And We're Back in the Game!

I've gone back and forth between a website, a blog, and a combination of both to share our family's many adventures, and now I'm going back to the blog and will figure out how to post pictures on it, too. Our website on Babysites is still up, but I will probably not renew it come March. This blog is for you, our friends and family, so that those who are not near can read about the kids. But it is also for us as a way to journal these memories so that Luke & Audrey can read about them when they're older. Now, on to the update! I'll try to condense it since it has been so long since I posted to this particular blog!

Luke is almost a first grader... he announced that the day he came home from having the "100th Day" party. I know it's exciting that he's looking forward to another year of school, but let's not get too far ahead of ourselves! Kindergarten is great; he loves it, has many friends and even friends in other grades because he goes to the BASP (before and after school program). It's so awesome to see how excited he gets when he sounds out a new word while reading a book. They're also adding & subtracting and working on counting to 100.

He just lost his third tooth, another one on the bottom, and has many more that are loose! Some friends at school introduced him to the Pokemon trading cards and he's into watching comic hero cartoons: Wolverine and the X-Men and Spiderman. Audrey even enjoys the shows! He loves drawing and has filled a whole notebook with pictures and said he's going to start drawing on the other side of each page, as well. Takes after his dad! Another new interest is he wants to learn how to play the piano and so I taught him Twinkle, Twinkle Little Star, and from that he figured out Baa, Baa Black Sheep. Great Uncle Dennis gave him a piano book to help him start and he can play one of the songs. Takes after me a bit, I think. :) His favorite foods are cherry tomatoes, grapes, cheese sticks, salmon, corn dogs (every Tuesday at school!), and chicken noodle soup.

Audrey has recently gone through a growth spurt, at least she seems taller than she was last week! She has started to fit nicely into most 3T clothes, so I am having fun shopping. :) We have been trying to potty train her but she would rather wear her diaper, which is funny because she's always telling us she is a "big girl" when we slip and call her Baby. I tell her that only babies wear diapers, but that hasn't convinced her to go on the potty. She'll go sometimes when we take her in, but rarely tells us that she needs to go.

She gets a lot of the letters correct when singing the ABC song and she can count to 10! She really enjoys playing with her baby dolls, Barbies, trains, and the little My Little Ponies (Ponyville). Right now one of her favorite books is "Fancy Nancy" - very girly. : D She is very opinionated about what clothes she wants to wear and sometimes will change 5 times in a day. She tells us she loves us at least 10 times a day and gives lots of hugs & kisses. She is so sweet but also sassy! If Luke is doing something that she doesn't like she will let him know, loud and clear! We have to stop ourselves from laughing sometimes. Her favorite foods are peanut butter & jelly sandwiches, grapes, cherry tomatoes, bananas, apples, and fruit snacks. She also always has to have juice and milk when having something to drink, always!

As a family we have been playing our new Wii system and it is a lot of fun. Luke loves bowling, golf, and the tank game on Wii Play. We just got that one over the weekend for Valentine's Day and I was surprised how Luke wanted to keep playing the tank game (you have to shoot the "bad" tank before your tank gets shot). We were watching Luke play the game and Audrey was playing on the floor, not paying any attention (or so we thought) until we heard her say, "Fire, Lukey, Fire!" She enjoyed playing her first game of bowling over the weekend (with Daddy's help) and was so proud of herself! Wii is a confidence booster even for a two year old.

I think that will be my update for now. I hope to keep this more up-to-date than I did the website! Thanks for reading...

K