Summer and River

So, not to brag or anything, but I think my children are some of the most beautiful creatures I have ever seen! Summer will be 6 years old next Friday and will be graduating Kindergarten on the 23rd. Making her an official 1st grader! That's hard for Clayton and I to wrap our brains around! She is already doing some reading and lots of writing. She is still an avid drawer and colorer. She spends most of her down time during a day playing school or drawing pictures. She's an excellent big sister and has learned to read River's mood a bit more. She also has a way of making him laugh more than anyone of us. Summer has slept every night with her stuffed animal Scooby Doo since she received it for her last birthday. Some nights I come to bed and she has surrounded herself in animals, but Scooby is always one of them. She took the death of the little duck quite hard, and the timing is bad with the end of school being here. She cries pretty hard every night. Its been about a week, we buried the duck in the yard and have created a little garden for morning glories to grow in it. I told her the duck's body with help feed the flowers and help them grow and that she can remember him when she sees them and hopefully smile. But, she is still very sad and told me last night that she will really miss all her teachers. So, we'll see how she feels once summer vacation has started.

River is growing super fast! A few of his favorite words are: "hi dada", "hi dude", "night,night", "bye bye truck", "mailman", "drink", "no!", "couch read book" (meaning, come sit on the couch mom and read me this book!) "all done!", "plane"
He loves to eat almost anything and everything. He loves to do puzzles, play with trucks and cars, going outside, playing in the pool and bedtime. He has given up some of his snuggling and teases us with kisses, meaning he offers to give one and then retracts from you when you get close for one, or sticks out his tongue for a lick instead! He loves the animals and talks about them often throughout the day. He talks about his dad going to work and Summer going to school during the day as well. His language skills are growing faster than I can keep up with and sometimes I have to ask him to show me what he means. But, mostly we understand each other. He's still a pleasure to be around most of the time and is a super smiley guy.