allowance

We decided to start giving The Olders a small allowance. They recently saved enough up for a trip to Target to make their first ever purchases. It took a while to save, but they also had a little birthday money in their underwear drawer from who knows how long ago that they'd never spent. How happy do they look with the My Little Pony and Nijago Lego dude?

Evie reads to Samuel

Just over a week ago, when Noah and I descended into the school room to start his table work, we found Evie and Samuel like this: 

Seriously, how cute is that?! I don't know if it was her idea or his, but she read to him of her own volition for quite a while. She is coming along with her reading, but I'm pretty sure she was just going off of what her memory of what the book said. She was right on though.

Evie and Ezra and a ball

Two weeks ago (Feb. 19) while Noah and I were sitting on the couch doing his reading for school, Evie and Ezra were playing with the pink ball. She's biting it and Ezra's liking that.

"Let me in on this fun ball business. What is this stuff attached to your head Evie? Why won't it come off so I can play with it? Oh well. I guess I can still play with it while it's attached."

"Look, we can put our heads together over this ball! What would happen if I stuck my tongue out?" Just cuteness Ezra, that's all.  

And there's the money shot.  They are too cute!