Noah Learns To Read......Almost....

Yesterday, we took a walk as a family around the neighborhood. Mostly, for exercise. Inadvertently, however, it seems to entertain the neighbors. You see, there are only sporadic sidewalks in our neighborhood and so we have a system to get safely around and safely home. Whoever has the stroller and Katie goes first, then Nick, Noah, Abbie, Gwen, Matt, and then the other parent follows at the rear to keep the ducklings together. This "stair-step" effect sets off a reaction when we walk.

Everything from low whistles of disbelief to a little sweet girl saying, "Mommy, look! It's a big huge family!!"...God bless her! She was so excited!

Well, on this particular walk, we were trying to prompt Noah to sound out the green street signs. We came to our own street and wanted Noah to tell us which way to turn after reading the sign. He was struggling, so we helped him sound the letters out to come up with 'Golf'.

"Gu...ol....lef."

Then we asked him to repeat.

"Goal....eff."

Repeat again.

"Goal..iff."

Not...quite...

Then, Noah got that "aha!" moment and said, "I got it!"

"Go Left!!"