Addie (6 yrs. 5 mo.)-In first grade (home schooling),
reading very well and enjoys that subject the most. Can read step 1 I can read books almost
perfectly. Plays with Lego friends most
of the time. Likes her doll house
too. Rides a bike with no training
wheels. Very sensitive and cares so much
about others. Makes new friends easily
and has recently said to people she meets “do you know about Jesus?” Still great friends with kids from church:
Addisyn, Summer, Abigail, James, Alden, Mason, Carter. Is a saver with her money, but spends it on
something she really wants (usually a lego set). She is wearing size 6 clothes and size 11 or
12 shoes.
Levi (5 yrs. 1 mo.)-In his last year before kindergarten,
but doing first grade math right now. He
is very smart academically, but struggles with following directions, focusing,
and sitting still. From what we are told
by his teachers at church, he is very well behaved while there. At home, though, he is constantly in
trouble. He does not put things back
where they belong, so he loses many things.
His room is a disaster at the end of rest time most days, so it takes a
long time for him to be able to come out as his room must be clean first. He loves legos and hardly plays with anything
else. He does enjoy playing games like
Blokus, Guess Who, and Sorry. He
recently has been making patterns on the Blokus board just for fun. He knows the order of the colors in the
rainbow and we have barely practiced that (Bob told him 1 time, I think). Math comes very easily to Levi and he enjoys
it. It blows our mind sometimes when he
rattles off addition problems he did in his head. He and Bob share the same sense of humor,
which Bob loves. He rides a bike with no
training wheels and has since May of 2014.
He is wearing size 4 clothes and size 9 shoes.
Anabelle (1 yr. 8 mo.)-
So much fun and hilarious. She
has a purple cast on her left leg right now from fracturing her first
metatarsul in her left foot by falling out of her small Pottery Barn kids
chair. It was a fluke accident, but she
has done very well with adjusting to getting around with a cast. It has hardly slowed her down. Anabelle is on the move-more than Levi even
was! She likes to be outside and also to
leave our house and go somewhere. She
does not love to play with her toys-especially not by herself. She loves Mickey Mouse Clubhouse and that is
the only show she will watch, so we have let her watch it too much
recently. It is out go-to if we need her
to be occupied so we can get something done (like home schooling). She is so great at manners and even reminds
others to say things like “thank you.”
She has lots of words now: please, thank you, help please, out please,
eat, more, milk, water, up please, ball, doggie, mommy, daddy, Addie, Javy
(which is her version of Levi), oatmeal, “pop” for lollipop or popcorn
depending on the circumstance, snack, uh-oh, Nana, Pop for Poppi or Pops, a
form of Dottie, Ella, Lolo (for Logan), all done, stuck, bye bye, “know?” for I
don’t know with hands out palms up, says “Addie are you” for Addie where are
you (and other names if she doesn’t know where someone is), and much more. She sticks her hand in her diaper all the
time and we don’t know why. When she put
her hand in and there is poop, she pulls some poop out on her finger and says
“uh oh.” She pitches fits when she
doesn’t get her way (like when I say she can’t watch Mickey). She prefers Mommy to anyone else, but also
really loves Addie and loves to play in Addie’s room. Goes into church ok-cries at drop-off
sometimes, but from what I am told, cheers up quickly. She has a great sense of humor and makes us
laugh a lot. Will many times start
laughing in the van if she hears one of us laugh. Climbs a lot.
Loves to go on bike ride in the iBert seat and laughs when we ride
fast. Takes her diaper off at night
while in her crib if she is able.
Friends with Hunter, Naomi, and Eli and can say all their names (not
perfectly, but good enough). Is a picky
eater-loves pasta, dipping sauces, oatmeal for breakfast every day, and
pizza. Loves baby dolls but does not
understand real vs. pretend, so is constantly asking me to refill a bottle of
milk and take the top off of things that don’t come apart (then gets very
frustrated when I don’t do it). Loves
Corduroy books and says his name in a very cute way. Loves baths…until she got
a cast. Not a fan of sponge baths. Wears size 18 mo. Clothes (some 2T also) and
size 5 shoes.
So obviously Anabelle's is much longer than the older kids', but that is because I have not every done an update on Anabelle, so I felt like I needed to cover a lot. Plus, she is the one learning and changing so much every day whereas the older kids are not as much (at least not in as obvious ways). Here are some recent pics:
The kids first day of school at church (they are taking home school classes at our church once a week)
Anabelle with her little purple cast
We go to the apple orchard a lot this time of year!
Our little home school co op we meet with weekly. Enjoying the apple pie they made!
A cast can't stop her from bike riding!
First day of home schooling
Field trip to the nature center!
Happy kids!
Apple orchard with Nana and Poppi
