31
Jan
Kaitlyn loves books and I’ll often find her “reading” them to herself.
31
Jan
Daddy went to Atlanta and brought everybody back GaTech shirts.
(Truthfully Kaitlyn’s was a little big so this is one of Alex’s when he was younger.)
30
Jan
Alex found my old electronic battleship game the last time we were at Gram’s, but the batteries had been left in the game and rusted. We brought it home with us and Wade replaced the battery holder. Alex and I tested it tonight.
30
Jan
Red Jeep had a run in with a tree shortly after we moved into this house. Today the repairs were made. Teague was ecstatic!
30
Jan
Kaitlyn couldn’t get enough of riding in red jeep.
29
Jan
She wanted to share a snack with her baby.
29
Jan
This boy loves his chocolate chip pie. (And I do too!)
29
Jan
Apple eaters.
28
Jan
Notice anything? That tape is holding together broken glasses. That’s the third broken pair since the end of October.
28
Jan
Teague has been struggling with his pencil grasp and his writing. Now we practice every afternoon (on top of his practice at school) and I’m starting to see some real improvement.
28
Jan
She was determined to sit in the big chair just like Teague (without even a booster).
27
Jan
We’ve been around the world with speech evaluations for Teague. He’s always been more difficult to understand than Alex (who enunciated extremely well from day one). Teague’s preschool did a free screening and Teague’s speech was noted as a concern. We decided to go through the public schools for potential services. This required another screening and then an evaluation. It was finally determined that Teague doesn’t have enough of a problem to qualify for an IEP, but they did offer him services. He goes once a week to work on his “s” blends. It was determined his other problem sounds fall within development guidelines.
27
Jan
My helpers on trash day (especially when Wade is out of town).
27
Jan
Mornings.
26
Jan
Before preschool:
After preschool:
After swim class:
26
Jan
Homework.
26
Jan
I was told they are “making.”
26
Jan
After taking pictures from the other side of the counter I went to get a second spoon. Then I realized Kaitlyn wasn’t standing in her chair at all, but had climbed up into a drawer to get closer to the action. This child will be the death of me!
25
Jan
Birthday invitations finally arrived!!
25
Jan
Kaitlyn still loves her loveys, but I’m starting to see some definite attachment to this particular blanket.
25
Jan
I have wanted a kids’ art wall for years. Our last house had the perfect place, but we moved before we could really tackle the project. This house has a perfect empty wall in our playroom. I bought the frames before Christmas and Wade filled them with cork and got them hung on the wall last week. Now I just need to find the “right” pushpins and the kids’ art work can fill the frames!
24
Jan
24
Jan
I was later informed they were fighting zombies from Fort Sinister (The location at least is from a book we are reading together. The zombies are from who knows where….)
24
Jan
She’s so desperate to join in with the crazy noises she hears her brothers making outside.
23
Jan
The latest in tandem sliding.
23
Jan
Fort building – every day.
22
Jan
Child labor all in the name of cheese dip.
22
Jan
We haven’t seen that sneaky nap in quite a long long time.
(or any nap at all for Teague)
22
Jan
Some days waking up from a nap is a little rough.
22
Jan
Alex had library at school yesterday and leaves the books at home for the entire week. These guys love the latest books he brought home. They couldn’t wait to finish their snack so they could look at the book.
21
Jan
The boys begged for a bubble bath tonight.
(Showers are so easy and much less messy.)
21
Jan
Kaitlyn got in a little sledding accident today. Thankfully it wasn’t too bad and she was giggling down the next run.
21
Jan
I can’t imagine where she gets this from…
20
Jan
Alex’s school had an art show fundraiser tonight (Genius in my opinion). Every child had framed art work for sale. Who would say no?
20
Jan
The dreaded flossing.
20
Jan
Mornings.
20
Jan
Kaitlyn’s been a fan of popcorn for a long time (see here), but today she realized how much fun it is to crumble. Madison loved this game (and thankfully ate 80% of what was on the floor). I did not.
19
Jan
Do you see the awe on all three faces? Wade got some kind of crazy converter that lets old school Nintendos (we own them all) be played on new TVs and look somewhat decent. He’s introducing the boys to old favorites.
19
Jan
It turns out Kaitlyn loves dinosaurs too.
19
Jan
I am starting to have trouble letting Kaitlyn finish her naps in the afternoons. We currently have one activity that almost always means I have to wake her before she is ready and next week we’ll add another to our schedule. It’s no fun being the third.
18
Jan
Teague has the cutest phrase for tears – “cry water.” Any time there happen to be tears and he has been wearing his glasses, he’ll come to me and ask me to clean off the “cry water.” The picture below has tears, but from a nap, not sadness!
18
Jan
Everybody had today off school so they built a fort in the kitchen – perfect.
17
Jan
This picture needs a sound track. I had no idea Alex and Teague were going to sing when I lit the candle.
(They didn’t last night.)
17
Jan
Birthday party for a best friend!
17
Jan
The kids and I drove to Milwaukee today for Riley’s birthday party. There were games in the gym, but my favorite were the games Nicki had out in the common area. Hilarious!
16
Jan
We have a lot planned for tomorrow so we decided to start celebrating Wade’s birthday today – with Rendezvous ribs, birthday cookies, and a few presents.
16
Jan
The kids were super excited to start celebrating Wade’s birthday a day early.
16
Jan
Wade knows how to liven up Saturday mornings.
15
Jan
The snow is definitely melting, but today one of the Moms brought sleds to our after school playdate! The boys loved it!
15
Jan
Notice anything? He’s now broken a second pair of glasses since the end of October.
(Actually Teague should get full credit for breaking this pair, but Alex has a horrible track record in general with glasses.)