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"A" is for Ally

I mentioned in a previous post that ANY words or letters that Ally sees, she thinks they spell ALLY. She will say "A L L L L L Y ... Ally!" to ANY words! She has learned to spot a capital A and pick it out when she sees it. Well, just last week, she was out in our garage "helping" me do some work. She had a marker and I was letting her draw on a cardboard box. She, predictably, started saying "ALLY" and pointing. I looked, expecting to see her pointing to an A on the box. She was pointing to an A, but it was one that she drew herself! Since then, she has been an "A fanatic" and writes A's on EVERYTHING! This past Sunday, when we went to pick her up from SS, we noticed all of the kids' art work lined up outside the classroom. We looked down the line to see some scribbles and lines and "drawing", and there was Ally's paper - covered in A's! We just cracked up! She even "A'd" her tummy -- it's upside down, so she can read it!

Strawberries!

Can I just say how happy we are that Ally "visits" Miss Sheryl ("Mi Garal", as Ally says) each week. Today, she picked strawberries with Linzi! How fun is that? Sheryl got some great pics too. Ally has not been fond of eating much fruit, except the occasional bananna, since we got home from China. Today was not much different, but Miss Sheryl said she did take a few bites. She, of course, did eat all of the cool whip that was on the strawberries when they got back to the house!

Wrapping up 8th Grade

Sara was so excited on Saturday night. Her friend, Brittani, hosted a "formal dinner" party to celebrate finishing 8th grade (well, almost). All of the girls got dressed up, ate dinner, did a photo shoot, and ended the night with sweets and a movie. They were all so cute and dressed up! Sara had so much fun and had looked forward to the party for weeks!