John is reading!

John has been working on a computer program called Head Sprout Early Reader for about 9 months now. Dave's dad asked us if we would test out this 80 30-minute episode program with him. John loves it and so do we. It challenges him and he has fun too. I love how proud he is and you'll see it in his face at the end of this video. It's taken us this long to get throught the first 45 episodes, hopefully he'll finish all 80 before he graduates.

Grace's Birthday!

Now that we're well into March, here are some pictures from Grace's 2nd birthday. A Sesame Street theme.

My mom made this great pin-the-nose-on-Elmo. We kept this up for a week after the party. I found noses all over the house.

I have such a respect for cake decorators every time I attempt it. Grace recognized Elmo, and that made it worth all the work.

Grace models a princess crown from a new set of dress-up clothes.

and she was also very excited about these big-girl undies.

Thank you dad and Uncle Aaron for taking the time to untangle every wire and tag on these child (and sometimes adult) proof packages. You see Grace waiting very patiently here.

Cake and ice cream. We don't have one of these pictures from her 1st birthday because Grace had a cold for most of February last year. She had such a great time this year and so did we!