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Wednesday, September 22, 2010

Update on the Kiddos

Jonah
Jonah is enjoying Kindergarten. He has been reading pretty much since he started. He came into Kindergarten well-prepared, having already known what most of the letters sound like. The Spaulding phonics program his school uses is doing wonders for him, and he is sounding out more hard-to-read words. He reads Dick and Jane books every night, almost all by himself! I'm pretty proud and excited that he can read and that he likes it. He hasn't told me much else about Kindergarten, except that he likes Music, P.E., and going to the library. I was able to go in a few weeks ago as a volunteer, and from what I can see, he is doing pretty well at school. I'm not sure if he is making friends or not, but Jonah isn't really a people person, so he might just prefer to play alone.

Other than that, Jonah is loving Let's Play Music, a pre-piano program he is in. He is still into Star Wars, Waldo books, and art projects. I can't believe he's going to be 6 soon!

Eden
Eden is still loving preschool in Miss Amy's class. She is a goofball and charms everyone she meets. She still needs to learn her alphabet- she only recognizes the letter E, which she thinks is her name. I'm going to try and start working with her using the phonics program from Jonah's school.

Eden is going to play T-ball this fall. After last year, I figured I would put her in so I didn't have to hear any more whining about why she couldn't play while Jonah was. I think she'll like it, and even if she's no good, it might help get some energy out!

Eden gave her first talk in Primary a while ago, and she did a great job.

Levi
Levi just had a screening appointment to get tested for speech. His articulation is far worse than the other two kids' was, so I'm pretty confident he'll make it into the program. He made it past the initial screening, and now we have to do all the paperwork and go back in the next few weeks. They are usually pretty quick with the process, but since there's a two week Fall break, we might have to wait a while. I hope he gets into the program. It would really help him out, I think. It's nice that Eden already goes, so he could ride the bus with her. Levi has pretty much grown up with the bus coming to our house to pick up either Jonah or Eden, so I'm sure he'd adjust fine.

Levi is also going to be playing T-ball, and I'm sure he'll love it!

Levi is still addicted to his favorite toys/characters: Fred from Scooby Doo, Prince Phillip, Sir Tyrone the knight, elephants in general, and his green car. Maybe it's a third child thing- like most things get taken away from them, so they hold onto their toys like they're pieces of gold :)

Saturday, September 18, 2010

I-Spy Swap!

I participated in an I-Spy fabric swap a while ago, and now I am hosting one on my craft blog! If you love to sew or quilt or know someone who does, come check it out!

Monday, September 13, 2010

Levi's 3rd Birthday!

Levi actually turns three on Wednesday, but we decided to have a very small get-together on Saturday evening instead. The kids were excited to see their Grandpa and Grandma Shirley. Levi wasted no time in showing Grandma the crown I made him for his birthday.
Grandma and Grandpa brought Levi a Spiderman balloon, which he loved.
Levi wanted to have a Backyardigans party, since one of the characters he is obsessed with is Sir Tyrone. Of course I couldn't find anything with Tyrone as a knight, so he settled for just plain old Backyardigans.
Pablo came to the party
as well as Uniqua
and Tyrone.
We ate some dinner...
and opened presents. Levi asked for a watch this year (this kid is into the most random things!) and lucky for him, I found a digital Tyrone watch at Party City for 2 bucks! Perfect!
He got some Toy Story, trains, and Star Wars loot.
But his favorite toy of all was...
a plush Prince Phillip and sword from Grandpa and Grandma Willard. He had to have it next to him as we sang "Happy Birthday" in a very bad key, chosen by Eden.

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Then we devoured the Tyrone cake.
Happy Birthday, Levi! We love you and can't imagine life without you! You sure keep us smiling!

Tuesday, September 7, 2010

Tired...

I finally read The Hunger Games. In around 15 hours. If you haven't read the book yet, my advice is not to start at 8pm like I did. I went to sleep that night at 3:30am. Basically, I was a vegetable with a headache for the next day or so. It's nice having the kids in school, because it gives me a chance to take a nap if need be.

I guess I'm not the only tired one. I found Levi like this today...
I am now on to Catching Fire. I forced myself to do some painting before I could start it, so last night Peter and I finally painted the part of my stairway that has been two-toned for the last, I don't know, year? If you've been to my house, you know where I'm talking about. We are getting there slowly but surely! I still have some touching up to do, and the top half of a tall wall. Maybe I can get myself to do it before Mockingjay!