Today Landon had his first appt to get his fillings done on his teeth. We went on Monday and he needs 4 done total but they are doing it in 2 different appts. They said that on his 6yr molars the enamel didn't fully form therefore making them really prone to cavities and that is why they are there, not because of "bad habits" or too much candy like the other dentist accused. I was really nervous but didn't talk to him much about it because I didn't want him to start to worry about it or get nervous. They took him back and gave him the nitrous and were done in about 20min. He did really well. The dentist came out and told me everything went great and they weren't quite as deep as they looked. I'm so glad we found this dentist, he is really really awesome, the boys already love them and even after this Landon said he isn't at all nervous to go back for the other 2 fillings. Which is GREAT! Me and mark thought that this might ruin the dentist for him but nope, he's actually excited to go back and get the rest done to pick another toy from the treasure box hahaha. The only thing he didn't like was feeling numb for awhile after they were done, but it has worn off now of course and he's just fine :)
I hope Casen's appt goes as well! His are just surface ones though and don't need drilling so he should be ok
Thursday, March 10, 2011
Hayden's first soccer practice
Last night Hayden had his first soccer practice :) He had so much fun! He was listening really well which impressed me and he was actually pretty good! Especially for his first ever practice, he did really well. His coach seems really nice and so are the moms on the team so that's always nice for me, meet more people. I think he's really going to enjoy the season. He has practice again next Wed, he can't wait to go back! Here are some pics I took
Ready to go
#1
His coach would yell go and they had to dribble the ball and then when he blew his whistle they would have to put their foot on the ball and hold their arms out. He was on it too, immediately stopping and doing it when he heard the whistle
On the way home after practice :)
Tuesday, March 8, 2011
Getting ready for sports and birthdays
I think one of my favorite parts of being a mom of kids this age is sports. Maybe I'm weird, but I love carting them around to their practices and watching the practices and games! They really enjoy it too, so of course that makes it even more worth doing. I'm so ready for spring season to start!!
On Saturday Landon and Casen had their baseball evaluations. We got up that morning and a cold front had come through and man it was cold!! It's been so nice so it was unexpected, but the cold wouldn't have been so bad if it wasn't insanely windy. Poor Landon forgot his jacket too so he was out for over an hour without one, he was frozen. I went with Casen to his field and he fielded the ball, threw it and then went through the line to bat. He did really really well, yay! Then we gave Landon his jacket and I took Casen back to the car, since Landon's was taking longer that way he could be warmer. Landon did really well on his too, yay!! He threw it really well and he even got a hit, granted it ended up being a foul but still for first time batting since fall Mark said he was swinging tons better than last season and then he got that hit. We already know he'll be on the Cubs again with his same coach but we are waiting to hear what team Casen will be on. We are REALLY hoping for Rangers again, though it will be a new coach, but we'll see what he gets.
Last night I got a call from Hayden's coach for soccer. He seemed really nice and said he has grown up playing soccer, he has an 18yr old, 14yr old and 12yr old..then one on the team so a 4yr old. He said all of them have played soccer since they were old enough so they are a soccer family and he has a lot of experience so I think that will be really good for Hayden, hopefully he'll really learn a lot about the game. I think he's going to really love it. He has his first practice on Wed, I can't wait to get him all dressed in his gear, pics to come of course. It actually is going to work out really well if they keep practices on Wed, he's doing it from 5:45 to about 6:30 so that gives us time still to get to church and Landon and Casen don't practice on Wed. Hayden's games are on Sat, Landon and Casen's teams don't have games on Sat so it works out perfectly. It will probably mean we are at sports though 6 days a week, no one should have anything on Sunday so that will be our only real day off, but of course we have church that day :D
We have decided on a date and place for the boys party. We are doing combined again because they both wanted it at the park so since it's an open space I'm fine with there being a lot of kids at once. They are both inviting their entire class, some kids from baseball, church and then family friends....someone help me, what am I thinking? lol They both wanted different themes but after talking to some friends last night I have changed it and they'll have to get over it haha. We are doing a baseball theme and will serve hot dogs, chips and of course cake. Really hoping they like the idea, they are pretty easy going so I think they'll be fine with it. Will make things sooo much easier than having 2 different themes.
On Saturday Landon and Casen had their baseball evaluations. We got up that morning and a cold front had come through and man it was cold!! It's been so nice so it was unexpected, but the cold wouldn't have been so bad if it wasn't insanely windy. Poor Landon forgot his jacket too so he was out for over an hour without one, he was frozen. I went with Casen to his field and he fielded the ball, threw it and then went through the line to bat. He did really really well, yay! Then we gave Landon his jacket and I took Casen back to the car, since Landon's was taking longer that way he could be warmer. Landon did really well on his too, yay!! He threw it really well and he even got a hit, granted it ended up being a foul but still for first time batting since fall Mark said he was swinging tons better than last season and then he got that hit. We already know he'll be on the Cubs again with his same coach but we are waiting to hear what team Casen will be on. We are REALLY hoping for Rangers again, though it will be a new coach, but we'll see what he gets.
Last night I got a call from Hayden's coach for soccer. He seemed really nice and said he has grown up playing soccer, he has an 18yr old, 14yr old and 12yr old..then one on the team so a 4yr old. He said all of them have played soccer since they were old enough so they are a soccer family and he has a lot of experience so I think that will be really good for Hayden, hopefully he'll really learn a lot about the game. I think he's going to really love it. He has his first practice on Wed, I can't wait to get him all dressed in his gear, pics to come of course. It actually is going to work out really well if they keep practices on Wed, he's doing it from 5:45 to about 6:30 so that gives us time still to get to church and Landon and Casen don't practice on Wed. Hayden's games are on Sat, Landon and Casen's teams don't have games on Sat so it works out perfectly. It will probably mean we are at sports though 6 days a week, no one should have anything on Sunday so that will be our only real day off, but of course we have church that day :D
We have decided on a date and place for the boys party. We are doing combined again because they both wanted it at the park so since it's an open space I'm fine with there being a lot of kids at once. They are both inviting their entire class, some kids from baseball, church and then family friends....someone help me, what am I thinking? lol They both wanted different themes but after talking to some friends last night I have changed it and they'll have to get over it haha. We are doing a baseball theme and will serve hot dogs, chips and of course cake. Really hoping they like the idea, they are pretty easy going so I think they'll be fine with it. Will make things sooo much easier than having 2 different themes.
Thursday, March 3, 2011
Mommy Meetup 3/3
Awhile back I started attending Mommy Meetups with some ladies from church. I've only been able to attend a few since I didn't have a car. But Alishia, the lady that organizes them, is so nice and has come and picked us up a few times to go. The first one I went to happened to be the day I found out I was expecting JuneBug <3 They meet the first Thursday of the month. Today was the first I've been able to drive to...have I mentioned how much I LOVE having my van???
It started out bad because I left a note for Mark to call and wake me at 9:30, it started at 10. I figured Hayden would still be asleep because last night he was up until about 11, his normal bedtime lately is 10 and he sleeps until between 9-10 with that, no naps anymore...well almost no naps. Since he went to bed so late I figured he'd sleep in..and he did. Mark got busy at work and forgot to call, I happened to wake up at 9:52 on my own and freaked out because I was so late. Hayden was still sleeping so I hurried and got myself dressed then grabbed his clothes and woke him up and got him dressed. We got out of the house about 10:15. So this place is supposed to be about a 10min drive from my house...I didn't get there until 10:38...yeah I got lost!! Ughhh so not a good start to the morning.
We got inside and Hayden was being super shy so I was sitting on the couch with him in my lap and a lady walked over wearing her baby in an ergo carrier and sat next to me and took him out to nurse him. Now I don't know if it's weird but I love seeing moms nurse in public...or in this case another person's house surrounded by moms that never batted an eye! I'm tired of seeing people act like breastfeeding is weird or shouldn't be done, but no one cared at all that she sat there and nursed him surrounded by them and their kids..just one more reason I love the ladies from our church. We got to talking about our births and they were very similar, even to the reason we had our "necessary" emergency c-sections and she had had 2 VBACs, she already has 4 kids. We were talking about midwives and other stuff and we had a lot of the same beliefs on it all. She was great, really glad we went even with the rough start, I think I found someone I could become really good friends with.
Hayden had a lot of fun playing, the lady that hosted the meetup this time has horses and she put a saddle on one and brought him out for the kids to ride. Most of them were very excited about the thought of riding but realizing how far up it was backed out of riding him. In the end 4 kids rode...including Hayden! He did so well too, he held on all by himself and she took him around 3x, he absolutely loved it. He says he's a real cowboy now :) I was really proud of him getting up there and riding all by himself (well with Mrs. Cindy leading Sarge of course) and when his turn was over he got down willingly, no fits at all! The other kids got really upset when their turns were over so I was just really proud of Hayden, he can definitely be a little terror at times but he has been so much better lately and was a total sweetheart today, so well behaved. Someone took pics for me since I didn't have my camera and she will email them to me later, I can't wait to see.
I'm so glad we decided to go even after getting lost haha, we both had a really good time, I can't wait for next month! Alishia said she thinks we are going to do a picnic lunch at another mom's house and an Easter egg hunt, he will really like that
It started out bad because I left a note for Mark to call and wake me at 9:30, it started at 10. I figured Hayden would still be asleep because last night he was up until about 11, his normal bedtime lately is 10 and he sleeps until between 9-10 with that, no naps anymore...well almost no naps. Since he went to bed so late I figured he'd sleep in..and he did. Mark got busy at work and forgot to call, I happened to wake up at 9:52 on my own and freaked out because I was so late. Hayden was still sleeping so I hurried and got myself dressed then grabbed his clothes and woke him up and got him dressed. We got out of the house about 10:15. So this place is supposed to be about a 10min drive from my house...I didn't get there until 10:38...yeah I got lost!! Ughhh so not a good start to the morning.
We got inside and Hayden was being super shy so I was sitting on the couch with him in my lap and a lady walked over wearing her baby in an ergo carrier and sat next to me and took him out to nurse him. Now I don't know if it's weird but I love seeing moms nurse in public...or in this case another person's house surrounded by moms that never batted an eye! I'm tired of seeing people act like breastfeeding is weird or shouldn't be done, but no one cared at all that she sat there and nursed him surrounded by them and their kids..just one more reason I love the ladies from our church. We got to talking about our births and they were very similar, even to the reason we had our "necessary" emergency c-sections and she had had 2 VBACs, she already has 4 kids. We were talking about midwives and other stuff and we had a lot of the same beliefs on it all. She was great, really glad we went even with the rough start, I think I found someone I could become really good friends with.
Hayden had a lot of fun playing, the lady that hosted the meetup this time has horses and she put a saddle on one and brought him out for the kids to ride. Most of them were very excited about the thought of riding but realizing how far up it was backed out of riding him. In the end 4 kids rode...including Hayden! He did so well too, he held on all by himself and she took him around 3x, he absolutely loved it. He says he's a real cowboy now :) I was really proud of him getting up there and riding all by himself (well with Mrs. Cindy leading Sarge of course) and when his turn was over he got down willingly, no fits at all! The other kids got really upset when their turns were over so I was just really proud of Hayden, he can definitely be a little terror at times but he has been so much better lately and was a total sweetheart today, so well behaved. Someone took pics for me since I didn't have my camera and she will email them to me later, I can't wait to see.
I'm so glad we decided to go even after getting lost haha, we both had a really good time, I can't wait for next month! Alishia said she thinks we are going to do a picnic lunch at another mom's house and an Easter egg hunt, he will really like that
Tuesday, March 1, 2011
Alright let's try this again
I've been so horrible at keeping up with this, I'm sorry. But I'm going to try and put in more effort now, hopefully I can really keep up with it this time.
Let's do some updating first....
Things around here have been really good, crazy, but good. It's going to start getting even more crazy around here very soon! We are expecting our FOURTH boy!!!! He is due June 18th and will be named Preston Blake Jackson <3 We are very excited and can't wait to meet him. The boys are thrilled to have another baby around here and have been loving helping us choose his name, pick out things for him and feeling him move. After a really rough start to the pregnancy, tons of horrible morning sickness it finally passed about 16wks, I'm 24wks now and things are going really well. I finally have my energy back for the most part, no more sickness and generally feeling really well. We also recently bought me a van that I love!! It's a really nice 2008 Dodge Grand Caravan SXT. It's absolutely perfect for us and I couldn't be happier. Plus finally having a vehicle at all to just get out of the house during the day is awesome!!! I've been taking advantage of it and went to eat lunch with the boys at school last week, been doing some shopping and me and Hayden have a playdate on Thurs. It will really come in handy when spring sports start up...which should be in the next week or 2! It will be really nuts around here then. Landon and Casen are playing baseball again and Hayden is going to do be doing soccer. They are all really excited about it, especially Hayden since he's never done it before. Baseball is crazy enough, between Landon and Casen we have practices or games 5-7 days a week so adding in another kids practices and games we will be nonstop but I can't wait, I love watching them play.
Landon is doing really well, he is almost through 2nd grade already! He will be 8 in a little over a month, I can't believe it. Time really does fly by when you have kids. He is doing great in school but is having some reading issues so he's doing an extra reading group with a student from SAGU (Southwestern Assemblies of God University) once a week to help and he's also being tested for dyslexia...we are hoping to hear the results from that soon. But overall he's still doing really well, he isn't really behind just 2 levels (which isn't much at this point) but he's still able to do everything he should with the class. He's been doing SO much better on his spelling tests the past few weeks, he's really proud of himself. Math is definitely his strong subject and he's really great at it. He's growing so much and is now 50in and 51lbs!!!! Getting so big!
Casen is absolutely loving school. He is almost done with kindergarten now and has had the absolute best 1st year, I couldn't ask for more. His teacher is amazing and he is so in love with her. He has made great friends, and even has a little girlfriend. He has done awesome on everything and excels in everything in school. He is in the top reading group in his class and has already finished everything he needs to for kindergarten, awhile back actually. He is going to be so sad when kindergarten is over and he has to be out for summer for a couple months...plus just leaving Mrs. Nutt will be really hard for him. He's already hoping he gets Mr. Bruce for 1st grade, he already knows and likes him and he also goes to our church so he thinks that's pretty cool...I'm hoping he gets him too. He can't wait for baseball to start but he's going to be on a different team with a different coach this time so we are hoping he gets someone we really like and that knows what he's doing. He has grown so much too and is now 45.5in and 41lbs!!! He will be 6 in less than a month, I can't believe it!!!! We really need to figure out what we are going to do for his party this year
Hayden is also doing great, he has come so far over the past few months. He has finally given up his pacifier and is talking SO much more it's amazing. He's also listening better, he still has his moments and has such a temper on him but overall he's so much better behaved. He is thrilled about soccer, he's actually really good at it, he's good at anything physical lol so I can't wait to watch him play I think he'll be really good. We are going to start looking for preschools for next year for him, he'll love that. He loves Sundays because he gets to go to his own class at Sunday School, he loves having his own thing to do. We had some major potty training regression for awhile but he's doing so much better now...thankfully! We've been meeting with some moms from our church once a month for a Mommy Meetup for awhile and he really loves that, we have our next one on Thurs so he's really excited. Now that I have the car I can get him out of the house it helps us both a lot. We are going to start doing story time and story hour on Tues and Fridays every week at the library. My tiny man is finally growing too and has actually grown a lot in height since I last checked! He's now 37.75in and 29lbs! He's already about to be 3 1/2yrs.
Anyway, so things are going great around here!!! Hopefully I'll really keep this up...
Let's do some updating first....
Things around here have been really good, crazy, but good. It's going to start getting even more crazy around here very soon! We are expecting our FOURTH boy!!!! He is due June 18th and will be named Preston Blake Jackson <3 We are very excited and can't wait to meet him. The boys are thrilled to have another baby around here and have been loving helping us choose his name, pick out things for him and feeling him move. After a really rough start to the pregnancy, tons of horrible morning sickness it finally passed about 16wks, I'm 24wks now and things are going really well. I finally have my energy back for the most part, no more sickness and generally feeling really well. We also recently bought me a van that I love!! It's a really nice 2008 Dodge Grand Caravan SXT. It's absolutely perfect for us and I couldn't be happier. Plus finally having a vehicle at all to just get out of the house during the day is awesome!!! I've been taking advantage of it and went to eat lunch with the boys at school last week, been doing some shopping and me and Hayden have a playdate on Thurs. It will really come in handy when spring sports start up...which should be in the next week or 2! It will be really nuts around here then. Landon and Casen are playing baseball again and Hayden is going to do be doing soccer. They are all really excited about it, especially Hayden since he's never done it before. Baseball is crazy enough, between Landon and Casen we have practices or games 5-7 days a week so adding in another kids practices and games we will be nonstop but I can't wait, I love watching them play.
Landon is doing really well, he is almost through 2nd grade already! He will be 8 in a little over a month, I can't believe it. Time really does fly by when you have kids. He is doing great in school but is having some reading issues so he's doing an extra reading group with a student from SAGU (Southwestern Assemblies of God University) once a week to help and he's also being tested for dyslexia...we are hoping to hear the results from that soon. But overall he's still doing really well, he isn't really behind just 2 levels (which isn't much at this point) but he's still able to do everything he should with the class. He's been doing SO much better on his spelling tests the past few weeks, he's really proud of himself. Math is definitely his strong subject and he's really great at it. He's growing so much and is now 50in and 51lbs!!!! Getting so big!
Casen is absolutely loving school. He is almost done with kindergarten now and has had the absolute best 1st year, I couldn't ask for more. His teacher is amazing and he is so in love with her. He has made great friends, and even has a little girlfriend. He has done awesome on everything and excels in everything in school. He is in the top reading group in his class and has already finished everything he needs to for kindergarten, awhile back actually. He is going to be so sad when kindergarten is over and he has to be out for summer for a couple months...plus just leaving Mrs. Nutt will be really hard for him. He's already hoping he gets Mr. Bruce for 1st grade, he already knows and likes him and he also goes to our church so he thinks that's pretty cool...I'm hoping he gets him too. He can't wait for baseball to start but he's going to be on a different team with a different coach this time so we are hoping he gets someone we really like and that knows what he's doing. He has grown so much too and is now 45.5in and 41lbs!!! He will be 6 in less than a month, I can't believe it!!!! We really need to figure out what we are going to do for his party this year
Hayden is also doing great, he has come so far over the past few months. He has finally given up his pacifier and is talking SO much more it's amazing. He's also listening better, he still has his moments and has such a temper on him but overall he's so much better behaved. He is thrilled about soccer, he's actually really good at it, he's good at anything physical lol so I can't wait to watch him play I think he'll be really good. We are going to start looking for preschools for next year for him, he'll love that. He loves Sundays because he gets to go to his own class at Sunday School, he loves having his own thing to do. We had some major potty training regression for awhile but he's doing so much better now...thankfully! We've been meeting with some moms from our church once a month for a Mommy Meetup for awhile and he really loves that, we have our next one on Thurs so he's really excited. Now that I have the car I can get him out of the house it helps us both a lot. We are going to start doing story time and story hour on Tues and Fridays every week at the library. My tiny man is finally growing too and has actually grown a lot in height since I last checked! He's now 37.75in and 29lbs! He's already about to be 3 1/2yrs.
Anyway, so things are going great around here!!! Hopefully I'll really keep this up...
Thursday, October 14, 2010
Terrible at keeping up with this!
I am so bad at keeping up with this! Things are always so busy around here that I barely remember that I have the blog. So here is an update on the past couple weeks
Still going to church and LOVE it! So glad we made the decision to do this. We've been for a few weeks now and attended the Newcomer's Dinner, I applied for membership but Mark wasn't quite ready, which is fine :) I also went to a Mommy Meetup last week at the park, took Hayden, the other two were in school. It was a lot of fun, we had a really good time and I met a lot of great moms! The one that organizes it actually came and picked me up, we'd never met before but she offered and I took her up on it, so glad I did. People have been so nice and welcoming, it's been so great. It's always the first Thursday of the month, in the morning, Mark always works then so I don't know if I"ll be able to attend anymore until we get a 2nd car but can't wait for that so I can! The boys absolutely love church!
The boys have been doing great lately :)
On Wed I had Landon's parent/teacher conference. He is in 2nd grade now and doing wonderfully! His teacher said he is right where he should be, slightly above average in most things which is great! His reading is a level above what it needs to be which is awesome, we were a little worried about that because he needed the Reading Recovery last year, which helped him tremendously. She said when you sit and talk to him he is so intelligent and very very sweet. He's friends with everyone, everyone just loves Landon. He got his first report card and has all As except his reading grade which was a 78 because he doesn't test well in it, he reads just fine but it's the remembering details for the test he has problems with, but hte past couple weeks tests have been a lot better so hopefully that goes up soon. He is also still playing baseball which he loves. He's getting much better this season. His team is all pretty new, it's him and 3 other kids from last season then the rest are all new to the team so they are still working out the kinks I'm sure in the spring they will be much better, this season has been a bit rough. He is now 49.5in and 51lbs! Getting so big!!!
On Tuesday I had Casen's parent/teacher conference and he is doing amazing!!!!!!! Sooo proud of my little boy. He only went to preschool about 3mo when he was 3yrs old, when we moved from Colorado he didn't go anymore. But he is at the very top of his class, top reading group as well. She said he is WAYYYY above average and has such a desire and excitement to learn. He is very very bright and absolutely loves school. Like I said he's in her top reading group, they'll start DRA testing on him in Jan but he'll be getting books home next week, most kids aren't getting books home yet, just flash cards, so yayyyy go Casen! He is very advanced in math, they are working on numbers 0-5 in class, really understanding the concept of numbers, counting and all that. Casen on the other hand is adding into double digits and counting to over 200. She keeps writing addition problems on the back of coloring sheets to challenge him, he just loves it. He asked her in Imagination Stations (playtime) the other day if she could do that for him to work on that instead of playing. He wants to learn everything. He got his first report card and has "mastered" everything for the 1st 6wks, 2nd, 3rd and 4th and almost everything for 5th and 6th! I'm so glad he got a teacher who recognizes his abilities and is challenging him instead of letting him get bored relearning things he already knows. He LOVES his teacher! He is also doing tball still, a favorite of his. His coach is having surgery next week so everyone please keep him in your thoughts and prayers, he hopes to be back on the field with the kids very soon. Casen is doing sooo great in baseball this year, he really GETS the game now and is getting so much better at everything involved with it! Casen is now 44.5in and 41lbs!
Hayden is doing great too. He is, of course, staying home with me. He had so much fun at that Mommy Meetup last week, I can't wait to get a car to do more things like that with him. He is loving his "school" (Sunday School), he thinks he's hot stuff going to class by himself. He's always so well behaved at school and such a sweetheart to other kids, minus his brothers lol. but I guess that's to be expected haha. He is getting much better at home too, he still has his days but he's listening and understanding so much more, it makes things much easier. He is playing blastball this season and really loves it! He is very good at it too :) He's going to be really good once he gets to tball stage. He is now 29lbs and 36.5in!! Finally growing, he's still a little small for his age but catching up, not off the charts anymore.
Well I guess that's about it. We have some other news in another update, but that's going to have to wait for awhile longer ;)
Still going to church and LOVE it! So glad we made the decision to do this. We've been for a few weeks now and attended the Newcomer's Dinner, I applied for membership but Mark wasn't quite ready, which is fine :) I also went to a Mommy Meetup last week at the park, took Hayden, the other two were in school. It was a lot of fun, we had a really good time and I met a lot of great moms! The one that organizes it actually came and picked me up, we'd never met before but she offered and I took her up on it, so glad I did. People have been so nice and welcoming, it's been so great. It's always the first Thursday of the month, in the morning, Mark always works then so I don't know if I"ll be able to attend anymore until we get a 2nd car but can't wait for that so I can! The boys absolutely love church!
The boys have been doing great lately :)
On Wed I had Landon's parent/teacher conference. He is in 2nd grade now and doing wonderfully! His teacher said he is right where he should be, slightly above average in most things which is great! His reading is a level above what it needs to be which is awesome, we were a little worried about that because he needed the Reading Recovery last year, which helped him tremendously. She said when you sit and talk to him he is so intelligent and very very sweet. He's friends with everyone, everyone just loves Landon. He got his first report card and has all As except his reading grade which was a 78 because he doesn't test well in it, he reads just fine but it's the remembering details for the test he has problems with, but hte past couple weeks tests have been a lot better so hopefully that goes up soon. He is also still playing baseball which he loves. He's getting much better this season. His team is all pretty new, it's him and 3 other kids from last season then the rest are all new to the team so they are still working out the kinks I'm sure in the spring they will be much better, this season has been a bit rough. He is now 49.5in and 51lbs! Getting so big!!!
On Tuesday I had Casen's parent/teacher conference and he is doing amazing!!!!!!! Sooo proud of my little boy. He only went to preschool about 3mo when he was 3yrs old, when we moved from Colorado he didn't go anymore. But he is at the very top of his class, top reading group as well. She said he is WAYYYY above average and has such a desire and excitement to learn. He is very very bright and absolutely loves school. Like I said he's in her top reading group, they'll start DRA testing on him in Jan but he'll be getting books home next week, most kids aren't getting books home yet, just flash cards, so yayyyy go Casen! He is very advanced in math, they are working on numbers 0-5 in class, really understanding the concept of numbers, counting and all that. Casen on the other hand is adding into double digits and counting to over 200. She keeps writing addition problems on the back of coloring sheets to challenge him, he just loves it. He asked her in Imagination Stations (playtime) the other day if she could do that for him to work on that instead of playing. He wants to learn everything. He got his first report card and has "mastered" everything for the 1st 6wks, 2nd, 3rd and 4th and almost everything for 5th and 6th! I'm so glad he got a teacher who recognizes his abilities and is challenging him instead of letting him get bored relearning things he already knows. He LOVES his teacher! He is also doing tball still, a favorite of his. His coach is having surgery next week so everyone please keep him in your thoughts and prayers, he hopes to be back on the field with the kids very soon. Casen is doing sooo great in baseball this year, he really GETS the game now and is getting so much better at everything involved with it! Casen is now 44.5in and 41lbs!
Hayden is doing great too. He is, of course, staying home with me. He had so much fun at that Mommy Meetup last week, I can't wait to get a car to do more things like that with him. He is loving his "school" (Sunday School), he thinks he's hot stuff going to class by himself. He's always so well behaved at school and such a sweetheart to other kids, minus his brothers lol. but I guess that's to be expected haha. He is getting much better at home too, he still has his days but he's listening and understanding so much more, it makes things much easier. He is playing blastball this season and really loves it! He is very good at it too :) He's going to be really good once he gets to tball stage. He is now 29lbs and 36.5in!! Finally growing, he's still a little small for his age but catching up, not off the charts anymore.
Well I guess that's about it. We have some other news in another update, but that's going to have to wait for awhile longer ;)
Monday, September 27, 2010
Our Church Experience
We haven't been to church in many years. The boys have never been and me and Mark haven't been since we got together. We've been back and forth on our beliefs for awhile but have decided we want to go back to church. So here is a post I wrote on my forum
So we went to church this morning! First we had to sign the boys in to the kids program then they had someone walk us to each of their classes so we could find them. We dropped Casen off first and he didn't even say bye lol he was gone. Landon was really excited but a little nervous walking in but he was fine. Then we took Hayden to his class and they were playing with playdoh so he was excited, had no problems at all with us leaving him. Then they walked us over to where we needed to be. It was actually a really good service, I liked it a lot. And the Pastor was awesome! He was really funny and I just really enjoyed how he talked. Even Mark who said he used to always fall asleep and was a skeptic lol enjoyed it. During the service when they did the offering there were cards to fill out if you were new or for prayer requests so I filled one out for us and turned it in. After it was over we went and got the boys and they all LOVED it!! Casen earned 3 epic bucks...which is like fake money they can use in a store there to buy little toys, he's saving his for now though. We had picked Hayden up first and he colored us a picture and he told us he was really good lol. When we were picking up Landon I ran into Stacy, the one from baseball and photographer, and she was so happy we were there, we talked a minute then we all left. A little bit later she text us to tell us how happy she was to see us there and hoped to see us next week. Every other week her and her husband teach the kindergarten Sunday School class so next week they'll be in there and when I told Casen he was jumping up and down. Her husband is his 3rd base coach and he really likes him, and there son is his age and they get along really well.
We went out shopping and stuff and I totally forgot Landon had baseball...oops! But then I got home and checked my email and we had a message from the Pastor. He had recorded a video for us personally, talking about what I wrote on the card and welcoming us and saying how he hoped we were there next week and he would like to meet us after service if so. For a church of almost 4000 I thought that was awesome that he took time to make a video welcoming us to his church.
We plan to go back next week and on Oct 3rd is a new member dinner which we will go to, you have to do that and fill out a paper and be welcomed into the church to become a member. We will be doing all of that.
We went out shopping and stuff and I totally forgot Landon had baseball...oops! But then I got home and checked my email and we had a message from the Pastor. He had recorded a video for us personally, talking about what I wrote on the card and welcoming us and saying how he hoped we were there next week and he would like to meet us after service if so. For a church of almost 4000 I thought that was awesome that he took time to make a video welcoming us to his church.
We plan to go back next week and on Oct 3rd is a new member dinner which we will go to, you have to do that and fill out a paper and be welcomed into the church to become a member. We will be doing all of that.
All the boys have talked about all day is Sunday School. They loved the band they got to see and can not wait for next week! Landon even asked me to buy him a bible...which we will be doing this week
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