Reading, reading, reading!

Aiden and I recently finished reading the third book in the Mouse & the Motorcycle series. He's been so excited to read the books, loves looking at all the pictures and trying to guess what might happen next. Upon completing each book, we watched the corresponding movie on Netflix and I think he really enjoyed that. I love that we are raising a little man who is excited about reading. We are currently reading another Beverley Cleary book, Socks. I am lucky to have a Scholastic lady in my life and I recently ordered several more chapter books that I hope we can read over the summer.

 

Space

 

In an attempt to facilitate some preschool-type homeschooling, I have been checking out books at the library that cover various subjects in which Aiden expresses interest. We've learned about hibernation, winter and the seasons. The last few weeks we covered outer space. Aiden's interest in space began when we bought him a solar system floor puzzle. He seemed to become even more interested while we watched the Cosmos special on TV. After reading numerous books about space and completing the floor puzzle several more times, he is now able to identify the planets. I think that's pretty impressive for a three year old. We FaceTimed with his Auntie Amber this past Friday and he asked that she watch him complete the puzzle and Amber and I quizzed him on planet identification. Amber was so impressed with Aiden that she's offered to buy him a glow in the dark solar system for his room. I love that she does whatever she can to encourage our little guy. And I love that he is so enthusiastic about learning.  

Our little swimmer

 

Almost a month ago, Aiden started swim lessons. He was really excited to start, but during the first lesson his excitement turned into tears. When we took him into the locker room to get changed after the lesson ended he yelled, "I'M NOT A FISH!" After a few weeks, he's gotten much more comfortable in the water. Saturday he did such an awesome job and even jumped into the water (his swim instructor was in the water waiting to catch him). We are pretty proud of our little swimmer and hope to take him swimming a lot this summer.