We had to find a new home for our kitten. :( My allergies were very bad. I listed the kitty on Craigslist Saturday morning and had a call within an hour. A nice couple came and picked him up that afternoon to be a companion to their other kitten. They decided to name him "Spot" for the little spot on his chin. The kids were pretty upset on Saturday but have been fine since then. Mike steam-cleaned the carpets last night to get rid of the cat dander. I feel better already!Tuesday, December 9, 2008
Bye-Bye Kitty!
We had to find a new home for our kitten. :( My allergies were very bad. I listed the kitty on Craigslist Saturday morning and had a call within an hour. A nice couple came and picked him up that afternoon to be a companion to their other kitten. They decided to name him "Spot" for the little spot on his chin. The kids were pretty upset on Saturday but have been fine since then. Mike steam-cleaned the carpets last night to get rid of the cat dander. I feel better already!
Friday, December 5, 2008
Are We Crazy or What?
So...we are officially crazy. We now (at least for the time being) are proud cat owners! We picked up our little kitty last night and brought him home, only to discover that I am very allergic to him! I knew I had some allergies to cats but I didn't know they would be so extreme. I am itchy, snotty, sneezy...the whole 9 yards. We are so disappointed as we really like him. He's fun and cute and even uses his litter box really well. The kids have been having a blast playing with him all morning. I keep telling them they have to give the kitty a rest once in awhile so they don't make him crazy :)I'm not sure we'll be keeping the kitten due to the allergies, but we'll enjoy him while he's here.
Monday, November 24, 2008
Thankfulness Wreath
Here are a few photos of our Thanksgiving wreath. I ordered these cut-out leaves from the Oriental Trading Company catalog last year, but they didn't come in time so I put them aside to use this year. My friend, Crystal, cuts out a paper tree to put on her wall which they add leaves to (very cute). My tree last year wouldn't stay up and the leaves didn't arrive so it was quite a flop :) I opted to just tape our leaves to the mirror this year. I think it turned out pretty well! Even Elsie got involved and did some scribble leaves. If I had to guess, I think she is thankful for crayons, candy and her family...probably in that order ;) Grace and Weston even drew some pictures of Jesus on their leaves! 
How true and beautiful this verse is!
I told Mike to do his best pose for this mirror shot. This is his "thinking man" pose.Sunday, November 23, 2008
Fireproof the Movie
Mike and I were able to go on an awesome date last night! My mom was in town for one of my soon-to-be sister-in-law's bridal showers and was gracious enough to babysit all 4 kids so we could go on a special date (thanks Mom!). As part of our date we went to see the movie "Fireproof" (click on red button that says "enter website" when you go to this webpage). We were a little hesistant about how "cheesy" it would be. We loved it! It was such a wonderful movie and not very cheesy at all (still slightly, but only a tiny bit :) We thought it was very encouraging, especially for anyone who is going through hard times in their marriage or will go through hard times in their marriage (so...pretty much anyone who is married!). I would recommend it to everyone to go see!
The only downside to the movie was the couple behind us who was loudly crunching, scraping, and rattling their popcorn constantly as well as talking to each other fairly loudly. When they finally finished their popcorn we thought, "whew, peace at last!". A few minutes later the man went and got ANOTHER huge bucket (they must have just won the lottery for how expensive concessions are :) We'd had it by that time and moved forward a couple of rows. You know it had to be bad for my husband to agree to move (he's very polite)!
I hope you all get a chance to go see it in the theater or rent it when it's out!
The only downside to the movie was the couple behind us who was loudly crunching, scraping, and rattling their popcorn constantly as well as talking to each other fairly loudly. When they finally finished their popcorn we thought, "whew, peace at last!". A few minutes later the man went and got ANOTHER huge bucket (they must have just won the lottery for how expensive concessions are :) We'd had it by that time and moved forward a couple of rows. You know it had to be bad for my husband to agree to move (he's very polite)!
I hope you all get a chance to go see it in the theater or rent it when it's out!
Piper Blog on Feeling Crummy
Here's a great post from the Desiring God blog about what to do when we feel crummy. If you click on highlighted words in my blog it will take you directly to the webpage I'm writing about.
Saturday, November 22, 2008
Being Silly
This is a classic Elsie "pretending to be shy" look. She tries very hard not to smile :)
I let Weston and Grace lick the beaters after I made a chocolate cake. Weston reminds me of a Frenchman with a mustache.Thursday, November 20, 2008
Our Chubby is 2 Months!
Noah is now 2 months old! I took him to the doctor's yesterday and he was a whopping 13 lbs, 14 oz! He was in the 92nd percentile which means he is heavier than 92% of all babies his age :) He obviously is being well fed. :)I'm hoping Noah will start sleeping through the night soon. Last night he went from 11 ish to 6:30 this morning. I think he slept longer due to the shots at the doctor's. I remember Weston did the same thing and then went back to his normal schedule the next night. I guess we'll see tonight ;)
Wednesday, November 12, 2008
Weston
I've been wanting to do posts to update the specifics of what the kids are up to lately. They are growing up so fast I thought it'd be fun to have a record of what they're into right now. I'll start with Weston and do separate posts for each child.
Weston has officially started Kindergarten this year. We are doing a great homeschooling curriculum called Sonlight and are enjoying it very much. We are pretty relaxed with our schedule as it's his first year. A typical day includes a math worksheet, reading time, maybe some copy work, and Weston has just started reading 3-word books on his own. We are way ahead of the curriculum schedule for the parent reading, way behind on the science projects, and right on schedule for the math :) I'm still learning how I want to structure our "school" time. I'm not a creative teacher, so my weakness is teaching the concepts as opportunities arise in regular life. When Weston wasn't understanding the math concept of counting by tens and working with dimes and pennies in the math worksheets, we took a week off from the worksheets and worked with beads and real pennies instead. I'm trying to train myself that I don't have to stick to the curriculum if I don't want to. The curriculum is there to serve us, we're not there to serve it!
Weston also spends a good part of his day coloring. Although his personality seems to be headed toward type "A", he seems to have freedom from perfectionism when he's doing art. Last week he colored about 30 army guys with various vehicles, uniforms, weapons, etc. He's really into military stuff right now (I'll have to scan one of his artwork pieces to display on the blog).
Other activities my son enjoys include bossing his sisters in pretend play games. He's pretty put-out if they don't want to play attack/war/boy games with him. In the summer, he spends a lot of time outside doing boy things. He usually wears some type of camouflage clothing every day.
Weston looks forward all day long to when Mike returns from work. Mike is definitely his favorite person in the whole world. This can be a little exhausting to Mike as Weston is so intensely needy for his attention when he's home. Usually Mike and Weston spend their time playing sports together or wrestling. Weston played soccer this past spring and we plan to have him try T-ball this next spring. Although he's small for his age, he's got surprisingly good hand/eye coordination. He can really whack the baseball over our fence!
One of Weston's quirks is that he doesn't want to throw things out. Broken toys, random piece of thread, cardboard, you name it, he thinks he'll have a use for it! Hmmm, wonder where he got the "keeping everything" quirk? Papa John, any ideas? ;)
Weston is very loving toward his sisters. He especially is tender toward Elsie and does great with gently leading her and teaching her. He likes Noah and talks to him often but hasn't been too interested in holding him much. Weston's chores include helping to fold laundry and dust, Swivel-Sweep the floors, run errands for me (fetch diapers, etc), and help his sisters with things.
Some of the things he struggles with are being bossy (hmmm, I have no idea where he got that one, I've never been bossy :) and not desiring to be independent (he'd rather be told and helped than to try it himself first).
Well, there are some highlights of my son and his life! I'm sure I'll think of many more things I should have included after I finish this post. I can always go back and add more later. Below is a picture Weston colored for me today. It's a princess with a flower in one hand and a coffee cup in the other :)
Weston has officially started Kindergarten this year. We are doing a great homeschooling curriculum called Sonlight and are enjoying it very much. We are pretty relaxed with our schedule as it's his first year. A typical day includes a math worksheet, reading time, maybe some copy work, and Weston has just started reading 3-word books on his own. We are way ahead of the curriculum schedule for the parent reading, way behind on the science projects, and right on schedule for the math :) I'm still learning how I want to structure our "school" time. I'm not a creative teacher, so my weakness is teaching the concepts as opportunities arise in regular life. When Weston wasn't understanding the math concept of counting by tens and working with dimes and pennies in the math worksheets, we took a week off from the worksheets and worked with beads and real pennies instead. I'm trying to train myself that I don't have to stick to the curriculum if I don't want to. The curriculum is there to serve us, we're not there to serve it!
Weston also spends a good part of his day coloring. Although his personality seems to be headed toward type "A", he seems to have freedom from perfectionism when he's doing art. Last week he colored about 30 army guys with various vehicles, uniforms, weapons, etc. He's really into military stuff right now (I'll have to scan one of his artwork pieces to display on the blog).
Other activities my son enjoys include bossing his sisters in pretend play games. He's pretty put-out if they don't want to play attack/war/boy games with him. In the summer, he spends a lot of time outside doing boy things. He usually wears some type of camouflage clothing every day.
Weston looks forward all day long to when Mike returns from work. Mike is definitely his favorite person in the whole world. This can be a little exhausting to Mike as Weston is so intensely needy for his attention when he's home. Usually Mike and Weston spend their time playing sports together or wrestling. Weston played soccer this past spring and we plan to have him try T-ball this next spring. Although he's small for his age, he's got surprisingly good hand/eye coordination. He can really whack the baseball over our fence!
One of Weston's quirks is that he doesn't want to throw things out. Broken toys, random piece of thread, cardboard, you name it, he thinks he'll have a use for it! Hmmm, wonder where he got the "keeping everything" quirk? Papa John, any ideas? ;)
Weston is very loving toward his sisters. He especially is tender toward Elsie and does great with gently leading her and teaching her. He likes Noah and talks to him often but hasn't been too interested in holding him much. Weston's chores include helping to fold laundry and dust, Swivel-Sweep the floors, run errands for me (fetch diapers, etc), and help his sisters with things.
Some of the things he struggles with are being bossy (hmmm, I have no idea where he got that one, I've never been bossy :) and not desiring to be independent (he'd rather be told and helped than to try it himself first).
Well, there are some highlights of my son and his life! I'm sure I'll think of many more things I should have included after I finish this post. I can always go back and add more later. Below is a picture Weston colored for me today. It's a princess with a flower in one hand and a coffee cup in the other :)
Tuesday, November 11, 2008
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