I never seem to have time to write anymore. My three kiddos keep us very busy! Here's a quick update on the year.
Grace is potty trained! Yay! She potty trained in July when she was right around 2.5 years old. I told her she had to be potty trained in order to take dance lessons. It worked like a charm and she started taking tap and ballet lessons mid-August.
Jackson is on the GO!! He has really taken off well with his walking and running. He's still a HUGE climber and is constantly wanting to climb high on something or pull out something that would be better if he didn't.
Caden's doing great in 2nd grade. I'm so glad we're homeschooling full-time again. It allows us more time to be involved in things we want to be involved in. We decided in September to join a Classical Conversations group. I had been really torn on the idea. Mainly because of having two younger kids and the idea of putting a 1 and 2 year old in the nursery seemed daunting. However, a good friend of mine told me about her group, it is literally 5 minutes from my house, and she's running the nursery. So a week after CC started, we visited, I liked it, and we're in! Caden is also taking two classes Thursday mornings, a literature class and world geography class. In fact, he presented some information and made a poster on Germany this past week. Of course I dropped the ball and didn't get a picture, but I was told he did great and the kids loved the German sausage he brought to share. We're also involved in Shine and have enjoyed the co-op as well. Collin is a trail guide for Trial Life this year and he and Caden have already been camping once.
We're taking Financial Peace University at church this Fall. We did Dave Ramsey's Total Money Makeover over a decade ago and really helped us get out of college debt. Now that we're in a new state of life, with kids, we thought it would be nice to take another financial class. It has also forced us to attend church on Wednesday night, which we hadn't done in years, really. The kids are enjoying their Wednesday night classes.
Collin and I are teaching in God's Grove Sunday mornings. It's the preschool wing. We do the puppet show and Grace is in there and gets to watch. We love being involved in church ministry.
We've taken some fun field trips this year as well. We've gone to the Dallas Arboretum, Dallas Children's Aquarium, saw the play, Frog and Toad are Friends at Casa, and visited a farm near Waco. This past Monday we went to the zoo as a family and had a nice time.
This was the short update. We have some big plans and news hopefully coming in the near future that I'm anxious to share with everyone. Here are some pictures of the past few weeks.
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| Caden's CC class |
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| The zoo |
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| Big boy eating cereal out of a bowl |
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| Working on her schoolwork |
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| Pretty girl at dance class |
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| Grace, Addison, and Owen at our church's block party. |
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| Caden's PE class at co-op. I co-teach this class. So fun! |
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| Backyard fun! |
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| Dentist appt - no cavities!! |
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| CC group picture, not everyone but my two younger ones are there. |
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| Backyard gardening |
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| Harvesting a carrot |
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| Pirate day at Krispy Kreme Donuts |
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| Fun with Slade |
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| She loves jumping in puddles |
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| At the children's aquarium |
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| Eating at the farm to table restaurant |
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| Caden made a spoon |
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| These kids love animals |
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| Mrs. Campbell, one of my favorite ladies and teachers. |
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| Sometimes Grace goes into Caden's room and falls asleep next to him. So sweet! |
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| My dancing princess in pink! |
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| The love of my life!! |
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| Dallas Arboretum |
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| Dallas Arboretum |
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| Painting |
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| Jackson loves sitting next to his sister |
