June 2013

Along with Caleb and Levi learning to ride bikes, June started off with a visit from John's brother and his nearly-16 year old daughter (she only stayed overnight). The daughter had a conference in a nearby town so his brother stayed a couple of days with us rather than driving home and back again. Ellie still talks about him, even weeks after he left. It was fun having more company!

School ended near the start of this month, too. We were ready for it! The very next day we started our first mile walk on our quest to walk 50 miles this summer. Sounds like a good goal, right?

Ellie likes wearing all her hats. She has three, the white one must have fallen off. But look at that playing in the sand - no sensory issues with dry things on her hands, at least. We still need to work on wet.....

Ellie having herself a little indoor picnic. She likes to pretend with food, she puts spoons and forks in her mouth. I'm hoping it will translate into real eating one day.

Happy Father's Day!! Happy Birthday, Daddy!! Daddy's birthday was the day after Father's Day this year, so we got to celebrate him for two days in a row :). We're sure glad to have him, and are grateful for how hard he works for us.

She really likes shoes, along with her hat. She can get her church shoes on herself, and this time they were on the correct feet, even!

Starting when school ended, our library has a summer reading program. They had to each read for 10 hours. It's nice that now both Caleb and Levi can read to themselves, although they like being read to as well. They each got a new Magic Tree House book of their very own for finishing the program. I think they've read most all of the books in the series this month. Ian got a mystery book. They all read a lot this month, even after finishing the program.