PJ

The next three posts are all about the kids...we've had some fun days lately..and full, but fun, none-the-less. PJ has immensely enjoyed spending more time with Emmy lately because Emmy is thru with pre-school and so her schedule is now freed up some to see PJ more! Woohoo. Well, it goes without saying that Emmy is PJ's best friend. We recently had a sleep-over for the two of them (and Rhi and I got to scrapbook) and they had a blast. I don't think they fought once. Now, don't get me wrong, they do fight like brother and sister sometimes but usually they are thrilled to be together. As Rhianna often reminds me, it is such a blessing that they have each other and that we (Rhianna and I) have each other too. Ok, enough about me...





PJ loves to draw. Lately, he has been filling his days drawing or playing with tigers, lions and other animals. He also enjoys looking at animal books and learning all kinds of facts about different animals. He also enjoys making up new kinds of animals and drawing them, such as a sabre-tooth shark- have you ever seen one before? Sounds pretty frightening, huh?! PJ has also been persevering at learning how to read since January. We are half way thru the curriculum for beginning to read (I am using "How to Teach Your Child to Read in 100 Easy Lessons) so we have a long way to go, but he is doing great. Some days he needs a lot of encouragement and others he zips right thru.

Picture #3 is of PJ and Emmy and the monster that I found in my oven the morning after the sleepover. It's called a monster pancake and when I screamed and said there was a monster in my oven they both came running in to see what I was so upset about! Needless to say, I got them good! They enjoyed eating the monster pancake with his bananna nose, eyes and mouth.

















The night of the sleepover I decided to make English muffin pizzas, but here in Thailand you can't just go to the store and buy Thomas' English muffins...so I made them from scratch! They were really yummy and we decorated them with carrot eyes and broccoli mouths. The kids enjoyed it and so did we. PJ helped me put on the cheese and then Emmy arrived and that was the end of that and I was left to decorate the eyes and mouths for myself.