Our Life: Trivial Pursuit, carrots for the first time, the new school and Ellie after school

Thursday, April 25, 2013

Trivial Pursuit, carrots for the first time, the new school and Ellie after school

For family home evening this last week we played Trivial Pursuit. We have really enjoyed playing this game together. Spencer is a good sport to go along with it when we play (His favorite FHE always includes wrestling or pillow jumping). I am the big scorer so Grant always wants to be on my team. That makes me feel good. I can't tell you where my cell phone is but I sure have a lot of useless trivia floating around up there.

Josh just likes to be where the family is. Whatever we do together is usually a blast for him.

Joshua tasted his first carrots yesterday. The pictures tells the story much better than I could

He is approaching the 7 month mark. How is this so? My baby is getting so big. I look forward to giving him solids twice a day. This kid needs more food and NOW. He keeps me up way more than he should at this age because he is soooo hungry all the time.

Grant and Spencer are happy with the new school so far. Spencer said, "That he never wants to go anywhere else, because his new school is so awesome!" Grant is thrilled with the happy polite students and fresh start. He opens doors for kids now and they say thank you. At Ober they either didn't notice or glared at him with a nasty remark. He also likes his teacher a lot. So far this change has proven to be a tremendous blessing for my boys and even for me. It feels like a fresh start for everyone. Good bye to all the bad memories that occurred during the Ober years and months. My life, our life is so much more peaceful and secure. I am so blessed, and I hope to be able to bless my children too.

After school we meet up with Ellie and she comes home with us till her mom can get her after work. She is so fun to have around and likes to help out a lot with Josh.

Spencer's teacher has been teaching for 20 years and seems to have a pretty good way with the kids. They seem to like him a lot. I am not sure who the kid in the picture is. He jumped in. :)

This is my after school bunch. I love them.

3 comments:

Jim said...: Love the pictures and the update! Glad the new school seems to be working out.; April 26, 2013 at 5:53 AM
Sandy Brunson said...: My almost 5 month old, Ben, stopped his wiggling for a minute to grin at the pictures of your cute Josh!; April 26, 2013 at 6:07 AM
Mary Ann said...: I don't think I've ever seen a baby that happy to be eating carrots. Super cute! We are excited to see you all next weekend!; April 26, 2013 at 1:51 PM

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Grant 13

Grant is in 7th grade now! He chose to study Mandarin this year as his language elective and his teacher has been really impressed with his talent for picking it up. He loves to play basketball and football whenever he can get a chance. He his currently working on 3 Eagle scout merit badges and continues to love learning. He is a great big brother and plays with his siblings a lot. He likes having his own room and keeps it really clean. Its fun to watch him grow up and talk to him about life and his goals for the future. Grant is very determined and sensitive to doing what is right. I am proud of his efforts to do the best he can in his current circumstances. We love him dearly.

Spencer 8

Spencer is in 3rd grade and loves his teacher Mrs. Lunt. He is in Gate and shares the riddles he gets from Mr. Boring (the gate teacher). He loves to read, especially Harry Potter. He plays well with his friends and siblings and loves to be at home more than anything else. His asthma is very well controlled this year and we are so happy about that. He is being followed by a specialist and takes a lot of preventative medication to keep it from flaring up like it has in years past. Spencer works hard at everything he does and tries really hard to follow the rules. He is excited to be able to attend the temple when he is twelve. He is a happy guy and we really love having him in our family.

Joshua 3

Joshua is PASSIONATE and very tenderhearted. He feels things very deeply and brings a lot of life to our family. He enjoys saying every single family prayer and is working on taking turns. He likes to sing Everything is awesome for every single family home evening we have. He has perfected the jump tumble and is very much in love with his brudders and sister Kate. His family means everything to him. He likes to play with his friend Jake and go to coop. He will eat most things and still takes a nap every day. He likes to play basketball with his brothers and is always wanting to get money to buy candy. He loves candy!

Kate 19 months

Kate is very busy trying to tease people or get them to chase her. She likes to be funny and she loves her daddy! Kate frequently races me to her brother Ethan when he cries and tries to be the first to hold him. She has a hard time waiting for her turn as I feed him or change his diaper. I think she thinks she is Ethan's mom too. She loves to stare at him and laugh at his little sounds. She puts her cheek on his face and pretends she is folding his clothes in the pack and play. She is very helpful and likes to bring people their shoes, blankets, cell phones, remotes, books, whatever she thinks they need. She has 12 teeth having just barely cut the four back teeth so she is enjoying her expanded food options. She seems to have grown out of her fainting spells. She used to cry so hard she would pass out. But that hasn't happened for a while. She is such a Joy to have around and we all love her so much. She goes crazy with delight when she sees Spencer after he has been gone. She squeals and claps her hands. They are buddies.

Ethan 2 weeks

Ethan continues to sleep a lot. He has started waking up a bit more in the evenings and we all enjoy watching him look around. He seems to be focusing in on people a little more now. We have noticed that Ethan has what is called tongue tie. Where his tongue is still attached quite a bit to the floor of his mouth by a cord. He doesn't have a lot of range of movement. We will have to see what the doctor recommends we do at his next apt. It doesn't seem to affect his ability to nurse so that is good. His umbilical cord fell off when he was like 10 days old but it still has some stuff coming out of it so he hasn't had his first bath yet. I have given him a few sponge baths though.

Thursday, April 25, 2013

Trivial Pursuit, carrots for the first time, the new school and Ellie after school

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