Delinquency in Blogging!!! Part 1: Reid

Wow, I am slightly shocked that it has been about 8 months since I last blogged about us. I guess I have some catching up to do!!

I will start with Reid who will be 5 in less than 4 months. He is still totally in love with trains, although now he is learning more about "trains with no faces" and is less into the Thomas trains. Erik has recently been taking the boys to the Library every Saturday and they have checked out every book about trains the library has. One of his favorite things to watch on tv are his "Extreme Trains" documentaries. The other thing he does is ask to get on You Tube so he can watch videos of trains on there. He might be slightly obsessed!!

Reid is also learning how to read, which is amazing to me. We have some Leap Frog phonics books, which are great since they have mostly 3-4 letter words. I was pretty surprised when we sat down with the first book and he actually read! In related news, Reid can also read numbers with 3 digits- he learned this by looking at pictures of trains that had identifying numbers. Finally he can write all of his uppercase letters. I have not been as diligent at having him practice the lowercase letters.

This summer Reid finally got some quality swim instruction, so he is now a little fish. He LOVES it. They want them to be able to flip from their front to their back and Reid has a bit of anxiety about that, so we are still working on that particular skill. It is so nice having a swimmer!! I feel like I have been avoiding the pool for the past 4 years.


Reid starts VPK (voluntary pre-kindergarten) in the fall. He will be going to school 5 days a week from 8:45 until 1. We are so blessed to have such great friends in our neighborhood, and we will be carpooling with 1 of them!! I will do 2 days and my friend Christy will do 2 days, then we will alternate Friday's. I am very excited about this plan:) It is amazing to see some of the kids only a few months older than Reid actually starting kindergarten and riding the school bus in a few weeks. I am feeling very grateful for Reid's early birthday since I get my boy for an extra year.



Reid played soccer for the first time this year. He had a blast and as an added bonus so did his Daddy!! He even scored a few goals and got 2 on their play-off game. He is playing again in the fall and can't wait.

In other news Reid had his last day of Gymboree this week. Shockingly, I didn't cry:) It probably sounds funny to be sentimental, but we have been going there since Reid was 4 months old. Gymboree saved me from my isolation as a new mom and introduced me to some great friends. It will always hold a special place in my heart.




This picture is of Reid posing with Hiro his new train. He got him as a reward for writing all of his uppercase letters.