Jessie lost her 1st tooth in October. It got loosened up at school during snack and by 4 o'clock that very day, her and big grandma had coaxed it out! Jessie is doing well in kindergarten too. Her teacher says she is a very good helper and stays on task. She also had finished her kindergarten assesment book by nov. Which means she know what the kindergartners should know before they go into first grade. They put her on a reading program and she is loving it.
Abby is talking more and more everyday, she can spell her name, recongnize most colors, count to ten and tattle on her sisters with the best of them. Her and Ben have become little pals too.
Cassie is doing great in first grade. She is learning number scales, she is doing lots of reading, she loves recess, She can go all the way across the monkey bars now, & she does good on her spelling tests. When you ask her how school was she rates it based upon the number of "think times" other kids get for that day. She just doesn't like to see others sad. We don't have them enrolled in any type of sports or lessons at this time. They are always getting flyers sent home and want to do everything. Its hard to find that balance of letting them have their stuff and not feeling overwhelmed with activities to get to.
We had the cousins from the christensen side for a sleepover back in October... the kids loved it.
Jer has been having fun at work. He got his CDL in November. So no more horsin around while driving or it equals big trouble. He did some snow plowing in November when we had snow around thanksgiving. He also spread de-icer one night. He got home from work at 3:00... am. That was a long day. He has his idaho itch again, but I don't think that will ever go away. He has been able to have a few 3 day weekends with us which has been nice. Ben and him are side kicks, so Ben usually isn't too happy come Monday morning with no dad around. He is still Elders Quorum President.
I have been doing what mom's do best. Taking the kids to and from school is time consuming, but in my opinion, way better than the bus. Primary has a lot of "busy" stuff happening. I am over cub scouts now. So I have a meeting once a week. I am excited to become familiar with the program so when its Bens time, I know whats happening. We had a great fall and christmas season we especially enjoyed seeing Janni Caleb and Kyler.
Our hopes this year are to focus on where we would like to be, figure out how to get there and to be happy along the way.
