My friend Florence is here visiting us this week. The kids have been having a great time playing games with her and for me it is nice to catch up on her life. I will post more when I get some pictures downloaded. We had a pretty big snow storm after she came!!
Today we went to pick Ross up from class and the teacher came over to talk to me. I can't even remember the words she used to describe his climbing but basically impressive. She said she has never seen a child climb like him and she said she gets excited. She told me some of the things they look for in people that may become good climbers and he has them. She offered to spend more time teaching him. We found out he is now climbing at an adult intermediate level and told us in his hour long class he did 10 climbs!! We found out were she trains herself which I believe is closer to the house which would be nice.
The most important thing is he LOVES climbing and has a blast and that is great for him. The teacher was telling me about the credentials of the guy that fills in for her when she is gone. He instructs the military I guess in climbing and things and when he taught Ross he also was positive as to Ross's ability.
Friday, May 10, 2013
Wednesday, April 17, 2013
Jedidiah's 1st Birthday Cake!
Jedidiah happy BEFORE getting the cake. He wasn't quite sure
what to make of the whole birthday celebration thing as you can see in the
video clips below! His dragon cake attacks him and he has no idea why we
are all looking at him and singing. He was perplexed!
Despite the newness of it all, Jedidiah still had a great time
celebrating his birthday!
By the way, you'll hear Daddy getting on Ross for touching. There was a good reason for the firmness, Ross had thrown up 3 times that morning and obviously had GERMS.
Wednesday, April 10, 2013
Funny Stories of Brotherhood
Story #1:
I was giving Carson and Jedidiah a bath the other day and I was pouring water over Carson's head to get him ready for shampoo. He does NOT like water over his head and he started panicking and I told him "Don't do that in front of Jedidiah. You show him how to do it."
Next was Jedidiah's turn and Carson says "You have to be brave Baby." Jedidiah does great at one point in this process he is smiling broadly.
I go back to Carson and put on the shampoo and start rinsing his hair and Carson is writhing and making gutteral noises but holding it together. When I got done rinsing his hair he look at Jedidiah who already tried to make the noise he made and Carson said "That is how it is done." I had to laugh! How cute is that!!! He is agonizing through it but trying to put on a brave front for his little brother and then tells him "That is how it is done." WAY TOO FUNNY!!!
Carson said to him later in the tub "I love you Baby!"
Story #2:
Carson was down stairs playing by himself and all of a sudden I heard a very loud crying. Annalina came to me and told me Carson was hurt pretty bad and he was! I was a bit shocked! He must have been running very fast because he said he ran into the edge of a door. He had a HUGE HUGE purple lump sticking out of his head. It was shocking. I tried to comfort him and mentioned maybe we should put some frozen vegetables on his head (a bag to bring down the swelling). Oh my, this threw him into a tizzy fit at the mention of it!!! Who knows why. Kids have different ways of viewing things! Anyway, he was so upset he went and shut himself into his room distraut at the very inhuman idea of Mommy's!!! Gabriel being the kid he is went to the door and talked him down and brought him one of those frozen flavored sticks out of the freezer. Suddenly everything was better and the world was again righted due to his brothers thoughtfulness. The funny thing is after he had calmed down he looked at Gabriel and said "Next time bring me a green one." What a pair. My parents and my Aunt B got a big kick out of this story.
Not a story of brotherhood but cute. Carson told me today that Annalina is a good buddy. They are good buddies. Carson and I had a great time today sitting on the rocking chair and at his request singing. We called Grandma and Grandpa and he sang the song that starts out . . . "Alas and did my Saviour bleed and did my Sovereign die . . . etc. Carson LOVES singing. He sang so well on his own and our way down to church this past Sunday. I love it.
I was giving Carson and Jedidiah a bath the other day and I was pouring water over Carson's head to get him ready for shampoo. He does NOT like water over his head and he started panicking and I told him "Don't do that in front of Jedidiah. You show him how to do it."
Next was Jedidiah's turn and Carson says "You have to be brave Baby." Jedidiah does great at one point in this process he is smiling broadly.
I go back to Carson and put on the shampoo and start rinsing his hair and Carson is writhing and making gutteral noises but holding it together. When I got done rinsing his hair he look at Jedidiah who already tried to make the noise he made and Carson said "That is how it is done." I had to laugh! How cute is that!!! He is agonizing through it but trying to put on a brave front for his little brother and then tells him "That is how it is done." WAY TOO FUNNY!!!
Carson said to him later in the tub "I love you Baby!"
Story #2:
Carson was down stairs playing by himself and all of a sudden I heard a very loud crying. Annalina came to me and told me Carson was hurt pretty bad and he was! I was a bit shocked! He must have been running very fast because he said he ran into the edge of a door. He had a HUGE HUGE purple lump sticking out of his head. It was shocking. I tried to comfort him and mentioned maybe we should put some frozen vegetables on his head (a bag to bring down the swelling). Oh my, this threw him into a tizzy fit at the mention of it!!! Who knows why. Kids have different ways of viewing things! Anyway, he was so upset he went and shut himself into his room distraut at the very inhuman idea of Mommy's!!! Gabriel being the kid he is went to the door and talked him down and brought him one of those frozen flavored sticks out of the freezer. Suddenly everything was better and the world was again righted due to his brothers thoughtfulness. The funny thing is after he had calmed down he looked at Gabriel and said "Next time bring me a green one." What a pair. My parents and my Aunt B got a big kick out of this story.
Not a story of brotherhood but cute. Carson told me today that Annalina is a good buddy. They are good buddies. Carson and I had a great time today sitting on the rocking chair and at his request singing. We called Grandma and Grandpa and he sang the song that starts out . . . "Alas and did my Saviour bleed and did my Sovereign die . . . etc. Carson LOVES singing. He sang so well on his own and our way down to church this past Sunday. I love it.
Spring Piano Recital
Unfortunately, Annalina's video seemed to have a problem when uploading and gets cut off. :-(
Finding Ross
Ross has struggled in school and in reading. He is a very passionate kid and that can be a really good thing or a really bad thing. I think it was back in January we decided to put him in rock climbing not knowing the effect it would have on him.
We found out Ross is gifted in climbing which shouldn't have been surprising since he can scale the door frames and fireplace. He quickly became a teacher's pet BIG TIME. Last Friday Babe went to pick him up and the teacher said "I can't say enough good about Ross." He is climbing at such a level, etc. She loves his politeness. She was amazed when early on she took him off the self-bilay and he did EXCELLENT. She said a lot of kids can't climb off the self-bilay because of the force that helps them up. Ross though climbed. She says he stops to think about his next move. The two of them get a long extremely well and Ross has continued to improve. Little did we know a long with excelling with rock climbing would come excelling in academics! His reading shot off and he is doing EXCELLENT now. He just needed to find his talent and his thing and leave the shadow of his older brother and sister. Then as I have blogged about already he started wresting and LOVES that and again is talented in it. Ross has prayed and thanked God he gets to climb. The other day he went through many of the days of the week and said he wished he could climb all those days. We have found Ross and it has been good to the heart to see.
The below pictures were taken when he was just starting out and a newbie at he whole thing.
Ahhh, the fun of coming down!
Jedidiah Turns 1 Tomorrow!!!! Here's Some Pictures of His Life!!
Well, my computer is bringing up pictures today! Now I can post some pictures of Jedidiah who turns 1 tomorrow!! Time flies!! I remember a year ago today the doctor asked if I wanted to come in the next day to have him and being so excited and going out and celebrating at our favorite ice cream place!
Jedidiah loves to growl and prowl around. He also LOVES bathes. He has recently started babbling A LOT! He's pretty cuddly and a good kiddo!
We LOVE having him around.
The picture above was taken awhile ago. Carson would take off Jedidiah's socks to allow him to climb the slide.
After viewing the pictures you may figure out why he doesn't walk yet! :-)
He gets A LOT of ATTENTION and HELP!!!!
Hmm, has Mom forgotten about the use of bibs?
Cute and Tired!
Hanging with Brother Ross during a home schooling production.
Love from Carson at a wrestling tournament.
Annalina being the great big sis she is.
These 2 are very close to each other and adore each other.
Fun to watch them.
That look from Jedidiah says it all. If Jedidiah hears
Gabriel coming he gets all excited!!
For a long time this is how Gabriel carried him around.
Now that Jedidiah is getting bigger he usually carries
him more normally.
He is loving the ride with Sissy.
The porch is a new fun place to be for him.
I think they are both enjoying it!!
This was a Saturday morning and Babe was trying to make eggs.
Jedidiah did not want to be away from Daddy.
He's a Daddy's Boy.
Jedidiah's favorite part of the day . . .
Daddy coming home.
I had put him down for a nap one day and he heard Daddy's silly way
of saying "Heeellloo" when he came in the door and that was it for
the nap he had to be with Daddy.
All the boys have to have a picture with one of Daddy's work hats on!
HAPPY BIRTHDAY JEDIDIAH!
WE LOVE YOU AND ARE SO GLAD WE HAVE YOU AT OUR HOUSE!
YOU'RE BETTER THAN ALL OUR DREAMS OF YOU!
HAPPY BIRTHDAY JEDIDIAH!
WE LOVE YOU AND ARE SO GLAD WE HAVE YOU AT OUR HOUSE!
YOU'RE BETTER THAN ALL OUR DREAMS OF YOU!
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