It must be in his genes...

In the past two weeks, Austin has had a serious breakthrough when it comes to reading on his own. In fact, it's really only been about six weeks or so that he has even been reading books at all. Granted, we have played around with BOB Books for several months, but until recently, it was always a lot of work for Austin to read even simple three letter words.

However, like I said, since Christmas, Austin has just taken flight when it comes to reading, and he actually likes it. Joseph and I are both lovers of books, so we couldn't be more proud.

To illustrate how far Austin has come, let me tell you

What have we been doing?

We've been busy with life... I have lots of pictures and videos to share when I have the time and motivation to do some blogging.

I also want to write some more about melancholy.

Oh, and I need to start another children's book series to highlight the best early reader books. Yes, Austin is reading! We are headed to the library right now, in fact.

Bye for now.

Who's Mr. Mustache?

A few weeks ago, I took the boys to the library for a special magic show. It was all very silly, but Austin just loved it.

Oh, how easily it is to amuse a 5 year old.

Mr. Mustache is the magician.

Do the Next Thing

I've had a productive Saturday so far, and that makes me happy.

Saturdays are usually pretty lame around here as Joseph works Friday nights and usually sleeps for much of the day. I would love to schedule a playdate with friends for every Saturday morning, but that isn't usually possible (since most people hang out with their husbands on Saturdays).

Instead of wasting the day away (waiting for Joseph to wake up), today I got busy cleaning, doing laundry, etc, and now

Grieving for my friend

This weekend has been hard. My thoughts have been consumed with prayer for my sweet friend Kim, whose husband, Stacy, died suddenly on Friday in a car accident here in Louisville. They have two young children, one of whom is