Oliver and I have read a book about Elmo and it includes a page in which he is holding an umbrella and rain is falling. This morning, while I was in getting dressed, I heard him say "all wet (pronounced "ah eh)." I looked over and Oliver was pointing to Elmo on the page where he was getting all wet! It was pretty cute.

Oliver's favorite thing to do is go "ou sigh." He asks to go outside all the time... it's the word of the week. He wants to look out windows, knock on doors and generally figure out ways to convince us to take him outside. Fortunately the weather is starting to cool off so that it's more bearable out in the yard!

Elliot is reading, too. He has not only developed great reading skills but has begun choosing, on his own, books off the shelf to read to himself while mommy is busy. He is coming right along... faster than either of the older boys did at this age, probably due to the excellent phonics program we are using with k12 (k12.com), the curriculum we use for homeschooling. I have videotaped him doing a lesson and plan to add it to the website, whenever I have a spare hour... not sure when that will be! This year we are using the same curriculum in the Georgia Virtual Academy, which is like the Colorado Virtual Academy we used when we lived out west. It is free-- a "public" homeschool. Elliot is flying through his 1st grade materials.