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September went so fast I can't believe it is over already. The girls are loving their new brother.  We are slowly getting back into the swing of things again. My mom has gone home, we miss her so much already.
  Morgann had her 3rd birthday she is getting so big. Thankfully grandma was here for her party, she loved it. Of course she had a froggy birthday cake and got either frogs or trucks for all her gifts. She is so not a girly-girl but she is still a cutie pie. Hopefully next week I will get her cake pictures up. She helped me make it so it isn't anything great, but she loved it.
  I have to thank Sheri (http://www.homeschoolblogger.com/RollsLife/) for another great idea. I have been trying to get  my oldest daughter Katelyn who is 8 more into reading and writing. Well we have been working with the Story starter idea Sheri posted some time ago and when stopping by this weekend for a visit to her blog I got another great idea I borrowed. Katelyn now has her own blog(http://www.homeschoolblogger.com/knt) and she loves the idea. She has been writing all weekend, with out being made too. She has to complete the story and then she can post it. She is also wanting to post pictures and a short bit about her weekly art class. Not only is she taken to writing but she wants to stop by Richies and Devan's blog and read their last stories too. Finally something to get her wanting to not only write, but read too. We have struggled for so long with her reading and writing and for her to ask to do either is music to my ears, and is going to help her allot in her reading class too. Her blog is empty but hopefully in a day or two she has at lest one of her stories up. I am trying to make it more child looking, but she picked out what is there. Now Breanna wants one too, so look out for a post saying I gave in and let my 6 year old start blogging too. Although Breanna loves to read and write so really I expect her blog to fill up very quickly once I let her open it. I think for her birthday I will let her open one. I want for now it to be something special for Katelyn so she doesn't give up on it. She struggles so much more then Breanna in reading and seeing Breanna just get it with out a problem makes it harder for Katelyn and makes her not want to do it even more.