Updates

Since I haven't been very good on updating the blog lately.  I will try to quickly bring you up to speed on some of the things that have been going on.

Thomas and Michael were 2 of 3 top spellers in their class and were able to participate in the Kindergarten - 2nd grade spelling bee at St. Andrew's.

 Out of eight spellers K-2 nd grade Michael came in 2nd.  Here is a quick video of him spelling one of his words.

Ethan is growing fast and always a character!





Michael's artwork in the Dickinson County Scholastic Art Fair



Thomas' artwork in the Dickinson County Scholastic Art Fair

David and I went on dates four weekends in a row!

Both Thomas and Michael have recieved two visits from the tooth fairy.

 

We took Thomas back to see the specialist regarding his Kohler's Disease after Christmas.  Thomas had some x-rays taken of his foot.  The doctor reported that his foot is healing.  We didn't need to limit his activity in anyway.  We also don't have to go back to see the specialist unless he starts to have problems again. 

We are enjoying our new 'old' house.  In September we bought a house that was built in 1886.  It has lots of character and plenty of room for the kids to play.  The backyard has lots of established gardens.  Those will keep me busy this spring.  We are also within walking distance to the park and pool.  We will utilize those frequently when it warms up.

Thomas and Michael are enjoying kindergarten.  They have become very good readers.  They do well in math too as well.

Ethan has finally decided to talk and is very good about making sure we knows what he wants.

Spring Break 2013

Spring break is quickly winding down. We have kept ourselves very busy. We started with a quick trip to St. Louis to visit my family. We stopped in Kansas City and picked up my mom. We had a great visit with family and were able to catch up with old friends.

Thomas, Michael and Ethan with my grandparents.

Thomas looks like he is ready to get to work.

Since David took a couple of days off to come and visit us.  We decided to take the boys to go visit The Magic House in St. Louis.  All three boys had a great time.  One of the highlights was an exhibit featuring the oval office. 

Before

After

Before we left to go to St. Louis I watched Ethan try to climb out of his crib.  I was already planning to add a brown border to his walls when we returned.  Since I was going to be spending the day working in his room.  David and I decided it was time to bring out the toddler bed.  So I sent Ethan to daycare on Thursday and set to work making a big boy room.  It saddened me to have to put his crib away.  What made me even sadder is that he didn't want to rock with me at bedtime.  Our bedtime routine included reading a story and rocking for a couple of minutes.  I hoped that he was just super excited to sleep in his big boy bed and he would want to rock again the next night.  I was very excited to rock with my baby tonight before putting him to bed!  He has made a good transition to his big boy bed so far.  He even had to make sure all his toys were put away before going down for his afternoon nap.  My baby is growing up way too fast! 

The rest of our break will be spent watching basketball and getting small projects done around the house.