Our morning...

Proud of her stars!
Nathaniel happy with a good breakfast.
Oops! He missed his mouth..
Gabriel likes the cows!
Micaela is making sure he learns his A..

This morning I made biscuits. I told Micaela I'd like her to help me cut the dough, and she took off running. She returned as quick as could be with her play kitchen cookie cutter, a star. So we made star biscuits. She did a very good job rolling out the dough and cutting the biscuits. She was proud of the breakfast she made, and she perfectly intends for us to make a "nice, hot soup so we can eat our biscuits with it at lunch. Oh mommy, wouldn't that be lovely!" she said. Micaela has adopted a British accent. I guess we've listened to too many British classics like Tales of Beatrix Potter, the Narnia series, Black Beauty, Little Lord Fauntleroy, the Wind in the Willows, and the Secret Garden. She does it about half the time, and sometimes she'll start in mid-sentence. It's very funny.
The boys enjoyed their biscuits too, and after breakfast we did a short lesson on our weekly theme. It's cows right now. Gabriel is so excited by any sight of a cow. He's eating up all the pictures in the book and loving the songs/poems we're doing each day. He also likes to say cow and moo and show me the photos. Nathaniel is learning about the square, the number one, and the short sound of the letter A. He has enjoyed the word calf. Honestly, though they are much more intersted in going outside or playing blocks and trains.
Micaela loves the books about milk and ice cream and an interesting story about a vet who visits an old milk cow. Her reading and writing are progressing well. She's moved through blends/digraphs to long vowels this week. She's able to read Early Readers by herself, and she's attempting to read all the library books by herself. Her writing is moving more slowly, but the improvement is more drastic. She's excited because we're going to start first grade math/grammar after she turns 4. I don't think it's anything too difficult for her, and I really think she'll enjoy it since it involves felts, storyboards, cards, poems, and coloring.
Well really, I just wanted to share some more photos. The boys are in bed for a nap already (it's 10:00 am) and I've got to get lunch ready so that we'll get to ballet on time this afternoon.