Friday, October 30, 2015
Wednesday, October 28, 2015
Monday, October 26, 2015
The Kids Update
Kaiya - still busy in dance. Just started 8th grade and even though she probably wouldn't admit it, I think she likes it. She has a lot of friends at school and she likes most of her teachers (except 1). The activities leader already asked her to dance for the first pep assembly during school. She is already planning and choreographing her dance she will be doing for her school talent show. In JUNE NEXT YEAR!!! ha ha. She makes me laugh. Kaiya has been home more which has been nice. Jett loves hanging out with her. She has her 1st big babysitting job this Friday night. Four kids from 4:30 until 10pm! During the summer I used her a lot to watch the kids so I could run to the store etc. She went to her first Kentwood H.S. football game last Friday and LOVED it!! Even though she is in Middle School a lot of her school friends were there. Cirdan and I sat about 10 rows up from her and kept an eye on her. She wanted us to just drop her off because, "it's not even ghetto there." HA yeah right. We picked up one of her school friends and took her with. I am glad she is finally hanging out with other kids besides her dance 'family'.
Ella - she is super excited that she can now eat gluten. Ha ha. I got her retested and she still can't have dairy she is now able to have some wheat and corn products. I went out and bought her a box of Life cereal. She missed it so much!! Ella is also really busy with dance. She moved up a level which means more hours at the studio. Ella loves school. She misses Ms. Borgmann a ton but she likes her new teacher. Her uncle Nate even had her teacher when he was in elementary school. She has made new friends this year and always asks for play dates. She has fun playing with the twins that live next door. I started reading Amelia Bedelia books with her. She fought me all summer to not read but I think I finally have her convinced that reading is fun. We read every night together. It has been really fun. Ella loves her brothers very much and is always trying to be a little mom to them. Ella is really into fashion and accessories. She loves scarfs and necklaces. She loves cute clothes and planning her outfits. I love this about Ella!!! :)
Jett - Jett rocked his soccer game last Saturday and he is finally coming out of his shell!! I really think hanging out with Kaiya all summer and Kaiya's friends has really helped. He also took a hip hop class and at first he was super duper shy but by the end of the summer he really loved it and went all out! Jett had his first day of preschool this week and said he met a friend (even though he didn't remember their name). He likes his new preschool. He is a really good big brother and looks out for Cannon. He also laughs at Cannon's funny jokes. They get a long so well. They fight a lot but they also love on each other and give each other big hugs (while choking one another). Jett is still small and petite but he is the most adorable little boy ever!!! (tied with Cannon) He LOVES toys and everything to do with toys. If I let him he would spend hours walking up and down the toy aisle at the store. I don't take him to the store with me very much for that same reason. He also loves McDonald's just for the toys. He begs for a happy meal but really doesn't want the food. Just the surprise inside. He has started to play video games. I don't know how I feel about it but it does give me some quiet time during the day :). He is actually REALLY good and can beat most people at Mario Cart. It's crazy to watch.
Cannon - he is my crazy boy. I never know what I am going to get with him. I am now finally starting to trust him enough to take him out in public ha ha. He either does really well or not at all. I am starting to realize that he is a really good boy but if he eats an ounce of sugar he turns into crazy boy. We have been staying away from candy and Cannon. Bad mix. He likes his class at church finally. I start talking about it on Saturday and he always says, "I cry at my class". But he doesn't anymore. I have to remind him that he loves his class and he doesn't cry. A couple weeks ago I peeked in on him and he had taken off his tie and shirt and was wearing his slacks and his wife beater undershirt. It was kind of funny. I went to pick him up on Sunday and he started dragging a boy by the collar of the shirt towards me. I rushed over and told him to stop. He said, "there is room in my car, we have a seat in the car". He wanted to bring his new friend home. He loves to watch TV and has his favorite shows that changes every few weeks. He is finally starting to get into books and loves to read Words Are Not For Hurting. He even tries to read it to Cirdan and I and he gets most of the pages correct. It is so cute. He tried soccer but it didn't work out...maybe in the spring. This week he started preschool. First day didn't go so well but hoping tomorrow (2nd day) will be better. We have been talking about not laying under the table and sitting on our chairs.
Ella - she is super excited that she can now eat gluten. Ha ha. I got her retested and she still can't have dairy she is now able to have some wheat and corn products. I went out and bought her a box of Life cereal. She missed it so much!! Ella is also really busy with dance. She moved up a level which means more hours at the studio. Ella loves school. She misses Ms. Borgmann a ton but she likes her new teacher. Her uncle Nate even had her teacher when he was in elementary school. She has made new friends this year and always asks for play dates. She has fun playing with the twins that live next door. I started reading Amelia Bedelia books with her. She fought me all summer to not read but I think I finally have her convinced that reading is fun. We read every night together. It has been really fun. Ella loves her brothers very much and is always trying to be a little mom to them. Ella is really into fashion and accessories. She loves scarfs and necklaces. She loves cute clothes and planning her outfits. I love this about Ella!!! :)
Jett - Jett rocked his soccer game last Saturday and he is finally coming out of his shell!! I really think hanging out with Kaiya all summer and Kaiya's friends has really helped. He also took a hip hop class and at first he was super duper shy but by the end of the summer he really loved it and went all out! Jett had his first day of preschool this week and said he met a friend (even though he didn't remember their name). He likes his new preschool. He is a really good big brother and looks out for Cannon. He also laughs at Cannon's funny jokes. They get a long so well. They fight a lot but they also love on each other and give each other big hugs (while choking one another). Jett is still small and petite but he is the most adorable little boy ever!!! (tied with Cannon) He LOVES toys and everything to do with toys. If I let him he would spend hours walking up and down the toy aisle at the store. I don't take him to the store with me very much for that same reason. He also loves McDonald's just for the toys. He begs for a happy meal but really doesn't want the food. Just the surprise inside. He has started to play video games. I don't know how I feel about it but it does give me some quiet time during the day :). He is actually REALLY good and can beat most people at Mario Cart. It's crazy to watch.
Cannon - he is my crazy boy. I never know what I am going to get with him. I am now finally starting to trust him enough to take him out in public ha ha. He either does really well or not at all. I am starting to realize that he is a really good boy but if he eats an ounce of sugar he turns into crazy boy. We have been staying away from candy and Cannon. Bad mix. He likes his class at church finally. I start talking about it on Saturday and he always says, "I cry at my class". But he doesn't anymore. I have to remind him that he loves his class and he doesn't cry. A couple weeks ago I peeked in on him and he had taken off his tie and shirt and was wearing his slacks and his wife beater undershirt. It was kind of funny. I went to pick him up on Sunday and he started dragging a boy by the collar of the shirt towards me. I rushed over and told him to stop. He said, "there is room in my car, we have a seat in the car". He wanted to bring his new friend home. He loves to watch TV and has his favorite shows that changes every few weeks. He is finally starting to get into books and loves to read Words Are Not For Hurting. He even tries to read it to Cirdan and I and he gets most of the pages correct. It is so cute. He tried soccer but it didn't work out...maybe in the spring. This week he started preschool. First day didn't go so well but hoping tomorrow (2nd day) will be better. We have been talking about not laying under the table and sitting on our chairs.
'Holiday' and Boys
My boy
He said...."I want to go on a holiday!!!"
Thanks Peppa Pig for teaching my 3 year old 'english'
Friday, October 9, 2015
Seahawks Game
Raising the flag
After the game we met my cousin Steph and Brodi to eat. Lots of laughs.
Wednesday, August 19, 2015
Swim and Cheer
8/3
I signed the kids up for swim lessons at a pool in Maple Valley. It was more one on one attention and the kids could be in the same class regardless about what level they are in. I tried to have Cannon take classes but he just wanted to play and didn't understand that it wasn't play time. He had a difficult time waiting for his turn on the side of the pool.
Ava was here for a couple weeks so we signed her up for swimming lessons and dance too! She had a blast being able to do things with the kids rather than just sit and watch.
8/6
Aunt Emily and Uncle Ben came to say goodbye to Ava
The girls had headshots for dance.
Ava and Ella went to cheer camp together at the high school next to our house for a week. They wanted to take a picture every day before class.
Dentist
Another day at cheer
Last day of cheer! They performed for the parents. The girls did great and it was so fun to watch! Ava ended up having a fever but we didn't realize it until we got home. Poor girl. She still did amazing. What a trooper.
Receiving her certificate of achievment
Ava too - blurry though :(
Saturday, August 15, 2015
Lake Meridian
Aug 11th
Taryn let us come play in 'her lake'. The kids had a blast!!! It's the perfect little spot to go. There was little fish in the lake. It didn't creep out the kids but I was a tad creeped out! They were trying to catch the fish in a bucket. Love these memories.
Splashing!
Kaiya and I chilling on the beach. Ava in the back...
Happy Boy!
We were watching the fish in the water. EEK
My little swimmer. She loves to swim!
This makes me think of that Jaws music. Ella is the shark....
I wish I could go back to this right now (It's January). Looks so peaceful.
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