The great Patience update

Patience is doing great in her schooling. She now can read almost independently, needing help with words that are impossible to sound out, like "through" or "bought." She loves reading, and we're making great use of the library. Today I challenged her that if she got a "best time" in her math flash cards I'd give her, Nick, and Jordyn each a piece of candy. Well, now I know how to motivate that child. Her current best time was 8 minutes but today she answered them all in 6 and a 1/2 minutes! She asked if she can have candy every time she got a best time but I told her that we would do that only on Fridays.

She's still loving Pioneer Girlz Club. Last night Don had some computer work to do at the church, so he drove Patience and her friend, Paige. When it was over, he took them out to Dairy Queen for ice cream! She brought home an invitation for a "Victorian Tea" for all the girls and their moms. That's in 2 weeks, and it's a dressy occasion. Everyone is bringing their own fancy tea cups and plates, wearing gloves, etc.

The girls are finishing up their second session of ice skating on Tuesday. Patience is doing great again. Only 1 kids is faster than her in her class. I told Nathan that he needed to stop funding the girls' skating lessons and start saving his money for a house in LA and he told me, "if their instructors say they have any possibility of being good hockey players you keep them in lessons!"

Patience and Jordyn are the best of friends. They play so well together and rarely fight. The other night before Don and I turned in we went in to check on the girls and found this:

They told us the next day that sometimes they have bad dreams so they sleep together to "protect" each other. (I'm not sure what Jordyn could possibly do to protect Patience.) You can't see it in this picture, but they're holding hands : )

Patience continues to be my "right-hand-girl" around here. I tell Don that if anything happens to me Patience will be able to run the house. She'll just need someone with a driver's license to help her. She's just as sweet and funny as ever. Such a blessing.