Reading and Writing?

Both kids are keeping busy. Xander has found a love for drawing. He colors with crayons, pens and pencils. If left unattended for a few minutes, he loves to get a hold of something and draw on the walls, stools, doors and floors. I just don't remember Venice doing anything like this or having any interest. Is it that he's a boy? I'm sure it's mostly that I don't watch Xander as closely as I did Venice.

Both kids love to read. Xander can finally sit through a story. He loves anything that has moons in it. So I find myself reading "Goodnight Moon" a lot and the "Going to Bed Book" by Sandra Boynton. He also is now into the "Five Little Pumpkins" that used to be Venice's all time favorite. Venice continues to love reading with us. She loves to have us read her book after book after book. We've gotten a library card and have been using that a lot which sure helps on the book bills we've been racking up. Venice also likes to read to us more and more. She's on her way to learning how to read. She's definitely got a ways to go, but she's showing interest and can read a lot of stories she has memorized.