Things I want to remember from the last few months…

— first, that I repeatedly chose to be present over keeping up with routines like this blog… but I know I’ll enjoy these memories in the future!

— the picture above, this winter season with way less illness than when they were toddlers but still moments like the photo when we’re “doing at church at home” because we are germy. The kids LOVED imitating the adults at pchurch and especially liked to be the ones conducting the music. Cal brought over a silver cup that has his birth stats engraved and pretended to sip from it throughout the lesson. Cal has also been especially sweet with prayers, in particular at mealtime which I think is modeled better at preschool than at home. “Please bless us to get healthy soon” was on repeat for a while.

— speaking of injuries, Cal is very quick to blame anyone but himself for any mistakes. He slid on the wood floor bailing from dinner and immediately exclaimed “why did you make this floor so slippery! I am NOT going to live here any longer! I want a new house!”  He also ran into our Blackstone and for the rest of the night yelled “why did you put the grill there?!!” He was embarrassed for his “friends” to see the bruise so he wore a huge, multicolor bandaid over it instead.

— Cal can be especially sweet too. He now consistently says “I love you too mama” when I gush over him. 

— Cal’s most recent character obsession is Spidey which is a new (tamer) Spiderman cartoon. He is often very concerned “I never want to get webbed up Mom!”. His favorite character is Spin and he now owns a costume T-shirt. He wore it multiple days in a row and “wants to wear it and show the real Spider-Man!”

— Elle still can laugh and spray food out of her mouth due to all 4 front teeth missing, but they are starting to grow in. She asks for her corn on the cob to be “stripped” and her dramatic expressions can be particularly funny with the missing teeth.

— Elle had a dance performance and loved wearing makeup and her costume. She is slowly overcoming some of her shyness and stage fright. She is really enjoying dance and gymnastics. She is also having a lot of fun at daycare and often gives us and eye roll and tells us to get Cal first so she has a few more minutes with her friends.

— Elle has been working hard at her spelling words and often masters them all by the test. She enjoys math the best and can be found writing a list of equations on scratch paper all over the house.

— Elle got to spend a few days of her spring break home alone with Gigi and Pap pap. She’s a great older sister but this was a real treat to get all of their attention. They golfed, ate at Pizza Ranch, played in the arcade, got ice cream and  kicked a soccer ball at the field house. Elle can’t stop talking about it.

xo,

Krista

 

Things I won't forget this week..

-- kids giggling and dashing around the house. Often with the 3yo wearing a neon headband around his forehead doing anything to keep up with his "sissy".

-- the excitement the kids had exploring the Devaney Center in Lincoln after Husker Wrestling, Cal was glued to the duel but neither kid liking the volume of the cheers. Also, how we buy all the same flavor Gatorade so no one is envious of another flavor.. but then Dad is quickly unsure which one is his and doesn't dare swap spit with the snotty kids so he's out of a drink.

-- Callum's little tear in his eye as he left his first big-kid Sunday school class. But he walked right in, sat in his chair during the music time, and was proud to tell Dad (who was visiting another area to help with training) how well he did!

-- Callum rationalizing that "it's not fair" that Daddy gets to buy a new car and trying to understand money. He was given 2 x $1 bills - so can he get "two things?" His little brain is often processing how things aren't "fair". Can't tell if having only 1 sibling makes this harder or easier? 

-- Elle working hard to learn her spelling words and being in awe as she reads from the Bible or bedtime books that are brand new to her. It's fun to watch her brain continue to expand!

-- buy 15 of the school fundraiser cards from Elle so we could make her dream come true of riding in the  limo. But don't worry - she's doing extra chores to help earn the prize.

xo,

Krista

 

Things I’ll remember from this week…

— continuing the tradition of wearing Christmas PJs (Elle insisted!) and drinking hot chocolate while we drove through a large Christmas light display outside of town. We make multiple loops and the kids alternate between hanging out their windows, standing through the sun roof, and sitting in the trunk watching the lights out the back window. We played Christmas music and Callum sang along then created his own lyrics and drummed on the frame of the car.

— being in Best Buy for *minutes* and the kids goofing off in the TV area resulting in Elle hitting her chin on the top of her head and biting her tongue hard enough to draw blood. I had to reassure the Best Buy employee that I’m a doctor and that we didn’t need any help. She was very concerned that the salt from French fries at dinner would be a no-go.. and Cal was repeatedly frustrated Elle wouldn’t “show him the bleed” aka blood. 

— getting home from quick hospital rounds and T explaining that his workout “didn’t go well” because Callum asked “at least 100 questions already”. We are officially in that inquisitive stage! Cal is observant too! He said unprovoked last night, “I’m still thinkin’ about the girl without her shoes”. He’s referring to a dancer at Elle’s dance recital that he spotted in just her tights, no dance shoes.

— Elle’s giggle. She can get on a roll and can be genuinely funny with her sass. 

— funny mispronunciations. “Pass me the beef turkey!” “Santa comes down the jimmy” - Callum. “Well, we are mammoths!” -said Elle, truly thinking she was taught that we were related to the large elephant like animal not that we were mammals.

xo,

Krista

 

This week..

— we got home from our Disney trip and hit the ground running! Back to daycare and work for everyone the next day! Elle with her first dance recital 2 days after getting home (and she missed 2 weeks of classes because of the trip - so she hadn’t even learned the whole routine!) I snuck my arm into the auditorium to record her stage practice so she could cram the routines before the evening show. She was most excited about wearing her hair in a bun and the makeup. She did great!

— Cal continues to make us laugh (when he isn’t testing our sanity!) Tonight, he fell asleep on the way home from an errand with a candy cane hanging from his lips and a book on his lap. He criticized “the gold bells aren’t pretty, we need the hang the red ones”. He asks questions like “how does the wet dry?”. He also says cute things like “I need more caffe-lina!” and when he had a small cut on his hand “It's bleeding AND blooding at the same time!”