The Oak Park Millers are graduating to a new phase of life. First up we have Jude's actual adorable 'graduation' ceremony from his Alphabet class. The Park District program focused on different letters each week, every class had toys and activities aligned with those letters. What a cute idea.
Grandma Carole, Chuck and uncle Todd joined us for the festivities as we also celebrated an early Christmas with them that day.
I don't think jude will be creating letter charts anytime soon but he is growing in his understanding of letters and showing some reading skills, recognizing words here or there that he sees. He continues to be very verbal. Sitters and teachers now regularly comment on his advanced vocabulary. which is pretty amazing when you consider at two I had to write the emotional post about him needing speech therapy and facing the questions as a parent about what I could have done better. I'm so glad development happens, whether we try/help it or not.
The other development for us is that Kara is going back to work. The full time position is expected to start in the new year. This is a huge adjustment life-shift for us. Please pray for us to work out the many details and to adjust to the day-to-day expectations and new realities that we face in 2013.
Harrison continues to be curious and busy. He is saying words like truck, airplane, ya and car with abandon. he even gave us his first shot at 'thomas' recently.
we hope your graduation from 2012 goes smoothly, safely and with some glimpses of the savior who made christmas possible and a celebration.
