Our Inspired Journey

Thank you to all of you who prayed for and contributed to Cole's reading campaign/fundraiser these past few weeks! As I said in a past post, Cole really has taken to reading! Where before he'd spend every spare moment he had with his trucks and cars, he now gives books a fair amount of his free time!!! It's SOOOO much fun for John and I to turn a corner (after he seems WAY to quiet, which usually means he's up to no good!) and find him reading a book on the couch. We really feel like he's growing up in so many ways, this being one of them.

We know that these past few weeks with a renewed emphasis on literacy in our home and the homes of Cole's friends from school, have given us all the jump start we needed! I love reading to the boys and Cora, but it's not always easy with varying attention spans :) Ryder would sit as long I I read to him while Cole would rather turn the pages as fast as he could, which inevitably frustrates Ryder!!! Well, we've certainly begun to find a happy medium lately as Ryder's patience grows, and Cole's interest level has risen considerably in hearing the stories! I know too, that Cole seeing Ryder reading by himself has helped jump start his interest for trying it himself. These boys really love each other, and its becoming more and more obvious to John and I each day why God picked these two to be brothers. They are very different, but have already learned so much from each other and grown incredibly because of the influence the other has had on them. And boy, can they wrestle!!! Here they are in matching PJs my grandparents sent :)

I took this picture a few nights ago when John and I found that Cole had snuck out of his room to join Ryder in our bed where Ryder starts out each night before we move him to the room they share. He just wanted to be with his brother :)