Hot Chocolate Boy

After sledding, Dexter warmed up with some hot chocolate.

He drank it dry in record time.

Sufficient for Sledding

We finally got enough snow for sledding so Dexter and Daddy headed out to two sledding spots this morning.  Dexter got to do his first, ever, run down the hill all by himself!

  He also had the pleasure of pulling the sled back up the hill.

One of the spots overlooked a quarry so Daddy and Dexy got to watch the big trucks clear snow in the big hole.

Rhyme Time and Reading

Dexter has always loved books and started "reading along" about a year ago.  This was largely memorization of the story and looking at pictures for clues.  He wasn't actually reading the words.  But lately, Dexter has been really interested in actually reading words.  He sounds out written words and asks how words we use in conversation are spelled.  Yesterday, Daddy almost choked on his BBQ when Dexter said, "Daddy, you spell edge: E, D, G, E."

Dexy has also been rhyming like crazy.  I think they have been doing this at school. Yesterday, it was a half hour rhyming session with Dexy rhyming all sorts of words (both real and make believe).  I was able to keep a straight face when he rhymed a work with "yuck" that starts with "f". He didn't know what it meant and continued on with other rhymes.