Driving Lessons

A teacher. Ask Kaliese what she wants to be when she grows up and that's what she will tell you every time. Some of it comes from me substituting last year, but I think mostly it comes from having such wonderful teachers care for her.

For now, she practices on her brother. Believe it or not he is a very eager and willing student. In the picture above she is showing him how to put his foot on the pedal and how to turn the wheel and you can tell he is not missing a word of it. She also goes over his letters and sounds with him. Showing him each one and having him repeat after her. He sits patiently beside her repeating everything she asks him to. He also loves for her to read to him. Now that she can actually read pretty well (instead of just describe pictures in her own words) it is one of their favorite things to do together.

So far, she is an amazing teacher. Especially if the enthusiam of her student is any indication!



Treasure of the day:

These angelic moments...they are really not so few and far between. And lucky for him too, because that precious look gets him out of more trouble. In the midst of chaos, or one of his more rebellious stances, those big brown eyes just soothe the raging beast that would sentence him to eternal time-out! Both of my children have that power. I could be having the worst day, and when I come to the point of crossing the line into being frustrated with my children its like God gives them a visible halo and their adorability factor goes through the roof. In those moments they can say and do the sweetest things. It is truly a blessing to me daily and those precious faces are forever imprinted in my mind.