Other Updates

 The other night Olivia kept saying she couldn't sleep, so I told her to write a letter to Jacob and Alex. I found this the next morning. It's hard to read (she is just starting to read/write) but it makes sense. Translation:
"I miss you guys. I hope you have a good day, Alex Olivia Jacob"
I loved how I know she sat there trying to sound out "GACUP" haha. What baffles me is that she learned how to write her name when she was 3 when we first started homeschooling. Just in the past few weeks she started not only writing letters backwards, but as you can see, her WHOLE name backward. If it were just for fun it'd be one thing, but she doesn't even know there's a problem til I tell her. Now that I think of it, she does sound words out backwards often. Am I paranoid to suspect dyslexia this early?

 Susan and I went to the clubhouse gym one morning when John was home with the kids, and I saw that the pool was empty! There are only a few more weekends of using the pool, not only because we are moving but because it closes in sept. So we took the kids. Eusty liked it. :) Lucas is doing pretty well at swimming.

 My mom was over last week and we played tennis--Lucas is really good at hitting and aiming naturally somehow. He is ironically very coordinated on the court, despite his clumsiness elsewhere. I played a bit too and it was really fun and got my steps in but my umbilical hernia hurt afterward :(

 Eusty is getting around and is very strong. Crawling but also pulling himself up. Here he is one morning trapped under my bed lol.

And here the big'uns  are helping me make GF cookies with steel cut oats. They were pretty good!