I don't know why, but I have such a hard time blogging w/o pictures to add. I know it isn't essential, but they make everything more fun and everyone knows I love to take pictures of the kids and what we are doing. The great news is....my camera is ordered and should be here in about a week. I can't wait. I've been using Grant's but it doesn't take the best pictures and it's a pain to get them onto the computer...no cord to hook the camera to the computer and no port for the memory chip in my computer. So I end up having to put them onto Brad's laptop, then transfer them to a thumb drive and then put them on my computer. So no real pictures to speak of.
So what is up around here....
1. Everyone and I mean everyone was sick. We had the fever, sore throat, coughing illness that seemed to hit everyone. And it lasts forever. Augustin was the worst hit I think and he's just now starting to feel completely better two weeks later. Thankfully Veronica and I were the least effected, although I did spend two nights sleeping in her room, one of them holding her in the rocking chair for most of the night.
2. The weather is typical for winter....cold and snowy. This is probably the worst winter for me in a long time. I typically don't long for spring, but this year I am LONGING for it like never before. I want to be outside, I want to be gardening and I want the kids to be able to be outside for long periods of time. I want to send them outside without taking 10 minutes to get them all bundled up and ready to go out. I'm longing for green grass, warm breezes, flowers, leaves and veggies in the garden.
3. The chickens are finally done molting and are laying an incredible number of eggs each day. A few weeks ago we were only getting 7-9 eggs a day, but in the past week we haven't gotten anything less than 11 days and now we're up to 13 on most days. Yesterday we had 15 eggs...we've never had that many before. We want to know which chicken was the slacker b/c at 15 eggs that means only one chicken didn't lay. I went up at lunch today and only got 11 eggs so I don't think we're on track for another day of 15 eggs.
4. Veronica is getting big...well not technically big b/c she only weighs about 10 pounds, but big as in older and what she does. Looking at her size she looks about the size of a couple week old baby...10 pounds and a little of 23 inches at 3 months. However, if you look at her face and see that smile you know she's older. She is just a tiny thing, but oh so sweet. She's smiling and cooing all the time, and just this week started laughing when I tickle her. She no longer looks at me like I'm strange and actually laughs now. She is still my best night-time sleeper since Grant. If I could get her to bed a decent hour it would be perfect. Once sleeping she'll sleep for 7-10 hours the first stretch, wake up, eat and go back to sleep until she's slept about 12 hours total. Getting her to sleep is a different story. She's my worst in that department. She is a night owl and typically won't go to sleep for the night until around 10pm, but we've had night where she's been up until 12:30am. I like nights, but these days I like to get to bed earlier than that.
5. The other boys...all getting big. Grant and Parker are doing remarkably well with school. Their CLAA courses are going very well and they are making lots of progress. They are both enrolled in Grammar 1 which is Latin Grammar and Grant has passed the half way point as far as number of lessons which has exceeded all expectations. he still has a lot of work to do before reaching lesson 40 (the last lesson), but I'm confident he'll do it without much trouble. Parker has reached lesson 10, which I think is more of a surprise to him than the rest of us. Let's just say it isn't his favorite class, but he's good at it. He loves Catechism and is more than 1/2 way through the first course. He's a natural at it and loves the lessons. Grant is almost done with his geometry course and we're making plans for his Algebra2/Trig course for late spring. And he's getting ready to start chemistry in a few weeks. Parker is enjoying history as he studies Ancient Egypt, Greece and Rome this year and he's already finished his first math book of the year and is moving forward.
Matthias is doing well and loves math and handwriting. He has moved onto subtraction and is having no trouble with that. His reading is coming along. He doesn't like to read, but he can which is something to be proud of. He also enjoys handwriting and these days is enjoying drawing pictures and writing notes to people. Augustin is almost 4 and while struggling with being left behind a little as Matthias does school and really enjoys big kid games like chess, he's trying to keep up. He and Matthias now play chess and while frustrating for Augustin (he loses all the time) it's good for him. Another few months and he'll be doing better. He's also discovered that Samuel isn't as bad a playmate as he once thought, so they have each other to play with now.
And Samuel....he's 2 and very good at it. He's definitely pushing the limits and seeing how far he can push things, but that's normal. He's also very funny and chatty. He has a great vocabulary and Brad was surprised the other day when Samuel was helping him make granola bars and he knew the difference between baking soda and baking powder. He could also identify all the other ingredients too. I guess cooking with Grant is paying off.
So that's about it. Kids are doing well and getting big. I'm waiting for spring and other than that, life is fairly normal around here.
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