Cousin pics, sentences and stories

A photo shoot of my two favorite girlies! 

Kristi and Sophie are like long lost sisters! 

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My new sis in law showing her new engagement ring to Grammy!

News on the Sohie Front:

OnWednesday of this week, I introduced Sophie to the concept of sentences~ subjects and verbs. I continued to be amazed at how fast she is picking up the English language. She wrote the following sentences on her own from her spelling list words.

I like to play with Katya in the back yard on the swing.
Sophie loves Cocoa and Nittany. ( our dogs)
I jump on the trampoline.
The puff is fuzzy.
The cat is bad.

On Thursday, she excitedly shared that she wanted to write her own story. She sat diligently at the kitchen table for 3 hours while I spelled words on the board that she requested. Below is her story about Cindrelli.

                                                          Cinderelli 3
Cinderelli is sad because the step mother is mean to her. Because the slipper fits Anastasia, the stepmother said that she can not go go the ball. The stepmother made Cinderelli clean the floors and she was tired. All the mice helped Cinderelli. Gus and Jack watched the Prince love Anastasia and Prince gave her a ring. Gus  Gus and Jack Jack Gus went up to the little, dark, yucky room and told Cinderelli. The Fairy God Mother threw the magic wand on the floor and Anastasia picked it up. She told step mother it was real, but the step mother said it was a stick. The End