Updates

Our 7 year old

Max and Benny both had well-child checkups recently. Both are doing great, and got their flu shots and latest vaccinations.  Both are off the charts for height.  There's a growth line for 100th percentile that tracks to be 6'2 at adulthood. They are both above that line. 

Max's parent teacher conference went great last week.  His second-grade teacher says he's one of the top readers in his class, and he has responded by asking for longer chapter books. He's also doing well in math.

Max really needs to top asking for twins when it's his turn to pray in church. 


Our almost five-year-old

Benny remains obsessed with Legos, dinosaurs and superheroes.  But in preschool last week they discussed pirates, so that was a new big thing for a day or two. Oh, and then I found the first Harry Potter movie at the thrift store, and I've been reading the books at night to them. I caught him drawing a lightening scar on his forehead this week.

Benny gets an increased allowance if he can make it through the week without throwing a crying fit.  He fell off his bike and got a little scraped up, and asked me if crying after getting hurt counted.


Our 22-month-old

Andrew just talks and talks and talks these days, though we can't quite understand half his meaning. He's just so cute and serious. 

Andrew loves shoes. He wore the same blue sandals all summer, leading to a hilarious tan line. Now he has a pair of more-appropriate-for-fall shoes he wants to wear all the time, but without socks. He rips the socks off and throws them in disgust.

We think Andrew is going to be left-handed. He favors that hand more when eating and coloring. He'll be just like his daddy, grandma, and uncle.

Andrew likes to climb up on the table to eat snacks when the brothers are eating snacks, or to color when they are coloring. He just lays on his tummy and kicks his feet. Again, cute and serious.

JB

In charge of gathering a choir for our stake conference in two weeks. So he's singing with them, too. He'll look so handsome up on the stand.

JB's cooking continues to amaze me. And he's smoking brisket this Friday (I can't wait. He does it soooo well)

Playing basketball weekly, but the bike rides are going away in the dark and cold of these Saturday mornings.

Me

Obsessed with BBC period dramas recently.  North and South, Cranford. Waiting for Downton Abbey 3!

I gave up Dancing With the Stars this season. I just don't have the time. I have to watch Go On, Elementary, Modern Family, Parks and Rec, The Office, Pioneer Woman and The Amazing Race all on Friday and Saturday nights on our DVR. Am I missing anything?

Cold weather brings out the crochet hook and yarn again.