Education

Now that Lucy is a little older, able to sit for longer periods of time and is WAY interested in what Tristan is doing, helping Tristan with school stuff is getting much easier.  It's so interesting to see how much she wants to be doing everything he is, no matter what it is.  And, because of it, I think she is picking up a lot of things... she is way smart.

Goose, happily sitting and waiting at the table

The fun thing lately has been drawing... with markers, chalk, crayons, colored pencils... anything that will leave a colorful mark (hopefully on paper).  Our walls and the kitchen table have been christened with the love of a 1 year old, but it is just stuff right?  And she's gotten past the idea and fascination that she should want to eat the stuff instead of draw with it...

Lucy built this all by herself!  Very symmetric!  

Dude is loving all this learning.  He likes having somebody sit with him and color and draw, and of course, spell things.  He is still our boy who would sit and read books with you all day... so sweet.  The other day he wanted me to read a book but I was making dinner so I couldn't, so I started the first part of the book, and then I asked him what came next and I'm pretty sure he just busted out the rest of the book.  I was impressed.  He knows so much but doesn't lead on that he can read all these books to us if he wanted.  His favorite thing is to actually read to Lucy.  Adorable.

This has been encouraging as we are still deciding on whether we should home school or not.  I think, for right now it's still a-go.  And because of the things that he would be learning in a typical school setting I am most definitely able to teach him that here.  He gets a ton of social interaction already, and that is really the only part I was nervous about.  And so far, this summer, I've seen him take an interest in this so I think that's what we're going to do.  :)

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