We're still around, let's catch-up

Yep, we're still around! Just haven't really had the chance to keep up with the blog lately. Hopefully I will get better again so I don't get all the email from my many fans begging me to blog!

So, I will do a little catch-up on what's been going....



Maggie began dance class and seemed to like it. She was up and dressed for the class long before I wanted to be up. She was a bit shy at first but warmed up pretty good. It's just a small class of three little girls and Maggie knows both of the other girls so that helped. It was hard for Connor to sit still, understandably, so I spend a lot of the class standing outside looking in.



Connor's been super excited about learning lately and practicing his letters. He is really coming along quit nicely. I was very impressed with his picture of Sponge Bob and Patrick even though I am not at all a fan of the show! And, despite the fact Patrick is pooping all over. (Sigh... Five year old boys think poop is so funny...)

And, of course, he is still catching small creatures whenever he can, like the frog he has here.

After dance class, before kindergarten drop off, the three younger monkeys and I went for a picnic lunch at the WWII Memorial park. It is such a beautiful and peaceful place and the kids love the trees that you can hide in behind the memorial.

Katelyn's been loving soccer! She plays hard and scores lots of goals! Last weekend she scored two goals and had two assists. Awesome! I am trying to let her know how important the assists are too.

On a bit of a different note though... Her asthma has been acting up a bit. She had an appointment with the Pulmonologist the other day. She upped her daily steroid to try and get her lungs stronger again.

Ben is pulling himself up to stand where ever he possibly can and is even cruising the furniture at times.

He is growing like crazy even though he really doesn't like to eat still.

He'll eat a bit of food that he can put in his mouth by himself, although only about 1 in 10 pieces actually make it in his mouth. Forget anything on a spoon, he acts like I am feeding him dried worms! I guess it would more accurately be dried, smooshed, worms.

Outside the mums in our yard have exploded with flowers and are just beautiful! The trees are turning colors and the leaves are falling all over the yard. Fun for the kids but not so much for Daddy....

Chris is great. Nothing new to report really... He did finish up a big project at work that he's been working on for a while now that that is a relief for him, and me too...

And, last,but not least, me... I am doing ok. My hives are under control and I found out this week why I am getting them. Along with being tired all the time and really moody... Yes, me, I'm moody. I know, hard to believe. I have Hypothyroidism, I think that's the right term and spelling. I started the medicine, and will see a specialist very soon to figure this whole thing out. It's good to finally have an answer...