Jacob

The other night the kids were all kinda wild and out of control so they were all sent to their separate rooms. Jacob later left this on my nightstand with the words, "Do not tough unless you are mom." After we discussed it he told me that was how he was feeling at the time he drew it but since had felt better so his heart was breaking anymore. I was glad he felt better and that he had made such a creative way to express himself.

Kids' Puppy

We got the kids a puppy: an 9 week old corgi puppy! Of course he is adorable but so far he has been a very laid back, smart puppy. Of course Jack's reaction is to talk a mile a minute about every detail of having a puppy. Jacob was emotional, quiet and ecstatic. Amelia was overjoyed and happy.
At first the kids named him Skippy but Amelia kept getting Skippy and Piper mixed together so it turned into Skipper. The kids are totally into walking, playing and feeding him. This puppy is going to be a well loved part of our family.

Amelia

Amelia is an amazing writer! I love her pictures and descriptive adjectives she uses

The Christmas Eve Party

This Christmas I got my ears pierced!! I'm going to tell you how it felt. 

It felt painful! It just hurt, just hurt.

Jack and Amelia

Here is an assignment that Jack and Amelia did at school during their Reading Buddies time. Jack's cat is on the right. Amelia's is on the left. Still amazes me that they can work so well together at school!

Jacob

Jacob had his first band concert. He said he played one of the songs and just pretended to play the rest. Needless to say he is not enjoying band and can't wait for the year to be over. He asked if he had to do band next year and I said "No, you gave it a try, you'll completed the year but you now know band isn't for you." He was relieved to hear that.

Jack

Jack is really enjoying the online computer gaming sight, Roadblocks. Up until now I haven't let him have an account because some of the games on there are not, what I would call, appropriate. But he has assured me he will not play those types of games so I let him.
SO... he plays it on the laptop computer every chance he gets now but he ran into the problem of logging on to the computer so early in the morning. But after a couple mornings I found him playing on the computer when I came downstairs. Jacob was also awake so I assumed he had logged Jack on (Jacob knows the computer login password). After a couple of days of this though Jack tells me, with his I-am-so-proud-of-the-things-I-can-get-away-with-smile, "I don't know the login password to the laptop I just created my own user account." Lol, well that is one way to get on the computer.  His problem solving skills will bring him far in life.

Jacob

Now that Jacob is 11 and in 5th Grade I have been talking to/making him do life skill tasks like making his bed, packing his lunch, taking the garbage out. Just last week as I handed him his clean sheets to make his bed I said, “Time to practice those life skills!” He replied back, “These are wife skills, I don’t need to do this.” Ha, that kid! I explained that not every wife will stay home and do these things, he may have to stay home and take care of the house and kids. He promptly replied "I don't want that kind of wife."