Reading

 Eliza and I have been working on sounds of letters and putting them together in a word.. like when we are getting dressed and just talking. Anyway, this morning as I was doing her hair she said "Angel Soft" 70 grams then told me she had it memorized from a commercial. She thought the % sign meant grams. Tonight she came to me and asked if I could help her read a book. So we started. We read Nighty-Night just a simple one. She was able to read "to, and, time, favorite, sleep, her and as" ALL BY HERSELF! She is such a smart girl!! At first I thought she just had it memorized but you could tell her little gears were working and she was really trying to sound out the words. Every now and then she was just throw out a word and I realized it was always right before a word she did know. I think she was trying to rush to the next one. I am betting my little five year old will be reading before the end of the year!

Elaine's First Day Of Nursery!

  Today is Elaine's first day of Nursery. Cant believe how fast time has flown! It's a little intimidating with her being our last I will no longer have an excuse to walk in the hallway at church ;) Leah is still in nursery until the beginning of the year so hopefully Elaine will adjust well to not being with Daddy(she is definitely a Daddy's girl) 

Kitty Named Twix

My mom ran into the room I was in and said "Laura the dogs got  kitten" I said "okay...(thinking it was already dead)" and she ran outside barefoot and all across the gravel and rescued this little kitten that Matt ended up naming Twix. My mom decided she wanted to keep it and Eliza and Elaine fell in love. Leah didn't care for the kitten too much after about five minutes :) Well we went to the store bought the kitty milk and some other things. She was doing great the first day we had her she was loving on the girls and was super calm. Well the next night she looked like she may have gotten a cold, was getting super fiesty, didnt want to be more than a foot off the ground, and when every she walked she looked drunk and only walked backwards but it was too late and nothing was open around here. The next morning after we dropped Eliza off at school we took Twix to the vet and they told us she tested positive for feline leukemia. She was about 4wks old but she was so starved that the disease was already hurting her. They told us if we did get the antibiotics for her cold that she would only live three weeks maybe and be in a lot of pain. So we decided to put her down. They girls took it fairly well. I think My mom and I cried the most. Its surprising how such small little creatures can capture your heart in a short amount of time but this little girl did. She was part of the Player family only three days.. 

First Day Of Kindergarten

Today was Eliza's first day of Kindergarten. She was so excited to go she has been asking to go to Kindergarten since she was three years old. It seems like yesterday we just brought her home. I know she is ready she had an amazing preschool teacher last year.

 When she got home I asked her what her teacher was like and she said busy, busy, busy!  She also said it's hard :) So I think it will take some time for her to adjust to the 7 hour day and rules(she is our rule pusher) but she will do so well. She is such a talented little spirit and I am grateful she is part of our family!

Surprise Visitor

 We got a surprise visit from Uncle Billy tonight. He was in town and decided to pay us a visit. I am so glad he did we love Uncle Billy and Aunt Nancy so any chance we get to see them is great. He spent a while with us just talking and had dinner it was nice. He also assisted Matt in giving Eliza a back to school blessing and a blessing for me. During the blessing I could swear Dad Player was holding my hand which surprised me that I didn't feel my dads presence but it was the neatest feeling. The girls took to Uncle Billy like they see him everyday. Especially the baby.. I guess that saying about babies just knowing the heart of the person is true. 

He reminds us so much of Dad Player

Three Generations

She couldn't get enough of him!