Sisters

Anna and Audrey are notorious for fighting and being exact opposites in just about everything they do and say. Lately, I have been taking double takes when I see them together because not only are they not fighting, but they team up and work together to achieve whatever it is they are trying to do. Tonight was the best example yet of my girls getting along. Audrey is definitely the boss, but Anna doesn't seem to mind the directions being forced at her. I told Audrey maybe she should encourage Anna to do her homework instead of play games, and the next time I turned around, Audrey had Anna at the table working on her math.

It was simple subtraction problems 1-10's and Anna had several practice sheets. Anna had one and Audrey had one. Audrey instructed both of them to put their names at the top and begin working. Anna of course was much faster, but Audrey seemed to grasp the concept quite well. We counted on fingers and she was able to understand that if you have 8 apples and you eat 3 of them you come up with 5. She was also doing well writing her numbers legibly and I was proud of both of them for their efforts at working together. Even if it was just Anna's homework and not Audrey's.

You can tell from the photos they are deep in thought and very serious about their education at the moment. Grandma Westerberg would be so proud.