Thanksgiving

We had a very low key Thanksgiving just the 6 of us. We had a roasted chicken for dinner, which was very yummy. We also made a Thankful Turkey saying what we were all thankful for. The boys both said they were thankful for members of our family the most - which always warms my heart. We finished up our low key day by trying to get a picture of all the kids. So much to be thankful for!

15 month check-up

Olivia had her 15 month check-up and is doing just great. She is ahead in almost all the areas of development that they test and the doctor doesn't have any concerns.She did pretty well with her shots and even showed off some of her talking. Speaking of talking here are some of her newest words: ready go, thank you, amen,and  jacket

6 and 7 year Check-up

The boys had their 6 and 7 year old check-ups and as usual are doing just great! They were both excited that they didn't need any shots (except for their flu shot which is up the nose). They both passed thier eye tests and surprisingly they both passed their hearing tests as well (the first that Tyler has ever passed). They are both growing great and our doctor was really surprised with how much Carter has grown in the past year ( I guess the average is 2 inches and he grew 3 inches). Happy I have two healthy boys!!

Teacher's Note

I got a note from Tyler's teacher today telling me how hard he working at his reading and how we is really improving  Always nice to get good notes home!

We also got this email form Carter's teacher - it describes him to a tee!  "We were working on some projects today for Thanksgiving and I told them to give themselves a pat for working so fast on challenging projects.  I said we were working at a second grade level/pace.   So Carter said he could even work at a high school pace. So I told him wow, he’s such a good leader.   On the way out the gate he said, I could even work at a college level. " Proud of both of my boys!

Nana, Bapa, and Cousins

Nana and Bapa came for a quick visit and with them came Faith and Noah. The kids as always ad a lot of fun with their cousins. They played in the pool, went and watched a movie (Wreck it Ralph) and then played some more. Justin and I also got some time to do some Christmas shopping with just the little ones.  Always a fun weekend with Nana and Bapa.

Favorite Things

Another favorite thing - every night I rock Nolan before bed and lately he has been singing along with me, mainly twinkle twinkle. He is also starting to say his prayers with me. He repeats me saying "thank you" "love you" and then "amen". Olivia usually chimes in with "amen" as well. Love this sweet time every night with my babies.

Favorite Things

I haven't done one of these in a while, but the older boys are becoming such big helpers. On the weekends (and really almost all mornings) they ask e if they can get the babies when they hear them wake up. They then get the babies out fo their cribs, bring them to me to give them hugs then take them downstairs to give them their milk, a snack and put on a show for them. This allows Justin and I to sleep in a little longer on the weekends, very nice! They did this all on their own, we have never asked them to do it.

Also the babies are very good at making messes. The boys still clean up during chore time and even though they don't make the mess they usually clean it without any grumbles. I love my big boys!

Livi Update

Olivia is talking more and more everyday. Its so fun! Here are the words that she says that I can remember (I know there are more): daddy, baby, cookie, mama, banana, uh oh, cheese, Elmo, night night, Hana, ball, more, Tyler, Carer, plug, thank you, milk, bye bye, block, pumpkin

Halloween

We had a great Halloween. The boys both had parties at school that day, which they had fun at, and then when they got home they did their homework and chores right away so we could have fun that night. Justin got home a little early that night which was a nice surprise as well. we had pizza for dinner and then got into the costumes and headed out. We went to about 10-15 houses in our neighborhood and then went by Heather's parents house and Heather's house. All the kids got way to much candy. Nolan and even Olivia went up to all the houses and had no trouble holding out their buckets. Nolan would say "er eat" and then ask for more. He did always say "ank ew" at least. Olivia just followed her brothers and liked it when things wen into her bucket, and everyone thought she was super cute as well!