One of the best parenting moments for me yet has been watching Nate begin to read.

One of the best parenting moments for me yet has been watching Nate begin to read. It seems like only a few months ago he was beginning to pick up words in all sorts of unlikely places. "Dad, why does it say, 'free', on that package? Did we get it for free?" "No, it's just gluten free. It means it doesn't have any gluten in it." "That bag says 'Lower prices every day'. That means if you go to the store tomorrow, it'll be even cheaper." "No, that just means their prices are lower than other store prices every day."

Friday of last week we had "student led" conferences at school. Afterwards, as a treat we offered to buy him a book from the book fair. He picked one of the Geronimo Stilton chapter books, and looking at the book noted it was meant for a Grade 4 reading level. I guess he likes challenges, because over the weekend he read through the entire book on his own, and then declared he liked the book so much he'd read it again and is now working his way through it again. I guess we now officially have another book worm in the family.

Realized, I haven't posted in a while.

Realized, I haven't posted in a while.

Nate's missing some teeth. Elle is adorable. The boys go sledding. Elle and Liam wear cool hats. Elle eats a neon pink hat that would have matched Stephen Epp and my matching neon hats, that Sara for undiscernible reasons wouldn't let me buy. The boys build a robotic Lego T-Rex that you can drive.