Monday, February 8, 2016

Reading to Chai

Our public library has a program where elementary students can read to a "listening dog".  Ben loves participating and today he got to read for 15 minutes to a sweet dog named Chai.  Anna wanted to get in on the fun, too, so she sat up front with a book, too.


After ten times, Ben will get a free book from the library.  He is halfway there!!

Thursday, February 4, 2016

Upward!!

Ben and Anna are playing basketball and cheerleading this season with Upward through our church. It has been so fun for both of them!!  This is the first time Ben has played basketball, and he is already scoring baskets each game!!  In fact, he scored the very first basket in the first game for his team.


Each game, they announce the cheerleaders, and one by one, they run through the Upward basketball sign and form a line. Then the cheerleaders cheer for each players as they call them out by teams. They look so cute running out through the big basketball!!


Anna has learned more and more cheers with each game, her favorite one is when they use their megaphone to yell "Defense!" and then bang it on the floor.


Here he is - number "1" in the white jersey, making a basket!