reading like a champ

At dinner tonight Finn jumps into the conversation saying, "I had a really good day today."  He went on to tell us that he did amazingly on his Reading MAP test.  He'd scored a 150 in the Fall and a 185 today!!!! Wow, assuming he's reporting his data accurately this is a humongous jump.  And he's super proud of himself.

Birthday Countdown

Wylie is desperate for his birthday to arrive.  He thought as soon as Christmas was over it would be his birthday.  Practically every day, he thinks it is his birthday and is disappointed to learn he still has to wait.  So today he created a paper chain birthday countdown.

The best part was I got him started on it and he went with it, completing most of it by himself.  Finn helped cut strips of paper and hung it in Wylie's room for him.