Tonight Elinore and I were on the floor together. She was helping me fold laundry. By helping I mean she'd pull out each piece of clothes to find the tag to chew on. It'd take it and fold it while she found the next tag. Only a few of her brothers shirts had some slobber on them. :)
Anyway, while we were sitting there she crawled up on my legs, then tugged on my shirt and pulled herself up to a stand for the first time!
She is about 10.5 months old.
Thursday, May 16, 2013
Tuesday, May 14, 2013
Kennywood
I felt strongly this year about not gifting the boys with more toys for their birthday. We have some many already, and most of them go unused for long periods of time. We're a much more on the go family and I didn't want more toys cluttering up the house and taking focus away from more important things. So this year, we gave Caden and Caleb a trip to Kennywood for their 7th birthday!
We planned to go on opening Saturday which happened to be just two days after their actual birthday. We got out of the house around 8:30 which is only half an hour later than planned (which is impressive for me). However, Keith and I got lost in conversation (rare and amazing) and we missed out exit off the turnpike. So by the time we got turned around and on the right path we were running late and decided to grab lunch before getting to the park. Four hours after we left our house we finally arrived at the park!
It was mostly smooth sailing from there!
Our first stop was Garfield's Nightmare, which was a slow moving boat ride through a "house." Caleb was too afraid to ride so Keith and Caden went while we sat on a bench with 'Joe'.
We walked around some more and spent some time in Kiddie Land.
While in kiddie land the boys were interested in someone riding with them, so somehow I mostly got that fun! On this ride, Caden insisted I ride with them, but when we got up to the ride, he bailed on me to ride with his brother and left me riding solo on the ride in kiddie land. Keith found it hilarious and photo worthy.
After kiddie land we headed on to ride a few of the bigger rides the boys were brave enough to try.
There was a bobsled ride Caden really wanted to ride. So I took the boys on it, it was a circular ride that went super fast and titled on its side at high speeds. They were dizzy and terrified after! That was the end of the adventure for the day!
Our last ride of the day was the carousel. Elinore got to ride her first carousel!
Our last stop of the day, was the gift shop. Grandma Nancy had given the boys some money for their birthday and they were itching to spend it!
Caleb spent his fairly quickly, but Caden very carefully searched nearly the entire store twice and came back to some items a few times before making some decisions and still haveing to be stopped when we needed to leave. He didn't spend all his money. (He later choose to donate the leftover of his money to the church flooring fund! AMAZING!)
We left the park and headed back toward home about a half hour before we stopped to eat at an Eat'n Park.
After dinner we took the kids to the car and put them all in their pajamas with blankets to sleep on the way home. The boys were thrilled and thought it was like a 'camp out' for them. At 11:30 that night we rolled into the driveway and went to bed.
It was a great day of family.
We planned to go on opening Saturday which happened to be just two days after their actual birthday. We got out of the house around 8:30 which is only half an hour later than planned (which is impressive for me). However, Keith and I got lost in conversation (rare and amazing) and we missed out exit off the turnpike. So by the time we got turned around and on the right path we were running late and decided to grab lunch before getting to the park. Four hours after we left our house we finally arrived at the park!
It was mostly smooth sailing from there!
Our first stop was Garfield's Nightmare, which was a slow moving boat ride through a "house." Caleb was too afraid to ride so Keith and Caden went while we sat on a bench with 'Joe'.
We walked around some more and spent some time in Kiddie Land.
While in kiddie land the boys were interested in someone riding with them, so somehow I mostly got that fun! On this ride, Caden insisted I ride with them, but when we got up to the ride, he bailed on me to ride with his brother and left me riding solo on the ride in kiddie land. Keith found it hilarious and photo worthy.
After kiddie land we headed on to ride a few of the bigger rides the boys were brave enough to try.
There was a bobsled ride Caden really wanted to ride. So I took the boys on it, it was a circular ride that went super fast and titled on its side at high speeds. They were dizzy and terrified after! That was the end of the adventure for the day!
Our last ride of the day was the carousel. Elinore got to ride her first carousel!
Our last stop of the day, was the gift shop. Grandma Nancy had given the boys some money for their birthday and they were itching to spend it!
Caleb spent his fairly quickly, but Caden very carefully searched nearly the entire store twice and came back to some items a few times before making some decisions and still haveing to be stopped when we needed to leave. He didn't spend all his money. (He later choose to donate the leftover of his money to the church flooring fund! AMAZING!)
We left the park and headed back toward home about a half hour before we stopped to eat at an Eat'n Park.
After dinner we took the kids to the car and put them all in their pajamas with blankets to sleep on the way home. The boys were thrilled and thought it was like a 'camp out' for them. At 11:30 that night we rolled into the driveway and went to bed.
It was a great day of family.
Monday, May 13, 2013
Caleb - 7 Years
Dear Caleb,
You're seven now, SEVEN!
I can't believe how grown you are at 7; don't get
me wrong you have a lot more growing to do in faith and knowledge and
body, but you are wonderful just as you are.
You are doing very well in kindergarten from what I
see. You picked up your letters wonderfully and are really getting the
hang of putting words together and reading simple words.
You are motivated by things you want, dessert
certainly is one of them! You do enjoy your candy. You are easily
motivated to do something if you want the offered reward.
I can see you wanting to fit in at school with the
other boys in your class. I remember those feelings growing up and I so
want you to know that it's okay to be who you are without stress of
acceptance from those people. You will find
your people. And I will love you and support you always.
You have been attending ROCK Group at church, swim
lessons and baseball. You like ROCK and baseball, even if Daddy
strongly encouraged you to play baseball again with an ice cream
incentive. Swim lessons your are less comfortable with,
but you warm up to it much faster than before!
You are very hesitant to try new things and have a
fear of a many things. If it doesn't fit in your box, it's hard to get
you to be interested in or try it. Your daddy and I encourage you to
try something first before you make up your
mind. Although, often times I can see that you've already made up your
mind so when you try something it's a much harder sell!
Some of your favorite things to do include playing
with your tablet, dress up and going outside. You love watching
cartoons and America's Funniest Home Videos.
You are constantly making sure everyone around you
is following the rules. You make sure everyone knows if they step out
of line. You are constantly lettings us know what your brother is up
to, even if you're in the same boat. You are
a little rule follower, and that’s perfectly fine; I'm a consistent
rule follower too!
You love your brother and help him out with things sometimes and give him reminders. (Thanks for helping me remember too!)
You are an excellent big brother to your little
sister Elinore. She loves and adores you. You are patient with her,
interested in what she's doing and learning and protective of her too.
It melts my heart daily to see the bond between
you and your siblings grow, especially as you've grown with the
introduction of Elinore into our family!
I'm looking forward to watching your grow learn and develop over the next year as we move towards 8. EIGHT!
Caleb, I will love you always.
Elinore - 10 Months
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Tuesday, May 07, 2013
Grass
Last week during one of the boys baseball practices I sat Elinore down in the grass. Unlike our house the ground wasn't so wet at the park and was alright to be playing in; however, she did NOT like it. She'd never sat in the grass before and she cried when I sat her down in it. I tried it a couple different times at practice and she was not a fan. It's something new!
A few days later during a picnic, she slowly ventured her hands out off the blanket and into the grass.
Finally over the weekend we were in our yard on a blanket and she was brave and crawled right off the blanket into the grass; I think because she was interested in a dandelion.
Here come the grass stains!
A few days later during a picnic, she slowly ventured her hands out off the blanket and into the grass.
Finally over the weekend we were in our yard on a blanket and she was brave and crawled right off the blanket into the grass; I think because she was interested in a dandelion.
Here come the grass stains!
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