Friday, August 22, 2008

The last 2 weeks... less math, "peep" a DS? and 4 months!

So here are a few updates:)
Colin turned 7! We had a very low key celebration...he got 75.00 in gift cards and $$$ and has since then tried to convince Jonathan and I to fork over a little more and let him get a DS! The "debate" is still ongoing. Besides starting school 2 weeks ago I also started potty training Lauren. She has really done great, we have had our share of accidents (about 1 a day for the first week) but she would simply say "oh, sorry mom, I 'peep' on the potty next time" she looks adorable in little panties and has kept her pull ups pretty dry during naps and bed...Taylor is doing well and working through some tween seasons of her own. we have had some really good conversations lately and I am praying for fruit to be produced:) She was extremely pleased when I announced math was taking just too long and we were going to cut our usual 30 problems into 15! I know she was thinking who are you and where is my evil teacher/mom from last year?? Sadie just turned 4 months!!! I cant believe how fast time has gone by! I love watching her grow and show us her little personality. She has started crying/screaming now when she gets mad, she rarely does this so its almost comical to Jonathan and I when she does, we try to tell her we have had much worse;) She went for a well check up this past Wednesday, she weighed 13 lbs. 13 oz. and she was 25 1/4 ins. long. She is "recovering" from her battle wounds...3 shots, it was so sad. She just stared at me with her big eyes, giving me the "why would you let them do this to me" look. That seems to sum up our last 2 weeks, minus the numerous opportunities the Lord allowed me to have to train my children in the way they should go, and the 4 days of rain, our pool has now officially overflowed and I believe there are about 2000 frogs that have had their honeymoon outside of our home (I hate frogs! Weren't they part of the plague series??)

Monday, August 11, 2008

We Started....

We Started our 7th year of Home Schooling this morning. It went very well! We kept it low key and will continue to do so for this first week but I can tell its going to be a great year:) I also found out that I am going to need a lot more planned activities to keep Miss Lauren busy! She just wants to be doing everything her big brother and Sissy are doing and she is pretty sure of herself that she can do it better then they can. Sadie is doing wonderful on her new schedule that we began last week. She is going to bed better and has nice structure to her day now...though as I type I can hear her cooing in her bed! Ahhh! I cant believe I have a 6th grader!!!