1. Emma
started third grade...
has three different teachers
started another year of preschool
has lost ten teeth in all and has six loose ones
in the spring performed in her first ballet recital...
as a candy cane
fed birds at the zoo with them sitting on her head and shoulder
enjoys playing with her friendstakes piano lessons again...
doesn't really like it but...
she is getting so much better!
swam in her first swim meets... loved them
still has braces....
for one more week....
LOVES to read!!!
One quick story... the other day she told me that she wanted to be like me. I said "why, I am not a nice mom, I'm mean".. to which she said... I LOVE YOU! AHHH. Maybe I am doing something right???
2. Rachael
started second grade
started piano lessons
danced in her first recital ... also as a candy cane
swam in swim team
loves to draw
writes love notes to us all the time
ran her first mile with me and Emma...
and did pretty good
likes to play dolls with her sisters
is a total junk-food junkie
learned to ride a Emma's bike...
which she insisted was too big for her
is the first to comfort someone hurt..
or in trouble
has discovered not all teachers are created equal
she has moved her pin more in second grade than K and 1st combined
turned seven
did all the dishes by herself
is my little helper!!!
3. Madeline
started another year of preschoolturned four
finally learned her letters... and can write them too
loves playing with Avery
can pump herself while swinging
is a very picky eater
still sleeps with her bunny
found elephant at a friends house after being missing for a long time...
now sleeps with it too
loves to watch television
used to love scooby doo...
I think it has gotten too scary
cut her own hair
loves me to sing to her at night
(my favorite requests are for the blah blah song, sung to twinkle twinkle)
often sings a song to me at night, one of her made up ones
loves her older sisters to pieces
still sleeps with a pull-up on (I know, I need to work on that)
loves to dance with daddy
4. Jacob
is one handsome little man
turned two in July
out weighs his older sister by five pounds
has bigger feet than her also
LOVES trains, trucks
spoke his first audible word... TRUCK
started speech therapy this fall
still isn't sure if he likes his hair cut
sleeps with his blanket...
and drags it around everywhere
is binky-free...
by accident, he lost them all and I decided I didn't want to buy more
LOVES MILK!!! that is his first request in the morning and after naps... milk?
loves to play in rainwater with Madeline
has learned how to unlock the front door
wandered off down the street, across the street and to a neighbors house... (I'll tell that one later)
loves to throw dirt
LOVES to dance (and was quite the hit at the ward party last night)
did I mention how cute he is???
5. Me
celebrated our 12th anniversary
took a trip to Portland to celebrate
trained for another half... but didn't run it (was too sick)
drove to Idaho again
went to see Sugarland with Kayla
won the annual ward chili cook-off... really?
loves to bake, read, run, play with her kids, watch movies
loves her family!!!
6. Bryan
rode in the Hotter'n @#!*% 100 mile race
flew to Idaho
took the family to the top of the world in Wyoming
works for a different company...
loves it there
rides his bike all the time...
in the dark and the cold
tells the best made-up stories to the kids (they are always begging to hear more)
is the best husband and dad in the world!!!
