End of year interview with Parker

End of 1st grade interview

                 Last day of 1st grade

What is your teachers name?

Mrs. Phillips

What is the best part of the school day?

Everything!

Who are your friends?

Carson, Zada, Carter, and Presley

What is something you learned in math?

I learned multiplication 

What is your favorite art project?

I liked when I made the pinch pot and painted it green and purple.

What is your favorite book to read by yourself?

I like the Magic Treehouse books!

What is your favorite book that someone read to you?

Harry Potter

What food do you like to eat at lunch?

I like to eat pizza, cheese sticks, and potatoes

What is your favorite game to play at recess?

My favorite game is freeze tag.

What is your favorite activity after school?

I like swim team practice.

What do you like about your teacher?

Mrs. Phillips is nice and caring and I love everything about her!

What do you look forward to for summer?

I am excited to swim on swim team.

So close

It is finally starting to feel like summer! The boys only have a few days of school left and they are so looking forward to their summer this year!  

Swim team practice started yesterday and so both of the big boys will be there every afternoon this week and then every morning for the rest of summer!

As I was cleaning out our storage room I came across Charles' old swim bag.  I thought it was only fitting that the boys get to use it for their swimming equipment.

We have also already made it over to my moms to swim in the past week.  When I say we I really mean the boys.  I am not nearly crazy, or young, enough to enjoy water at 77 degrees. Brrrrr!

Lincoln just sat in his little car next to the pool and watched the fun.

I'm sure by the end of summer I will have included 100's of pictures of my boys swimming, but that is our life right now.  And I couldn't be happier.

End of year interview with Griffen

End of Preschool Interview

             Last day of school 2013

What are your teacher's names?

Ms. Katy and Ms. Karen

What is the best part of the school day?

Getting to play outside on the playground

Who are your friends?

Jack, Eli, and Elijah

What is something you learned in Spanish?

How to count to 20, and my colors

What is something you wrote?

My ABC's and my name

What is your favorite art project?

I liked when I made a flower for my mom

What is your favorite book that someone read to you?

The dinosaur books

What food do you like to eat at lunch?

Turkey sandwich with mustard, goldfish, and carrots!

What is your favorite game to play at recess?

Ninjago and on the seesaw

What is your favorite activity after school?

I like to play outside and ride my bike

What do you like about your teachers?

They help me make fun things, and they are nice

What do you look forward to for summer?

Going swimming every day!

End of year interview with Carsen

End of 2nd grade interview

                Last day of 2nd grade

What is your teachers name?

Mrs. Hosier

What is the best part of the school day?

I like recess!

Who are your friends?

Gavin, Evelyn, and Rose

What is something you learned in science?

 I got to watch a caterpillar turn into a butterfly! I named my caterpillar Sleepy Head.

What is something you learned in math?

I learned division.

What is your favorite art project?

I liked the Native American art that I drew.

What is your favorite book to read by yourself?

All of the Harry Potter books!

What food do you like to eat at lunch?

I like to eat pizza that my mom sends from home!

What is your favorite game to play at recess?

I like to play on the slides.

What is your favorite activity after school?

I really like going to swim team practice and playing with my friends outside.

What do you like about your teacher?

I like that Mrs. Hosier is silly and she makes me laugh.

What do you look forward to for summer?

I can't wait until we have swim meets!

Baby proofing

So in the last couple of weeks Lincoln has learned to go up the stairs on his own.  We still have a gate that is built in at the top of the stairs from when the big boys were little, but we had always just used a removable gate for the bottom of the stairs.  At first he didn't really go near the stairs unless I was with him and so it was no big deal, but the last couple of days he has started heading over there any time I turned my back. We're taking I had to have him locked in the bathroom if I was in there because this kid is FAST.

So when I looked for our old baby gate I realized it was nowhere to be found.  I decided to improvise until I was able to get another one and so I pushed a couple chairs in front of the bottom steps. 

This worked all of 2 minutes until the babe realized he could lay on his belly and squeeze under the chairs.

 So then I decided I would push the piano bench over since it is lower. No good,he still squished down and wiggled under.  I proceeded to add a chair, and then a bag, and then a box, and then a second box.  After the second box I had FINALLY manged to keep him out.

As I said before, this kid is determined!

The baby gate is now in place and I am happy to report he has yet to find a way over, under, or through it.

I have a feeling this boy is going to keep us busy.

Lincoln

Our sweet little Lincoln Henry came into our lives on June 7th and we fell head over heels in love with him.

We hadn't planned on having a fourth baby, but looking back I can't imagine our lives without him.  He has truly completed our little family.

Linc was given a little elephant lovey when he was just a few days old and he has slept with it ever since.  He gave up his paci at about 5 months and started sucking on his poor elephants trunk. Needless to say the elephant spends a lot of time in the washing machine.

Linc is an extremely happy baby and will smile at just about anyone that looks his way. He also has a full head of super blonde hair.  Our other boys didn't have that much hair until they were two.

At 11 months old Linc-

- is crawling everywhere at FULL SPEED

- stands and walks around furniture

-has two bottom teeth and two top teeth

-likes to say "dada", "hi", and "buh", which we think means bye

- can sign "milk" and "all done"

-loves his big brothers and gets upset when they close their door on him 

-HATES riding in the car... You would think the kid was being tortured

- has figured out how to crawl up the stairs and decides that's his favorite thing to do

- loves to eat tomatoes and black beans

Being the fourth boy I'm sure he will grow up to be a tough little guy.  I love seeing how determined he is to get what he wants.  This kid doesn't give up easily.  We are so thankful he is ours and are enjoying every minute with him

Griffen

Griffen is now 4 years old and just finished his last year of preschool. His teachers have told me he is such a joy to have in class and that he is such a polite and happy boy.  He also loves music class and when they sing you can hear his little voice above all the rest.  

We registered Griff for kindergarten a few weeks ago and he is super excited!  He thinks that he is one of the big boys and can't wait to be at the same school as his brothers.  Although, he wasn't very happy when I told him kindergarten included nap time.

Griffen has such a loving personality.  He still loves to hug and kiss his mama and daddy.  As much as I want him to be my baby for awhile longer I know that he is growing into a handsome and amazing little man.  Lately he wants to do everything for himself.  Cut his own food, comb his own hair, buckle his own seatbelt.

He usually does a pretty good job, but occasionally he still needs some help.

After being the baby for so long I worried that he might be jealous of the new baby on the family. Turns out I had nothing to worry about. Griff has become an awesome big brother to Lincoln!

Griff is still a super picky eater, but when he loves a food he loves it with his whole heart! We still manage to get him to eat a pretty balanced diet, even if it consists of the same meals over and over again.

I love this little man! He is always looking for ways to help people, and is a blessing to our family!