I found a website that turns blogs into books, so I ordered one for all my 2009 entries. I'm excited to see how it turns out. I decided that if I like it then I can create our own Smart "yearbooks". So I'm going to try and put more random info and pics up so we can have it in our books!
THE LATEST:
Kelsey came home from school the other day with her registration form for Union Middle School. SCARY! She has been placed in Algebra 1 (the highest, with 9th graders mostly!) and in Honors English & Reading. She was able to pick her "electives", and chose art. She'll have the other fun classes like PE and keyboarding, among others. I can't believe she'll be in middle school. I remember very well when I couldn't believe she was starting kindergarten. Time flies! I meant to get a picture of her and I together, to show how she has passed me up vertically (but only by a little). I wonder when she's done growing how much taller than me she will be.
Emma & Ashton are moving right along in school. Ashton is in Cub Scouts, and we had the Blue & Gold Banquet the other night. He really enjoys it and it's fun to see him stick up his two fingers and say the Cub Scout Promise. He can't wait for soccer to start next month, and is looking forward to being on a team with two of his cousins!
Emma is our social one, with friends calling and coming over & sleepovers....always has a birthday party to go to. She is my helper with Sophie, and is really good at getting her calmed down if she is fussy. She has great patience with Conner & Mallory and will be an incredible babysitter. She is also Jared's "sous-chef", and is already quite a little cook. I tell her & Kelsey that one day they will be glad their dad taught them to cook (and me too, a little).
Mallory & Conner love pre-school and have finally figured out who goes when, so there aren't fights anymore about that. Now they just fight about everything else. They used to be such good buddies. Occasionally they will play nicely together, but they do spend an awful amount of time in time out! Conner will be ready for kindergarten in the fall. He can write his name and count better than I remember my other kids being able to when they started.
Mallory has certainly found her voice, and lets us know what she wants to do and when/how she wants to do it. For example: Jamie and her daughter Whitney (who is just 9mos. younger than Mal) were here watching the opening ceremonies with us. Mal started to get moody, then announced to the room that she was tired, she was going to get into pajamas, brush her teeth, and go to bed. Most nights I would have been all for it, but Whitney was here playing, so I felt bad that she was being such a little stinker. It was only 8:30, but to bed she went & didn't get up until 9 the next morning.
Sophie had her 2 month check up yesterday. She is 12 lbs 9 oz and 23 inches long. She smiles a lot and makes all those cute baby noises. She had 3 shots and was NOT happy about that. But she got plenty of sympathy from her older siblings.
I think I post too many pics of my youngest kids, but I had to share this one. It was a picture moment because Sophie is usually in pj's, but we got dressed up to go to dinner for family night & it was our first time out all together.
Thanks for reading my long "journal" entry!
