said, "I KNOW...you just don't need to say it anymore."
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Today- I couldn't keep up with Austin! He was actually driving me crazy! I know it is a good problem to have, but that much talking was making me insane! He was talking non-stop and asking all kinds of questions that I had no idea about. He found a picture of the solar system and he told Greg and me that it scared him, because he is afraid that the Earth will bump into the sun or that Jupiter will bump into Earth. He wanted me to find a better picture and then he started asking all kinds of questions. I mean questions like why do we only know about these planets? Or Why is Jupiter so big? Does anyone live on these other planets? Why doesn't anyone live on these planets? Can you tell me about what is past Pluto? Can we talk about why these planets are cold? and on and on and on....nonstop.

Hey Gayle---Was Greg like this?

I admit it...I turned on the TV so I could get a break, but I just knew he would be around the corner in no time telling me that it isn't good to watch TV all the time. (He's done that!) He did come around the corner giving me possibly a 7 minute break and started in again. Can we look up trains? Can you believe I finally got a break when I took them to Chuck E Cheese tonight?

Anyway, I'm exausted. I've been getting tired earlier. Obviously- I've stayed up late yet again to write on my blog. Goodnight!