Well, this will probably be short. It's been 14 hours since I left the house and I'm at the library now trying to catch up on school work. (I wrote this last night but forgot to hit publish! I'm counting it!)
Hank was watching a movie and after they solved some sort of problem Hank exclaimed, "That was great team work!"
I served corn for dinner one night. Hank whined and said, "I want it all built up." He meant he wanted corn-on-the-cob instead of frozen corn.
Pete loves dark chocolate. I gave him a piece of my 70% one time and I thought he would realize he didn't like it and I'd be able to have it all to myself. But, no. He loved it and wanted more and more. I tried 84% one him one time and he did eat one bite happily, but after a minute, set it down and decided he wasn't into it.
Jane is drawing up a storm lately. She said she realized that the types of eyes she likes to draw are...."how do you say A-N-I-M-E?" Hahaha, I told her how to pronounce it and now she knows what genre she likes to draw.
Jack said his favorite part of school has been science. He told me all about solids, liquids, and gases, and loved making Oobleck at school.
Pete now says lightsaber. He knows what is important around here.
February 28, 2016
February 21, 2016
Matt's birthday
Matt turned 41 this Thursday! We celebrated with the new Breakfast All Day fun from McDonald's. But the real celebration happened Saturday night when Matt and I actually got to go out on a date. We just went to dinner but it was tons of fun.
Pete continues to excite us with all of his new skills. He has learned some colors and continues to love letters. He's really gotten excited about V's and W's this week. He brought me the Kix box and said, K! K! It's so adorable when you ask him a letter. He always says, "uh" while he's gearing up to say the letter and then explodes in excitement. "Uh...V!"
He has started saying two-word phrases like when he's done with he handed me his empty cup and said, "Gone, bapple dooce."
He used to hate getting his hair washed but Matt started using a wash cloth on his eyes after rinsing his head. They call it an eye towel, pronounced, "eye tow-why" which is really catchy.
Every time Pete is in the bathtub he gets the bath toys he got for his birthday and says, "Birthday!" One day when he was playing with those toys he surprised me by saying, "Birthday. Happy. Two." I guess he really remembers his birthday fondly!
Jane keeps reading so late every night. Each book she reads becomes a new favorite. She is loving "Where the Mountain Meets the Moon" now and nearly breaks down in tears every time she thinks about the dragon being tied up and crying.
Matt started a reward system for the kids. They get marbles for being good listeners and getting their stuff done. They are all doing really great.
February 13, 2016
Valentine's Week
Pete has been amazing us all week. His talking is really taking off. He is learning all of the names for his brother's toys: tauntaun, vader, yoda, gun, guy, car, Flash, Batman, etc. In addition to "Watch Melmo!" he now says Wild, Wild Kratts, too. Sometimes it's just "wile thwatts", and sometimes it's "wile, wile, wile thwatts"." Today Matt texted me to tell me that Pete got a hold of some magnet letters and held up a V and said, "v". Then he grabbed an A and said, "A". And he did the same with F and G. Matt wanted to know if I've ever shown him letters. This is the joy of having four kids. You have no idea how they've learned anything, but you can be reasonably sure it has something to do with what they've watched on TV. He's been calling his chapsticks "Na-na veiss." We noticed that he called his lips, veiss, but had no idea where na-na was coming from. And then I finally realized that the was saying Na-na yogurt, na-na bunny, etc, and realized na-na means "I want." Towel is pronounced "Tow-why" and for some reason Jack and Matt have started saying Doo-tow-why together and it means absolutely nothing.
Hank and I were chatting one morning and he said, "I wish we were zombies. Zombies keep going when it's nighttime. But we are just humans. I hate when it's nighttime." He's been talking about it ever since. He seems to really wish it were true. He's elaborated how he wants zombies to eat his brains, and my brains, and dad's brains, and Jack's brains, and Jane's brains, and Pete's brains. "Then we can all become Doctor Zombies!" (A character on Plants vs Zombies).
Matt and Hank had talked about what kind of dog we might want to get in a few years. Hank voted for big with curly hair. So Matt said to Hank, "When we get a dog, you want it to be big, with curly hair?" Hank said, in all seriousness, "Yeah, and I want it to have a Boba Fett helmet."
Hank and Pete both had well-check appointments this week. It was funny to me how they had nearly the exact same body measurements. They are both low 90% for weight, and around 75% for height.
Hank also had an articulation appointment. He went in the summer, but we were told to come back if we didn't see improvement in six months. They agreed that his pronunciation hasn't improved like it should have, so we should be hearing from our school district to see if he can have some speech therapy help.
Jack has been telling some funny fibs lately. One time it was that his teacher made the whole class look at the sun for two hours. He kept back-pedaling on the lie and eventually said it was only for six minutes, then two minutes, then twenty seconds. Matt told him that he texted the police about it and that they were coming to our house to question him. Instantly Matt realized how bad that had back-fired. Immediately both Jane and Jack were wailing. Jack was bawling about how he wasn't going to have a teacher anymore. The real story finally came out and I guess she did have the kids look at the sun for a second and then look at something else.
Jane and Jack had fun at their class Valentine's parties. Jack gave out some cute Zombie valentine's (all store-bought this year!:). And we will be having our traditional cinnamon rolls with pink frosting in the morning--also store-bought this year!
Hank and I were chatting one morning and he said, "I wish we were zombies. Zombies keep going when it's nighttime. But we are just humans. I hate when it's nighttime." He's been talking about it ever since. He seems to really wish it were true. He's elaborated how he wants zombies to eat his brains, and my brains, and dad's brains, and Jack's brains, and Jane's brains, and Pete's brains. "Then we can all become Doctor Zombies!" (A character on Plants vs Zombies).
Matt and Hank had talked about what kind of dog we might want to get in a few years. Hank voted for big with curly hair. So Matt said to Hank, "When we get a dog, you want it to be big, with curly hair?" Hank said, in all seriousness, "Yeah, and I want it to have a Boba Fett helmet."
Hank and Pete both had well-check appointments this week. It was funny to me how they had nearly the exact same body measurements. They are both low 90% for weight, and around 75% for height.
Hank also had an articulation appointment. He went in the summer, but we were told to come back if we didn't see improvement in six months. They agreed that his pronunciation hasn't improved like it should have, so we should be hearing from our school district to see if he can have some speech therapy help.
Jack has been telling some funny fibs lately. One time it was that his teacher made the whole class look at the sun for two hours. He kept back-pedaling on the lie and eventually said it was only for six minutes, then two minutes, then twenty seconds. Matt told him that he texted the police about it and that they were coming to our house to question him. Instantly Matt realized how bad that had back-fired. Immediately both Jane and Jack were wailing. Jack was bawling about how he wasn't going to have a teacher anymore. The real story finally came out and I guess she did have the kids look at the sun for a second and then look at something else.
Jane and Jack had fun at their class Valentine's parties. Jack gave out some cute Zombie valentine's (all store-bought this year!:). And we will be having our traditional cinnamon rolls with pink frosting in the morning--also store-bought this year!
February 7, 2016
February
Hank has been so excited to talk about how old he has gotten. He always starts by saying he started as a baby, and he was a baby when he was one, and he was a baby when he was two, but then he turned three, and then he turned four!! And he loves to say that he will be going to Jacky's school when he turns five. One day he was excitedly telling Matt about getting older and continued, "Then I'll be five, then I'll be six, then I'll be seven, then I'll be eight, then I'll be nine, then I'll be TEN!!" Then he asked Matt, "Are you ten?" Matt said that he was forty and Hank replied, "Then you will be 100! When you are 100 you will be super big!! You will break this house!" Then his excitement waned and he said, "I don't want to be 100. I don't want to break this house, do you?"
Jack came running to tell Matt that Hank had bit him. Hank was immediately following behind trying to hug him and apologize. Matt asked what happened and Hank said, "I accidentally put my teeth in him."
Pete has been absolutely obsessed with his chapsticks. He carries them around all the time and has to put them on before nap and bedtime. He is also obsessed with playing upstairs. Any time he is downstairs he says, "Pay!," which means that he wants to go upstairs to play, and he insists that a parent goes with him. But once he is up there he plays and plays and plays with all the many toys he can find up there.
Matt wiped Hank's butt and put the toilet paper in the toilet. Hank asked, "Why you covering the poo poo? The poo is awesome."
Jack was playing with a whoopie cushion and Hank came in to Matt and said, "Dad, Jack hit me with his......(long pause not knowing what to call it)......fart balloon."
Matt and Hank were talking about Star Wars and Hank said, "I don't want you to stick me in a Tauntaun. That would be disgusting, right?"
Jane has been really enjoying her books lately. She's gotten into graphic novels which I think is a perfect combination for her love of writing and drawing.
Matt asked Hank, "Do you think Batman wets his pants?" Hank answered, "No, he doesn't have underwear." Matt said, "He doesn't have underwear?" Hank said, "And he doesn't have wee-wees."
Jane and Jack were playing with Star Wars toys and Matt overheard Jane say, "I'm never gonna let Anakin turn bad, my honey-boo."
Matt sent me some pics! These are from our California trip. I'm loving them! Thanks, Matt!
Jack came running to tell Matt that Hank had bit him. Hank was immediately following behind trying to hug him and apologize. Matt asked what happened and Hank said, "I accidentally put my teeth in him."
Pete has been absolutely obsessed with his chapsticks. He carries them around all the time and has to put them on before nap and bedtime. He is also obsessed with playing upstairs. Any time he is downstairs he says, "Pay!," which means that he wants to go upstairs to play, and he insists that a parent goes with him. But once he is up there he plays and plays and plays with all the many toys he can find up there.
Matt wiped Hank's butt and put the toilet paper in the toilet. Hank asked, "Why you covering the poo poo? The poo is awesome."
Jack was playing with a whoopie cushion and Hank came in to Matt and said, "Dad, Jack hit me with his......(long pause not knowing what to call it)......fart balloon."
Matt and Hank were talking about Star Wars and Hank said, "I don't want you to stick me in a Tauntaun. That would be disgusting, right?"
Jane has been really enjoying her books lately. She's gotten into graphic novels which I think is a perfect combination for her love of writing and drawing.
Matt asked Hank, "Do you think Batman wets his pants?" Hank answered, "No, he doesn't have underwear." Matt said, "He doesn't have underwear?" Hank said, "And he doesn't have wee-wees."
Jane and Jack were playing with Star Wars toys and Matt overheard Jane say, "I'm never gonna let Anakin turn bad, my honey-boo."
Matt sent me some pics! These are from our California trip. I'm loving them! Thanks, Matt!
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