We listened to a conference talk "Blessed and Happy Are Those That Keep the Commandments of God" and drew pictures of the story he told about surfers in Australia. This was one of the favorite talks for the kids!
Michael's drawing was of surfers saying "See" while looking at sharks. Michael had his 7 year old dr. appointment a few weeks ago. He weighs 56lbs (72th%), is 50.0in tall (86th%) and his BMI is 15.5 (50th%). He really put on a show of his 7 year old-ness for the doctor and I had to confirm that yes he does function in school :) Michael actually got chosen to be one of two kids in his class to be part of an advanced learning group and his teacher seems to really like him. The other day one of his socks, yet again, had a hole where the big toe is. I asked him how long it would take before he threw the sock out and he replied that he liked his big toe out because it was his sticky toe or something that gave him good traction. My crazy boy. He had an EPIC day in soccer yesterday. He was his team's Scott Stirling :) His coach has progressively moved him to play goalie more often when it's his rotation for a defensive position and has said he really has a knack for it and isn't afraid to take some hits. So yesterday, against a really good team, Mike played three of four quarters as goalie. He stopped kicks on the goal with his head, with his body, with his hands as he jumped in the air up and to the side. The funny part is that it's not a super coordinated effort when Mike is goalie. He just somehow has his body in the right place. He skips from side to side in the goal while waiting for action to come his way, and then he'll dive to the side and just somehow save the ball. At the end of the game the coach had everyone give Michael a cheer and called him the MVP. After their cheers and everything Michael gets back to the car and asks, "Dad, what's an MVP?" haha
Nicole is so creative, she was drawing her picture of the sharks through the view of binoculars just like the story describes. She had her 9 year old dr visit too. She is 67lbs (60th%) and is 4'9"in tall (off chart), and her BMI is 13.6 (4th%). She is tall and lean! She also had her annual evaluation at the orthodontist. No braces yet, but they will be coming! Nicole's vocabulary has increased a ton as she continues to read voraciously. Yesterday she cracked me up when in one sentence she used the words- fyi, note to self, and etcetera.
Jake took pictures of all our lizards for his Kindergarten teacher. He also told me that this last week his class was eating fruit snacks as part of an activity and that he stuffed all of them in his mouth at once. His teacher brought him over and showed the assistant teacher too. Having only heard this story from Jacob I can only imagine the fun his teachers have with him. He takes some speech class too, and was driving Nicole nuts the other day practicing "sssss" in the car and the house and the backyard.
Sunny comes when called. It's crazy but even in daytime when he's sleeping, if Nicole calls his name in her singsong way then he comes out!
For family night we did something that I remember doing as a kid. I cut strips of paper and everyone wrote something they loved about each member of the family and then glued it on that person's paper. It was amazing to see how the kids loved reading those kind words again and again. Even Diana kept it by her bed for days and would sleep with it, a reminder of how much her family loves her.
Jacob's notes were almost impossible to read, but the thought counts!
We usually have scripture study in the family room, but one crazy day we had Mom and Dad read while the kids frosted and ate sugar cookies. It was a very quiet scripture study :) We've also started singing a song from the hymnbook and found that the kids are more interested in singing at church because they are more familiar with reading hymns.
Jake was awesome at soccer yesterday in the 45 degree weather- we are in a cold snap for a few days! He has a great defensive kick that clears the ball whenever it's in his territory. He is so fun to watch play! The coach also likes putting him in goalie too, but at this age they only have him play it for one rotation. I'm glad because I prefer them to run around using all that energy up :)
The older Katy gets, the more fun these two have together. I love seeing Katy say hi to Diana and seeing them smile at each other.
Diana is still exuberantly kind as you can see that her "gentle" kiss on Katy's head is more like she grabbed Katy's head and smacked a kiss. But we'll get there...
I finished redoing our piano/lizard/cubby room. The dark pink-red is gone and replaced with a blue-grey shades. The hardest part of it all was that white trim which took forever!
But now this room looks so much more peaceful and open instead of dark and covered with holes, wear and tear. We enjoy coming in here just to enjoy a clean room :)
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