November/December 2011

This is my first catch-up post, so I'll probably mix what happened "then" with what is happening "now."

 

Lincoln's 3rd birthday just happened to fall on Thanksgiving this year, so he got to have a super size party at Grandma's with all of his cousins. As far as he was concerned, everyone got together just for him. Unfortunately, instead of deciding 3 was big, he decided he was going to stay little. We've been battling Sunbeams (he's big enough physically to open the door and run out and down the hall) and potty training. I'm still not very successful with either. 

 

Size wise, Lincoln (3 in Nov) and Adam (5 in Feb) are almost identical.  I get asked often if they are twins. They are almost inseparable and Adam moving up to the older class at co-op made it so Lincoln will no longer go to a class he's been going to for over a year. Lincoln is a tease and can be very stubborn! We got a firepit from my dad and Stephen and the kids were out cooking hot dogs. Lincoln got close and Stephen warned him it would burn him. A few minutes later, he reached out and touched it. Stephen asked if it hurt to come get water on it. Lincoln folded his arms and said, "It did not hurt me." The next morning at church, we noticed blisters on the tips of several fingers. When asked if they hurt, he said, "They do NOT hurt me. I can touch hot things." He still refused to admit that it was not a good choice.

He is also a very sweet loving child. He loves to say "I love you the mostest." or "I love you to the (Stars or whatever) and back." He also likes to lay by you and pet your arm or face. Which is fine is you're watching a movie or something, not so much when you are trying to sleep.

Ryan, Tyler, and Jeanisha were part of a children's choir. They had a wonderful concert at Christmas. It's been fun to see how much the kids have learned about reading music.

Ryan has especially enjoyed the challenge of singing in two choirs and took 2nd place in the interval singing competition. (The instructor play a chord and asks them to sing the middle note, a note two above the top note, etc.) He has a great ear for music and is also flying ahead in piano!

In December the kids were able to be Santa's helpers making balls, blocks, and quilts with DHSA, our homeschooling group and then later had a special visit from Santa himself at our family Christmas party!

 Here they are lined up Christmas morning waiting to go see what Santa brought.

Cumorah's first Christmas

The Cars 2 cars in front were a BIG hit

Yes, those are REAL hatchets. They have been well used and well loved. Good thing we have lots of trees with branches to chop!

Notice ALL the legos, that's not the same box. Stephen said he wanted "Ten Thousand legos, so we can build whole cities in the basement." We don't have 10,000 but we now have A LOT (Thanks to Black Friday.) 

Now Stephen, I mean the kids, can build anything they want to!

They must have been good because Christmas was great!