Sunday, December 25, 2016

Things our children said on Christmas Day


 If I eat this fudge, I'll get Santa powers.


I can give one (yellow rubber sling chicken) to Landon and he'll go "kapowsky."



 We are definitely not too old for this.




This is the best Christmas ever and one I can remember because I'm older.



Merry Christmas to you and yours. xo




Thursday, March 31, 2016

Interests, March

We had a good time at the community Easter Egg Hunt.

Elliott is playing the pitching position in baseball this season. (He doesn't pitch; he fields from the pitching mound.) Lucia is playing first base in softball. I don't have any pictures of her yet, because I keep the book for most of her games. Mazie is taking tennis lessons one day a week.
We had third quarter honor roll this month. Lucia, Elliott, and Mazie all made all A's. Elliott and Mazie also won an art award.

The above picture was the winner for the second grade. Mazie drew it of Jerry the mouse.
Lucia's scene of a busy forest did not place, but it is beautiful with such lovely details.
Elliott won third place for his classroom with this picture of a shark, crabs, and a lighthouse.

Monday, February 29, 2016

Interests, February




We are loving Weird Al Yankovich songs, especially any about Star Wars.


We finished up basketball season. H and I had a great time watching them compete. Mazie is 55 on the yellow team. Lucia is 42 on black team. Elliott is 1 on the black team. 
















We love making lists. H and I are both list makers and we seem to have passed this on to our three. The first list below is one Mazie posted over her light switch. The second index card was found outside in the yard.




We have had several bouts of bad weather lately. When we have weather warnings, we hang out in the hall. The three always fill their suitcases with things they don't want to lose. Then we all lay around the hall and work on homework or play games. We like when H is home with us because we can listen to her emergency radio.




 We have started our first phase of orthodontics. It is much more advanced from when I had braces. All three have palatal expanders for about six months. We turn them once a week and after time they well make more room in the mouth. Orthodontists do this now rather than pulling teeth. 



We had a major mishap the beginning of the month. We have had a dead dogwood tree right off our patio for a while now. I thought it would be lots of fun for Elliott to try to knock the tree over. Well, it ended up being a not so good idea. He started with his body weight, then went to a crow bar. Then Mazie brought him an aluminum bat. That is where it all went wrong. The bat ricocheted off the tree and hit him across the face. 
I think Elliott and I learned a lesson that day.




Finally, we made a huge lifestyle change in February--we got even more pets! Elliott has been wanting a bird for about six months. When Santa didn't bring him one, we told him we'd get him one. His cockatiel is named Frankie. Elliott is taking very good care of him. Frankie loves to ride around on a shoulder and is a happy bird. He is very easy to like.


 Lucia chose a bunny for her new pet. She has several names for her rabbit, but BunBun is the one that seems to have stuck the most. Carrot and cottontail are also names this sweet little love goes by.
 Mazie chose a gerbil for her pet. His name is Little Gary. He likes to make beds and hide his food.

Thursday, February 4, 2016

Well Appointment

We went to see Dr. Cathy in January. Everyone is looking good and right where they should be. She used their height charts to predict how tall they each might be.

Lucia
height 53 1/4'
weight 68#
predicted final height 5'6"

Elliott
height 54 3/4'
weight 82#
predicted final height 6'2"

Mazie
height 48"
weight 45 1/2#
predicted final height 5'0"



Sunday, January 31, 2016

Interests, January

So, I thought I would do a monthly entry about things we are interested in. Each month I will post several things that are an indication of what we are interested in.

Our good friend GL put us on the Sirius XM Station Kids Place Live. It is fun to listen to. They play a pretty wide assortment of music. Elizabeth Mitchell to the Beatles to Weird Al to

https://www.siriusxm.com/kidsplacelive


 Another thing we are interested in is the dancer Misty Copeland. She is an amazing ballerina and athlete. We love to read about her and watch her dance.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZY0cdXr_1MA


http://www.upworthy.com/misty-copeland-puts-a-21st-century-twist-on-historys-famous-ballet-works?c=ufb1

 We are also loving basketball. We watch a little bit on television but we mostly play it outside and on Saturday mornings.