Oliver is a Reader!

He’s known his ABCs for years and had understood the sounds of letters and letter combinations for some time. But until  now, Oliver seems to have lacked patience for sounding out words. Recently something changed. Suddenly every word is a puzzle to solve. Sentences take shape as he says them aloud. He’s gaining confidence as he reads book pages himself.  Last night at a restaurant, he focused for 30 minutes straight on a word search, working out every word himself and taking great pride in finding them all.

Oliver wrote this thank you letter to a classmate. He started it with much to say, and because we were running out of time to deliver it, he had to dictate most of it to Jenny:

Oliver dug out his soccer uniform so he could play soccer in the backyard.

Oliver and I ran a charity 1k last weekend.

Cami gave this large Cinderella doll to Zaeda and they are now inseparable

Here are some pictures from our late-March trip to Bend. We were delayed hours at the Santiam pass due to an avalanche.  We focused on indoor activities because it was still quite cold.  The High Desert Museum was a great way to spend the better part of a day. We did a lot of swimming, some shopping, and visited a couple other kid friendly attractions so they could burn some energy.