All My Children UPDATE

Amanda- With some (okay lots) of encouragement from us has decided to take the summer off from college. She passed her CNA test in April and is currently working as a home care provider and is suppose to start as needed at a Nursing Home 3rd shift next week. This should give her a chance to save up some money to make college much easier in the Fall. She is also continuing with her fire fighting classes. I am very proud of her for making it up in the mornings and to work on time on a regular basis.

Haley- Haley is finishing up her Sophmore year at high school. She currently is on the A-B honor roll with 2 Honors classes (chemistry and Civics). She decided that she wants to be in color guard next year so is working on that over the summer as well. Haley will spend the majority of her summer as a Junior Volunteer at the Hospital. She was one of 30 people chosen out of the 95 that applied. Way to go Haley.

Lily- Has officially completed home school for the year. She is currently reading simple books, working both addition and subtraction problems, telling time to the 15 minute and knows alot about money. We will continue to work on a more informal basis over the summer. On Monday, she will be tested to determine if she will enter school in First Grade or Kindergarten in the fall. Lily has also started cheering on a competition squad. She is a flyer. Lily enjoys stretch and is doing an awesome cartwheel and working on a back walk over!

Kendall- Kendall is growing by leaps and bounds. She is beginning to recognize colors, loves to sing and dance. She is wearing big girl panties all the time except nap and night. We are still having one or two accidents a week. I am so proud of the way she has learned to express what she wants and will pick things even if everyone else wants something different.

Zach- Is walking, beginning to put two word sentences together and is one of the most strong willed children in this house! He is a climber and a screamer. We are sure he is gaining weight and will no longer be going to Brenner’s for weight check every 3 months. We are not certain about his allergies but are justing being careful at this point and will see in the future what is best for him.

Easter

We spent Easter Sunday with Matt’s sister Deanna in Atlanta Ga. We arrived on Saturday evening after our vacation at Disney World. Kendall was not in a picture mood as you can see.



The church service was short and very good. We headed home after lunch exhausted but this was a awesome ending to our vacation. Lots of pictures and stories to follow!

Random Kid Facts

-Zach has completed yet another round of testing to find out why he is not gaining weight. We think he is allergic to eggs and has gained almost 4 lbs in the past month.
-Zach is starting to talk a lot with some recognizable words like Bite, balloon, Cat, Mom, Dad, he also knows the sign for more
-Kendall is still working on potty training. She is at one or less accidents a day but still doesn’t get the concept of “poop in the potty.”
-Kendall knows her first and last name and her parents names as well.
-Lily is still working hard on learning to read with less than 20 lessons left
-Lily get to start a mini cheer leading squad this week.
-Haley has started to want to drive alot more and may get her license before next school year.
-Haley wants to be a junior volunteer at the hospital and gather all the information needed by herself!!!!
-Amanda is planning to find a full time job for the summer.

Where does time go?

Today is Saturday, it has been a full 5 days since I posted anything on my blog. In the past, I have always had a good reason, look how busy I have been, but today I have none… it was a normal week around here. So maybe I will just do a list of the regular things that happened this week.

  • Worked a total of 28 hours with a full day off on Thursday.
  • Lily and Kendall had eye appointments on Thursday. Lily’s weak eye is becoming stronger with patching. We have to kept patching probably another year. Kendall’s eyes are half as bad as Lily’s and both get new glasses.
  • Matt and I both have exercised at least 30 minutes the entire week.
  • The house is presentable not clean not dirty just managed.
  • Started moving the playroom around to get more room in it and finally move all toys out of our bedroom.
  • Matt, Lily and Haley went to church on Tuesday night
  • Superbowl party on Sunday
  • Ordered Haley’s class ring on Wednesday night

So this is what normal is?