We play with neighbors. This is actually something to get used to. Before, we had one set of neighbors to play with. Now there are lots and a much safer street and a pocket park in the back. Lots of play time.
Eat solid food. She started to whine every time she saw us eating and loves loves loves baby food. Her favorite is apple sauce, as recommended by Dr. R. when she had diarrhea. We mix the applesauce with everything to help it go down. We also mix in oatmeal cereal. aka. cardboard. lol.
Danny can write his name now! This is a super big deal!
He is also on a soccer team for the first time and is quite good. He gets pretty frustrated, though, because often he feels like he's playing 5 against 1 because some of his team members go the wrong way.
Danny has the cutest cheering section ever.
After one of Danny's soccer games, Grandpa had her walking around. She now seems to think she should skip crawling. Too cute to see them together. Proud of Grandpa for working full time but we miss him.
We can see the hot air balloons even better from the new house!
Michelle took a an 8 week dance class this fall. Last Friday was the final class. She absolutely loved it, but, we found out through this 9am class downtown, that M is not a morning person after all. She is usually so agreeable I didn't think anything of it. The things you learn. Speaking of learning, let me tell you about Kaelah's dance class. I signed her up at a new studio with a class of 6 girls. She knew 3 of them from church and liked them all. K refused to go the first day of class because she didn't like having to wear a black leotard. When I called up the place they said she could wear something else (but she didn't want to be the only one not in black) or just watch (but she didn't want to be the only one watching) so she didn't go. I tried to get her to go for an hour & eventually she hid in her closet. Our 10-year-old neighbor coaxed her when I offered everyone popsicles. Yesh. I may have finally met someone even more stubborn than I am. In her defense, K says that she already spends too much time away from the baby at kindergarten. She doesn't want to do anything else. The 3 older children do, however, all enjoy going to Chiliaxed Kids. Yoga must be much less stressful than dance. It's what the class is there for.
Now may be a good time to mention how K's first parent/teacher conference went on 10/10 @ 4pm. Two major points to tell about:
1.) She aced the reading pre-test. She scored 20/20 on the test she will be given at the end of the year. I knew she was a smartie. It is so fun to read with her at home. I wish I had more time to do so.
2.) The teacher is glad we gifted her a year. She said it was obvious she missed being around her siblings. I laughed and said maybe just her sisters. I always like having a professional tell me I'm doing the right things for my children. (; K does seem to be making friends too and has even talked about 3 of the girls in her class to me at home on more than one occasion. Yeah!
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