Friday, November 13, 2009

Amazed

I am amazed at the things that Mia comes home from preschool knowing. I must be a lazy mom that I haven't worked on these things with her much at home. I do work on certain things with her, but recently she is taking it all in and remembering.

Today she came home reciting our home phone number! I know this is a good thing for the kids to know, but I actually never would have thought to teach my four year old. I guess they are capable of learning a lot more than I realized.

Some other things she is learning:

  • She can recite all the days of the week. My other kids didn't learn this until Kindergarten
  • She can count to 30+. She starts mixing up the 30's and 40's
  • She knows many letters and sounds. Here is what she has learned at preschool so far.

Aa= "angry A"

Bb= "bubbly B"

Cc= "copycat C"

Dd= "dancing D"

Ee= "egghead E"

Ff= "funny f"

Gg= "giggly G"

Today she said they started to learn H. It is quite cute when I ask her a letter, she doesn't just say the letter, but says the little name with it as well. So "A" can't just be called A. .. it is "Angry A"!

I am so proud of her. She is doing so much better at preschool. She still doesn't talk really, but the crying stopped weeks ago, and her teacher said she is interacting with the girls durning play time (still not really talking, but she will make horse sounds etc. while they play horses), and she will mouth certain words to songs and sound of letters.

I just wanted to praise her for all of her progression! She has come a long way from almost getting kicked out of the class just a few weeks ago. ..I love you MIA!

Friday, November 6, 2009

halloween pt 2 +. . . a little extra

Elizabeth had a few different costumes throughout the week. She was a black cat, a bunny, etc. but on Halloween she decided to dress up as a cow girl. A pretty cute one if you ask me. Mia wanted to wear this same thing as last year. .. easy for me, but not very exciting. I couldn't convince her to wear anything else.
I decided it was time to head to the salon for some haircuts. The girls hair was looking a bit shaggy. Mia just got a trim, because I don't want to cut her hair yet. But Kennedy and Elizabeth both cut a bit off. Kennedy also added some bangs. It is soooo nice to fix their hair now.
After taking the girls to supercuts, I called up the lady that cuts my hair for a little trim up for me as well. This horrible picture of me is a self portrait. .. .you wouldn't believe how many shots I took before I got one that was even half decent. Who knew that taking a picture of yourself is so hard??
On another note. . . .Luke's first report card for Jr High came in the mail today. Straight A's! I know it isn't that hard to get a 4.0 at this stage, but I am still proud of him for getting it done!

Saturday, October 31, 2009

Halloween. . .pt 1

Kennedy and David went to a Daddy/Daughter Halloween party this afternoon. Here they are all ready to go!

Wednesday, October 28, 2009

Memories

I checked out "The Man from Snowy River" at the library this week. Watching this movie with my kids brought a whole bunch of memories flooding into me. This was a favorite of mine as a young girl. I hadn't seen the movie in years, or heard the music. I forgot how much I love the music. I remember being determinded to learn to play "Jessica's Theme" on the piano. . . hours and hours of practicing, and then messing it up at the recital. It made me not only want to go buy this soundtrack, but go get a piano so I can attempt to play again.

Monday, October 26, 2009

Help!

I am the room mom for Kennedy's 4th grade class. (And I am asking myself why I volunteered !) This Thursday is their class Halloween party, and I am supposed to come up with ideas for games to entertain the kids in her class. I am getting 4 parents to come in and run different stations that we will rotate through, each one a different game or activity. One of the parents I called said she would come up with her own idea. . . .all the rest were willing to come help, but didn't want to come up with the activity. So I am wondering if anyone of you have any great ideas for a Halloween party game at school??

Monday, October 19, 2009

St George weekend. . . Zions National Park

We had a long weekend last week because of UEA here in Utah, so we decided to head to St George to check on Mom and Dad's house and have a little get away. We spent two of the days going to Zions National Park and enjoying the beautiful scenery there. The weather was perfect, and the scenerey fantastic. We drove up through the tunnel, which is a mile long. And the kids enjoyed taking the shuttle throughout the park.

After a couple of relaxing days to ourself, David's brother, Jeff and his family came to spend the last couple days with us. . . and what did we do??. . . well we decided to head right back to Zions for a hike. . . . and not just any hike. . . Angels Landing of all hikes. With the kids. Crazy.
It was so beautiful. Just breathtaking. . . in more ways than one. This hike was not easy. .. and all the kids made it!!
For those of you who have done this hike. . you know how terrifying the last part of the hike is. We didn't take the little kids on this part. Windsor fell asleep in Eliza's arms while the older boys finished the last part of the hike. I have to say, that David took Elizabeth to the very top of angels landing. . .. I can't believe it myself. She was a trooper. .. all the kids were. I started the last part, but was too terrified to do this with my kids. . . I will have to go back with out children and complete the hike another time. It was still amazing.
We had a great get away. We came home Sunday afternoon . . .back to reality.

Tuesday, October 13, 2009

A little laughter is good

Check this out Just a little something that my brother in law shared on facebook. Pretty funny, I thought.