Megan is doing great in grade 1...she loves school! She has made some really good friends and I'm very happy about that. In fact, today she went to a dance class with her friend as a guest and she got 3 invites from her little friends to go to the same class. I told her she just needed to share her time with all 3 girls. Megs has a great teacher and she I learning lots. We have been struggling a bit with Megan at bed time. I think she is over tired from school all day and still getting used to the new back to school routine. I think things are starting to get better. She actually went to bed great tonight!!
Megan lost her middle upper tooth...she is growing up!
Gabby is growing up so much these days. She just seems older...although she still whines and we are working on that. She gets bored easily and especially when she doesn't have someone to play with. She is so used to having Megan around to play with. She is getting used to her being back at school too. The girls have been playing so nicely together lately. They will play polly pockets or zoobles together and spend lots of time in the playroom. Both girls love to color and make crafts, so I often find then making things in the scrapbook room! I have been taking Gabby to the StrongStart preschool. I used to take Megan there when she was younger. Gabby loves it and it's HER school!! We are trying to go once a week and it's great because I can take Marty too and he loves it as much as she does!
Marty is such s fun little guy!! I can't believe he will be 3 in February. Time is going way too fast!! But, he's still my baby and always will be. He is talking so much and he says the funniest thing. Tonight after his bath he said to Jeff "good evening"!! And then he put the towel over his face and pulled it down and said "here he is"!! He loves to play his little toy guitar and sing Hallelujah. He makes up his own songs. He will stand on the coffee table and sing his heart out. He is such a little boy and he is very active. Thankfully he still naps for 2-3 hours a day and always wakes up happy, no matter what!! I really need to get on potty training him. I just haven't been motivated as he is my last baby and there is no pressure to get him out of diapers. I have put him in underwear a few days and he doesn't seem to get it. I just need to be consistent and stay home for a few days straight.
Jeff is still running or biking every day. I think he has exercised for a week straight without taking a break. He said last night, maybe I should take a day off from exercise!! We even ran together one day last week at the school field. We let the kids play at the park and we ran laps around the field. Of course, Jeff is in WAY better shape than me. I ran for about half an hour and then went home to make dinner and he ran another 10 kms!! He said running with me was just his warm up!! We bought an stationary bike, so that he can ride in the winter. I have been using it too. I'm trying to ride it at least 3 times a week. Jeff hasn't used it much yet, because the weather has still been nice enough for him to ride outside.
I'm still working one a day a week and I really enjoy it. It gets me doing something a little different than the day to day mommy job!! I love the people I work with and we always have a good time. I usually work at the office on surgery days, which means we get a hot catered lunch. I think I chose the right day to work:) I have also starting going to a women's bible study at church which started last week. It's Beth Moore "living beyond yourself". I think it's going to be really good. I can only go for the first 6 sessions because starting in November, Gabby will be part of a speech program at the health unit for 6 weeks. She just needs to work on a few word combination sounds, like "tr","dr", "str". The speech therapist said she should be able to fix those sounds with this 6 week program. I figured it was best to get her the help she needed before she starts school next year.
I have been busy doing little "projects"! I enjoy looking at crafty, do it yourself, blogs. This week I made some modge podge wooden blocks. Jeff cut out some blocks for me from 2x4's and then he sanded them for me(what a good husband!). Then I painted them, antiqued them and modge podged some letters on. I think they turned out pretty good!
I also made my first pillow cover! I watched a YouTube video on how to make an envelope pillow cover and it was pretty easy. I think it turned out well, considering it was my first time really doing any kind of sewing.
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Last weekend I went out with a few friends to see the movie "The Help". I would highly recommend it. I had just finished the book and then saw the movie. I loved it!! It was very accurate to the book. The movie was really well done and very clean, which is unusual these days! After the movies, us girls went out for dessert and I didn't get home until 11:30pm...so late for me!! But, I was able to sleep in the next day!
A few weeks ago, we went to a grandparents day at the care center Jeff's grandpa lives at. It was geared for the kids and they loved it!! The girls got their faces painted and played lots of games. There were prizes and snacks everywhere!
We also discovered a new park in our neighbourhood! It has lots of wood to walk around on, kind of like an obstacle course. We've been going there quite often, especially since the weather has been so nice! There are also tennis courts at this park and Jeff and I were thinking we could start playing tennis and let the kids play at the park. Maybe we'll try that in Spring.
I think that's a pretty good update on our family, sorry it's so long!! I will try to update more often. Thanks for reading!!
