Reading time with Madison! Video fixed so everyone can watch it, Sorry

Madison is bringing home little books to read and she is to read them to everyone in the house to practice. She is very good actually. I have to say of the 4 kids (and I know it's not a good thing to compare) she is probably the smartest and this school stuff is a breeze for her where the others had a little more struggles to read at the begining. Yes she makes mistakes but here is a video of her reading this only the second time they have brought home books and up until this week they were just learning basics of how to read and all those stupid rules that are part of the english language when it comes to reading. Take a look!!

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Isn't she cute! In case you don't know what bunny trails are it is a phrase we have used since we were in high school. Basically when you get side tracked on something and get off topic. Madison is well known for doing it! It is me and her uncle Josh commenting in the background.

Did you notice her clothes? She is wearing a tshirt and capri pants with out shoes or anything and she is reading outside. That is my girl. She changes when she gets home and even though it is 40 degrees outside she insists she isn't cold. Weird kid.

She is doing great in school this year so far except she is, well, being Madison. Some of you have heard us use the phrase "Maddie time" before. That means she does everything on her own time. There is no speeding her up, it will really only slow things down. She eats slow, but she enjoys her food and never gets the side effects like some with hiccups! She takes her time doing any form of work but things like her school work are done very well. She also has this issue with her attitude! See the shirt?

Fits her perfectly!

I think she has great handwritting for a 1 st grader. The scanner didn't pick it up very well and you can't see there is an "s" on the columbus. The teacher told them the line and they had to write it themselves. She did pretty good didn't she? She spelled things correctly even.

Can you tell I'm a proud mama to my Maddie roo.....

I do plan on some posts on how the other kids are doing at school as well since we moved but I probably will post those around once a week or something. I signed up for NaBloPoMo and you can see the link on my sidebar. In case you are wondering about the picture on the link that is Madison a couple of years ago. She fell asleep with a stuffed doggie on her head! Anyway about the NaBloPoMo I am working on what I will fill each day with and have some ideas. We will have Joshua, Kenzie and Kelly's birthday that month and I plan on doing something similar to what I did before Izzaks birthday in April where I show pictures and give bits of info on them up till now but I probably won't do it the same exact way. I'm sure I will have no problem posting every day though. I am never at a loss for words!