Zack the reader

Zack has decided that he wants to read. He knows how to read every individual upper case letter by itself, spelling everything he can see in books and on signs, and he knows how to spell his and Nathan's names without seeing the letters. He's getting close! Zack loves to guess what things spell, and it's easy for him to read things like stop signs because the symbols are easy to guess. I love that he has his own name for certain places. We have a Lafrentz memo cube, and he knows the big orange "L" on it is the symbol for daddy's company. He calls the company "Daddy's Big Truck" and fully believing that it's the name of Pete's work. Pete was trying to get him to spell the name of it and say "Lafrentz" but instead he said, "L-a-f-r-e-n-t-z spells Daddy's Big Truck!" Zack relates the names or symbols of places we go to what he sees or does there. Whenever we pass a Wendy's, he sees the symbol and relates it to what he eats there. So we hear from the back seat, "Look! Cheeseburgerandfriesandketchup!"

A Family Moment

On Monday, we were all at my parents' place for my birthday. Pete and I and the boys were there with Josh and Jenny and Forest and my parents. It was so fun to see all three boys hang out and play. My favorite part was when Forest and Zack sang the ABC song together, and then Nathan joined in with the very last word "Meeee!!" I just loved it!

Friends

Zack is learning that the people we love are our friends, so now every time he's pretending to talk on the phone or if he's talking to a real person they are his friend. I'll ask Zack,
"Who are you on the phone with?"
"My friend Great Grandma!"
He loves to pretend to talk to his friend Great Grandma (Doell) or his friend Auntie 'Manda or his friend Grandma. It's so very cute!

Zack is also learning about the bible from Beulah on Saturday nights when he goes to sunday school. If you ask him,
"Zack, what did you learn about the bible?"
"The bible is TRUE. The bible tells us about God! The bible says Jesus loves us."