Life is back to normal around here and by that I mean this post has been sitting in the "edit" post section for about a week. But here are the highlights through pictures.
Teachers had inservice on January 2nd... yes while the rest of the country had this day off, I was watching Go Math instructional videos and planning for PLB groups. But the good thing about this was that Kyle was able to stay home with Addie and Drew for the day. He really is a great dad because their are not many dads that would do this...
Yes that is about 7 feet of heart garland adorning Addie's walls that Kyle helped her make. Addie was REALLY sad when I took down the Christmas decorations this year. She cried, complained, and whined. I think her quote was, "Our house is not sparkly anymore!" So to help the transition, Kyle suggested making a heart garland for Valentine's Day (this is Addie's 2nd favorite holiday only to Halloween). This project, from what I was told, took about 2 hours. They traced, cut, stapled, and glued a fabulous garland!!! When I came home, Addie was so excited telling me all about it.
Drew had a hard time with the wake up schedule last week but is back to normal now. I guess waking up at 6:50 is a lot different from the 9:30 roll out of the crib he was doing during the holidays. By the way, what is Drew's favorite thing out of his stocking??? His Thomas the Train toothbrush... the kid loves it.
He also likes this toy...
The other night I was getting ready to make Addie's lunch for Preschool Camp, when the impossible happened. Addie came into the kitchen and ASKED to do it "all by herself"
Of course, being the mom who is always willing to teach responsibility, I let her do it. If you look in the background of the picture Mr. Bear is watching from a far so he will not get messy from the Jelly.
Which this leads into the newest Addie news. She is now earning some money for the chores she does around the house. This all came about with her request for an Easy Bake Oven two weeks after Christmas. When she requested it, I said that would be something great to work for Addie. So together, we came up with some things she could do around the house to earn 2 "gold coins" a week. Here is Addie's daily to-do list.
- Make her bed... which involves straightening the sleeping bag and her menagerie of stuff she sleeps with.
- Turn off her CD player and night lights.
- Feed Rapunzel the fish and Allie.
- Clean up toys without complaining.
- Help put away her clothes.
She wants to draw and write little notes, books, signs, you name it. So as much as I love spelling with her and for her, it can because a little time consuming. So I asked Addie what words or names she would like in her dictionary. Here is the top words in Addie's life:
We were also sad to see the end of college football season come.
Now we have to wait 9 months.
But here is Drew enjoying the Arkansas Bowl game. Aunt Kelli was so proud.
TOUCHDOWN!!!!
And finally, Ninnie and Poppy came for a visit last weekend. The boys went to Nashville to a golf show. I went to school to do lesson plans. Ninnie and Addie stayed home to play. Addie made some of her tasty tea for Ninnie. A little side note... I love how Addie plays in Drew's room and not her own.
That is funny. Bronwen likes playing in her brother's room too. She had rather be in there than her own. Jedidiah is the oldest. Hmmm...maybe it is a sister thing. :-)
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