It's been a while since I gave an update on the fam. Basically, I've been at home, Lydia has been at school, Evan has been at play, and Thomas has been at work. I will go in order from youngest to oldest.
Evan- at play
Evan is as goofy as ever. He misses Lydia while she's at school, but I think he also kinda likes having some time to himself where he isn't bossed around and can choose how he wants to play. It was hard at first and he kinda just looked at me and waited for me to tell him what to do, but now he's a pro at entertaining himself for the most part.
He is way in to super heroes, firemen, cars and trucks, "injun" turtles, and transformers. It's funny because he's never seen a super hero movie, ninja turtles, or transformers. But he loves them all!
His current favorite thing is to have dance parties. He loves turning up the music and letting loose and it is SO cute!
Evan's hips were popping a lot and he complained every now and then about them hurting. We took him to the dr but the only available doctor at the clinic was Thomas. It was so fun to have Thomas as his doctor! He ordered x-rays but we didn't end up doing them. Evan's hips still pop but he hasn't been complaining of pain.
Evan has been on a lettuce kick. He likes plain lettuce or a lettuce sandwich with just lettuce and bread...weird.
Fireman Evan
When I first got out umbrellas, the kids looked at me like I was crazy. They lived in AZ for a long time.... Evan is loving how much rain we get but sometimes gets scared of the thunder so we like to turn up "Thunder" by Imagine Dragons when it rains. If I turn it on and it's not raining, he gets pretty mad at me. I guess it's a rain only song.
At the clinic, there is a cute little outdoor classroom area with logs to use as block and other things like jumping log to log and stuff.
Lydia- at school
Lydia started Kindergarten and is loving every second of it. She has an incredible teacher that she adores. Liddy hates weekends because she just wants to be at school. Her teacher has taught her so many cute little songs and rhymes to remember money, sight words, and days of the week/months of the year.
I am in love with her school. I love that every morning when I drop her off, the teacher that opens the door to help her get out of the car greets her by name. I love that parent pick up is so well thought out and the teachers are talking to Lydia while she waits for me and I always lip read them asking her if I am her mom before I open the door to let her in which makes my anxious, paranoid momma heart happy.
She is excelling in school and reading really well. We got lucky with her. She was born so incredibly early and was so so tiny. Before she was born, the neonatologist came and talked to us and told us about what to expect down the road because of her prematurity--developmental delays, ADHD, learning disabilities, hearing and vision problems, etc. I feel like we are just waiting for the other shoe to drop because she has been totally fine so far. She hasn't had any problems since getting off oxygen and has either been right at her milestones or ahead.
She ended up getting an award for being respectful and it was one of her proudest moments. She still likes wearing that medal around and showing it off. Funny story. She has a friend named Avery in her class and one day she came home and said "You know what's so cool about Avery? She is reading at a level D and that's what they want us to be reading at the END of kindergarten! Isn't that cool!" I told her that I thought that was super cool and that I loved that she was so excited for her friend. Then I asked her what reading level she was reading and she said "Oh. I'm at level J. But I'll get there." Haha. She doesn't even realize how far ahead she is. Her teacher said while she was testing for reading level she got to the end of 1st grade and could have gone further but ran out of time because she needed to test the other kids. I love her hunger for books and reading.
She has also been into writing lately. We got her a journal and it's so fun to see what kinds of things she thinks are important to write about. One morning she wrote about eating oatmeal and that it was so yummy. I've tried to work with her on putting spaces between words but she isn't listening to me, so I'll just have her hero, Mrs. Gaskins do it. New life hack: When Lydia won't listen to me I just say, "Pretend I'm Mrs. Gaskins and I am asking you to do this." She'll say " Yes ma'am" then get right to it. Not sure how long it'll last, but I'm loving it for now!
Lydia is a sweetheart. She is exhausted from school and sometimes acts out because of that, but when it comes down to it she still has a heart of gold.
Waiting for the school bus for Miss Liddy. She started on the bus until we realized how long we'd have to wait every day and how late she'd be. By my picking her up, she gets home about an hour earlier.
I have a love/hate relationship with this picture. She is so cute but looks way too grown up.
Writing in her journal
The only thing that's a little annoying about the school is when they send them home with stickers that get them excited for after school activities we can't do. This is when she found out she wasn't going to get to go to the school and have pizza with Thomas that night because Thomas was working late. She was pretty disappointed.
Our new hero!!!! Mrs. Gaskins
Lydia loves reading chapter books now...in one sitting.
Lydia and her pride award for respect!
First day of school... ya the pics are not in order. You'll live. :)
Lydia's art skills have surpassed mine. This is narwhal and jelly from one of her favorite books.
Thomas-at work
Thomas has been busy, busy, busy. He is such a hard worker and it's a good thing because that's pretty much all he's been able to do. He is doing a medicine rotation now and it's one of the toughest. The hours are long and the work isn't easy. It's weird that we celebrate when he only has a 12 hour shift. He's had to work weekends too which has been tough on the kids. But he is such a great dad that when he is home, he makes sure to let them know he loves them and spends time with them. The kids adore their daddy and get so excited when they find out he'll be home for the weekend or even when he will be home before they go to bed! We are all so proud of how hard he is working and the incredible work he is doing to improve the health and quality of life for his patients.
We found this cook creek behind our neighborhood and took a few walks back there. Back when we were innocent... Now we know there are venomous snakes and coyotes back there. Someone said there was a bobcat back there but I'm still not totally convinced.
Bre-at home
It's been fun to watch Evan's personality grow and see how popular Lydia is at school. I went to eat lunch with her and she was surrounded by friends who couldn't wait to talk to me. Every morning when I drop her off, she knows someone else walking in and starts talking and laughing with them. One day when I was picking her up a little boy came up and gave her a big hug so when she got in the car I asked who it was. She said "I don't know. He's in kindergarten too. There are just lots of kids that like me and are my friend."
There really isn't anything super interesting to say about my life right now. haha. Pretty much I drop off Lydia, play with Evan, pick up Lydia from school, put them to bed, rinse and repeat.
Since I hate pictures of myself, I don't have any so... here are some cute pics of the kids!
Sundays by myself while Thomas is working isn't my favorite, but these kids have been pretty good during Sacrament meeting which is a miracle. I can't deny that someone on the other side of the veil is helping with these crazies on those Sundays.
Some nights I feel like it's a run out the clock situation when Thomas is working late. On this day, we went to library, went for a walk, and took a picnic to the park for dinner to make that clock go a little faster. Lydia said, "Mom this was like the funnest day ever. "
:)
Emily Baker drew these incredible pictures of the kids. She is such a talented artist and I am constantly in awe of all that she does, not just her art. People are always asking who drew them because they are hanging on our wall. She is amazing and we definitely think she should move to Texas! ;)
We painted wooden spoons to get our Halloween on
This was another run out the clock day. We went to Target and played with the toys, looked at the Halloween decorations, and read books. I love seeing my kids love books because they are pretty much my favorite.
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