A Sarah Post

It baffles me that I have two daughters who are so close in age and so different in basically every way.  And yet, they love each other and play together so well.  It was worth the difficult first year to have these two together in our family.

Whole30 with Sarah was an interesting experience.  She loves lots of healthy foods, but there are also lots she doesn't like.  But she was always able to find a healthy alternative when what we were eating didn't work for her.  She did have a few low blood sugar meltdowns.  But she noticed changes in her body and overall felt pretty good on whole30.  She was really devastated to miss out on birthday treats from her classmates, so she is excited to be finishing up reintroducing foods this week.

Sarah got her report card this week.  She is in "Hi-Cap" or the highly capable class.  So it was pretty normal that her report card was mostly 4s (above grade level).  She is a confident learner who has been encouraged by an amazing team of teachers this year.  She won't stop reading!  She loves to read in the bathroom.  Sometimes I have to turn off the light to get her to come out (she got that from her dad).  She is rocking piano.  I am super proud of how quickly and easily they are adding the second hand, including playing chords.  I am using an adult book and trying to keep up with them, but they are going to pass me by.
Sarah is into walking on the treadmill to watch her shows.  She finished her "marathon" just a few days after Ben finished his.  She loves her friends at school and is kind to everyone.

Sarah also loves Story of the World and wants to listen to it every time we are in the car.  (It is Ben that isn't super into it).  When we went to the BYU folkdancers last night, she and Libby were both so excited to see dances from the places we have been learning about in Story of the World.  We played 20 questions the other day and Sarah's "people" and "places" she wanted us to guess were all from teh history she has been learning.

Sarah is becoming quite the detective as we are playing CLUE at least a couple of times a week.  Actually, the character she decides to play (and this changes every game) has been the murderer a disproportionate number of times.  But she is also the only kids to beat me, and she has done it twice!

Sarah's other favorite pastime (especially for meal time conversation) is to hear stories from the lives of everyone present.  She has asked me so many times I feel like I have run out of stories.  Sarah especially loves to hear about April Fools pranks, and the ones Geneva pulled on her kids are the most favorite.  Watch out, this year April Fools is probably going to be off the hook around here.

Love this girl!!

Her outfits astound me.  But she will wear basically anything, and that is a blessing!

Sarah with her new pierced ears.  She is so proud of them!  I'm still helping a little with her shampooing in the shower, but she is doing the rest on her own.  

Easter dress option I bought.  We didn't keep it, but she looked so cute!

We went to Learn to Skate again yesterday (Ben was at a birthday party, so it was just us girls).  Sarah is getting better.  She still isn't picking up her left foot, but she is moving with more speed!