Weekly Update

March runner
Loves to put stuff on his head and around his neck

Good Big brothers
Michael saving Jacob
Matt reading to Michael
Snow days



Oreo Shakes
Disney on Ice
Second set of seats


Final seats just one row back
Bad hair day!
Michael woke up looking like Wolverine
Lazy Baby food
Helping me circle the ads

Big boy haircut and flushing the toilet
Playing with Grandpa
Weekly Update 3-13-2012
It has been another couple fun filled weeks. We celebrated Oreo’s 100th Birthday on March 6th by singing “Happy Birthday” to Oreo, and making Oreo shakes with lactose free ice cream . I finished my March table runner and have been helping a friend bind her quilts that she made a few years ago for her kids. The kids had parent teacher conference, and I continue to have health issues!

Connor – I can’t believe that my baby is turning 14 tomorrow! He forgot his guitar and asked me to bring it to him. I said he would have to pay me, so I made up this story problem… “Gas is $3.57 a gallon. The Honda Odyssey gets 17 miles per gallon. If Connor’s mom brings him his guitar and drives 2 miles to the school, how much does he owe her for the round trip?” I posted it on facebook and after many comments (Connor included) he said he thought I was making fun of him. My final post was this,… “Connor thought I was making fun of him with this post. I love you son and appreciate everything you do for me. I am grateful that you decided to join our family and be our 1st in "all things parenting" 14 years ago to the day, tomorrow! Happy early Birthday buddy!” I am so thankful to be Connor’s mom and have enjoyed so many fun times with him. Connor is lucky enough to have some great friends that he has made in this ward. One of the mom’s has put together a Nerf gun fight day, (I call it his play group) and they run around the gym and fight till the death! (Not really) Anyway, he has had a lot of fun and looks forward to going on Mondays.

Nathan – Nate has been writing a story that he let me read the other day. It was so good and full of descriptive words. He has so much enthusiasm and expression in his writing. I would love to see him publish a book. It finally snowed enough for the kids to go play in the yard for a few days. Nate decided to make a Snowman and ended up making Snow-brothers! Parent Teacher conference was great. I think Nathan’s teacher really likes him and he is getting straight A’s. Nathan was able to read a little bit from a story that he wrote in class and my favorite part was when he said he watched “a ton of TV as a kid”, and referred to someone as a “Smarty McFarty”. I love that kid!

Matthew – It was the Birthday celebration for Dr. Seuss books last week and Matthew has had more fun reading all the Dr. Seuss books he can get his hands on. He will check them out at the school library; he has read all that he can find at home. He has even been known to read to his little brother for as long as he will listen. Matthew did very well at his parent teacher conference as well. He is above his reading level and doing great in all his other subjects. We are so lucky to have such Smarty McFartys. I was able to take Michael and Matthew on a special date to Disney on Ice. It was Toy Story 3 and we had a great time. Matthew was a great big brother and really helped out when he needed too. (More to that later) I had fun being with the boys and I think they enjoyed a special night just for them.

Michael – Michael will try to get out of going to school every day, but when I pick him up, he will have had a great time and be so glad he went. He is just my strong willed boy and that is okay. Michael has been doing better at making “good choices”, and will even tell me when he makes a good choice. After a time out he will come out and come right to me, say sorry for whatever it was he did and give me a hug. He has been a lot sweeter lately too. The other morning after John and I had gone to the Market for our “date” he came in and woke me up by saying, “Thank you buying Chocolate cereal!” Michael LOVED Disney on Ice! I let them bring a spinner from home and he would sit with the spinner going and just stare at the stage. There was some drama getting there. I parked 2 full city blocks away and when I got to the box office to pick up our seats at will-call, I realized I didn’t have my wallet. I asked the security guards if they would keep an eye on my boys so that just I could run back. Needless to say, that was the most exercise I have had in months! With ID in hand, I got our tickets and we headed up to our seats. The show was just getting started when we walked in the door to the stadium. As I looked closer at our tickets I realized there was 1 on row 21 and 2 on row 27! I called John and he was furious! That is NOT what he paid for. Well, I had the boys sit on Row 27 together and the usher said she would watch them while I went to fix the tickets. Again Matthew was the big man in charge and did a great job taking care of his brother while his mom abandoned them again! Well 20 minutes after the show had started and one seat change later, we were all together watching the show. At that point John has called the ticket guy who feels horrible and has made a deal to get us better seats. I did not want to move again, but took the tickets to an usher at intermission and told him what John had told me. In the meantime, Michael needs a drink and Matthew need to go potty. I keep telling them that we can go as soon as we get our tickets back. Finally the usher brings us back our tickets and after a quick trip to the bathroom, drink for Michael and a final seat change, we are sitting on the second row on the floor. What a way to end the show!

Jacob – Jacob had his 15 month appointment with our doctor, Mike Ryan. He has been taking care of Jacob since he had to pull back his foreskin when he was only a few weeks old. I think it was one of his first patients and definitely the worst that he has ever seen (still). It had grown all the way back and another doctor had to actually come in and cut it loose again. (Sorry for being so graphic) I was in tears, they were comforting me more than Jakey. It was not a good day. I was remember all this and thinking how grateful I am for caring doctors that love my kids almost as much as I do, who take the time to talk to me and my kids and let me give immunizations when and how I want them to be given. On top of tipping the scale at 25 pounds even (57%), he is 30.5 inches (31%) and head size is in the 74%. Jacob is a walking machine, looks super cute with his new haircut and loves to put things on his head or around his neck. Jacob has 5 teeth and now eats his food out of these packet things, because he has to do it “himself”.