Getting to work

 L turned 5 two months ago and he's finally ready to do puzzles, and do more school type work.  I have a basket of letters, phonics, books, and a Break the Code booklet.  This week he has sat with me and done so much work.  He's a delight.

L School

 We've been holding a little school time for L.  We gather in the firepit room and sing, dance, do crafts and enjoy a snack served by one of the children.  Sometimes it is only once a week.  But they know the routine and it is a sweet time.

L loves to help in the kitchen.  He is so funny.  Here he is making his first pizza ever.

He would probably have learned to swim this summer but without access to pools he remains in a life jacket.

He was very interested in seeing fish at the beach.  I let him wear goggles and he would plop face down over and over.
 

band boy

 L is 5 and so we dressed him up in the band suit and went outside to get some great shots of his tenor horn skills.

something to remember him by

 L came to me yesterday and handed me this saying "This is a piece of asphault from a speed bump, so you will always remember me."

 L has some speech sounds that he can't make so sometimes it seems like he doesn't speak well, but he actually has really detailed and sweet observations about the world.

He had a birthday last month and grandma and grandpa gave him these cute PJ clothes.  They are reminiscent of the famous Catboy PJ suit that he loved for so long.

Decorating a cake

L had a good time decorating this cake with tiny stars.

Reign of the Judges

We are reading the Book of Mormon at night and have reached the book of Alma where the reign of the Judges begins.  We have a family tradition of saying "reign of the judges" in enthusiastic unison whenever the phrase comes up in the scriptures.  L doesn't really sit and pay attention but whenever we chorus the phrase, he comes running back into the front room yelling "REIGN OF THE JUDGES!"

Because L doesn't have any little siblings, his 4 year old speech sound so baby-like.  But I know from watching videos of the other children that most of them talked about the same when they were 4. 

Everyone loves to delight L.  L loves to torment everyone...  There are often conflicts with lP or G because L wants to jump on them.  M has a whole routine of encouraging phrases she uses to "race" L into doing whatever needs to be done.  B is L's best buddy and they are so adorable and hilarious even though they often are in conflict over toys. 

I assigned the children different chores for June and L has been assigned the bathroom.  The children each have done each zone and I like having L in charge of the bathroom because it doesn't bother me to spend 10 minutes cleaning it with him.  I'll have to remember to just accept spending 10 minutes cleaning it with the other children too.  I didn't teach them recently so I shouldn't expect them to know all that needs to be done in there. 

haircut

so stinking cute!