My handsome little man! I think this one was on our trip to Washington
So a few weeks ago, the kids were being my "doctors" when I was getting over the last bit of a cold.... Jadon drew my diagnosis, and this is what it was. A cough.
Deer in the backyard. We have a family of 4 that frequents the backyard often.
Jadon's Spring school picture. I told him to smile big like he did in his Fall picture, but he apparently forgot that. There were only 2 other kids from his class that got Spring pictures. He's looking awfully grown up though! My goodness!
My pretty little angel.
Typically when she gets out of bed every morning, she comes out of her room with a bunch of things...usually her doll stroller and a baby inside, a purse or bag, flip flops or slippers, or wearing something like jewelry. The binky adds just the right touch! ;)
Part of the back of the house. For some reason its not letting me upload another picture, so that's just part of it. But we are planning to put a large deck on the back of the house.
In trying to get our office/craft room organized, I was desperately searching for some way to creatively organize all my ribbon spools to make things convenient for me, and yet not take up a bunch of space! Id looked everywhere online, and all I was finding were things that were not convenient. Those large ribbon spool holders are not convenient because you have to take all the spools off to get to the one you need, then put them all back on again. We had this large heavy duty cardboard tube that was left some construction of the house after move-in, and my clever hubby asked if I could use it in any way for the ribbon. **LIGHT BULB** So I cut pieces off and sliced them in half, then covered them with fabric and mod podge, and the end result was pretty much just what I was looking for. This freed up an entire storage bin, and space in the closet!
Another picture of my pretty little angel.
The cat, passed out on the back porch in the morning sun. The cats absolutely LOVE it here, I cant say it enough. They really do.
Look at the butterflies out here!!! They are massive and totally colorful! ;)
At school the other day, Jadon made the yellow butterfly in this picture, and I thought it was the cutest thing, and so that day the kids and I made 2 more to hang on the patio door. Arent they adorable?
We are constantly blown away by Jadon's reading abilities... I know i've mentioned it 20 times already, but its truly amazing. Here's a sample of what he reads... with ease, I might add! We don't ever have to help him out with words. His reading group is still the only group out of 4 to have started on 1st grade reading. They started that back in January. The other groups are still working on kindergarten stuff. Last week, his group had to go and help out one of the other groups with reading. And he has informed us that he likes his reading homework. We will have to keep working with him for sure this summer!
In other news around here, since its been almost a month again since I last posted....... time flies when you're having fun in your new house! :)
We've been blessed with some super super nice weather for the last month! 70's and 80's... sunshine.... totally gorgeous! Which was just what we needed to dry out our backyard so they could come dig up the trees, blackberry bushes, and level out all the dirt so we could start getting our backyard turned into a backyard! So yesterday they came an did just that! Unfortunately, the piles of dirt that they had made from the construction were just too big and were not dried out enough to be able to finish the job, so they will have to come back in a month to finish. But now, our backyard is free of all trees, bushes, and is level, and after looking at piles of dirt and basically field and scrawny trees for the last few months, its pretty weird seeing it all gone and leveled! And it really shows how ginormous our yard is now! Even the guy who ran the bulldozer said it was a really nice yard. So, we are pretty stinkin' excited to get things goin'! Our plans are to get a nice deck on the back of the house, have a nice garden somewhere, perhaps a couple fruit trees, and a basketball hoop, a shed, and a swingset. All in good time.
A couple months ago, we debated whether to keep Jadon in karate or not because after you've been in karate for awhile, they require you to buy a Gi (a karate uniform) plus biyearly insurance since it can be a dangerous sport... not so much at Jadon's age though. We thought this was ridiculous. After researching though, I found that this seemed typical of most karate classes. He has really improved in his balance and coordination is slowly improving. Also he's building strength and getting exercise. So, we decided to keep him in, at least for a bit longer. Kindof like laying a foundation for him an any future sports he might want to do, since this is helping his balance and coordination.
And every 2 months they do testing, and if they've earned enough stripes on their belt, and their sensei thinks they are ready, they are invited to test to see if they can move up to the next belt color. The belt colors are really weird at his age, its not just white, yellow, orange, blah blah.
So Last month Jadon was invited to test, so we went and he had to test. Parents are not allowed to be there during testing, but Jadon and 2 of the kids in his class tested together and they all passed! Jadon and one boy moved up to a white belt with a yellow stripe down the center, and the other boy moved up to a while belt with an orange stripe. So now, a little more is expected of him, which is a good thing.
Avery started swimming lessons again, and shes now in level 1, so I am not in the water with her anymore... shes a big girl now! She's a fish...or a mermaid. She looooves the water. She's always been good at swimming, and apparently almost a year away from lessons didn't mess her up much. She needs a little more challenge than level 1 has to offer I think, so we think she'll be moving to level 2 really fast.
Jadon will be joining her in lessons after school is done. By then they may both be in level 2 together. Poor Jadon and his tentative nature.... maybe if he and Avery are in the same group he'll feel more challenged to push himself.
HOWEVER, she's fully potty trained now.... with pee that is. Poop is a disaster. For some reason she thinks there's a toilet monster! And so when we asked what the toilet monster is, she said its her poop! So how are we supposed to teach her that her poop is not a monster when its in the toilet??? She's only scared of it when she's sitting on the toilet. She said that when she's 6 like Jadon she'll try pooping on the potty. Oy.
So I'm going to see a neurologist next month for my migraines and headaches. The preventive medication i'm on just isn't cutting it, so my PCP referred me on. Hopefully they change medication or something. I'm not liking this stuff that i'm on. It makes me tired, ALOT, and makes me feel very mentally slow. My short term memory is shot.
So I think that's about it for now.
