The Wilson Troop: Book Worm

Saturday, October 25, 2008

Book Worm

Olivia started 2nd grade this year! I can't believe how old she is...she'll be turning 8 in February and is excited to be baptized. Here is a picture of her on her 1st day of 2nd Grade!

Olivia has changed so much in the last year. A year ago she was still struggling with reading Dr. Seuss books, and now she is reading 100+ page chapter books in one night! I really saw an improvement when her school did their Eager Reader program. The kids record their reading minutes and get prizes for the number of minutes they read every day. That was when she started reading without us sitting by her, coaching her. I think she realized that she could read more minutes if she didn't have to wait for Mark or I to be available. Now we have to tell her to turn her light off at night and go to sleep. It has been so fun to watch her develop a true love of books!

3 comments:

Heather said...: That's great about Olivia. She's so cute. It's amazing what happens when a child decides they want to do something rather than you forcing them.; October 26, 2008 at 7:19 PM
Unknown said...: I love it when your cousins grow up; September 25, 2010 at 3:07 PM
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Kid Quotes

8/09: Mark's been working a lot of hours lately. This is Ella's commentary on that. E: I want daddy to quit his job at the hospable and go work at a grocery store. That way he will be there when we go there.
2/09: Annie wanted to go on a bike ride, but she realized that I do not have a bike. She said, "That's okay mommy, someday my bike will grow into your size." I was then distracted and doing other things when I heard Annie open the door to the garage. I couldn't see her, but I asked her what she was doing. She replied, "I'm going out to water my bike so it can grow for you!" She had literally gotten a cup and filled it up with water, put her shoes on, and was heading out to the garage to "water my bike".
2/09: We were babysitting my neice Violet and Annie was throwing a fit. I told her she needed to be quiet because Baby Vi was asleep. Annie said in a sassy voice, "I don't care!" I then told her she would have to go to her room if she woke her up and she said, "Well, I can get out!"...so sassy!
2/09: The other day we were driving through a neighborhood and Ella kept calling it a "Robin Hood". It took me forever to figure out what she was talking about.
The other day we got our Christmas tree, and this was the comment I overheard from Olivia: "What should we put on the top of the tree...I know, a picture of me!" You might think she was joking, but she was dead serious.
The other day I was driving and I was anxious because I was going to be really late picking Olivia up. Annie wanted to talk to me while I was trying to concentrate on driving and I told her I couldn't talk right then because I was sad. She looked at me and said, "You sad? But you da mom!".