Week 31 Recap

The girls really bonded even more while RR was away and they have been too cute & sweet.  Evelyn is such a great big sister and Annabelle brings a lot of laughter to Evie's life! :)

The boys got out the skate board again and I was impressed at how good RR was doing!  

Keira handed down skates to Evelyn and E was SOO excited to try them out. 

She is trying hard with her sight words & letters. We have SO MANY different kinds of books trying to get her to read read read. 

And Annabelle is right there beside E doing whatever E does.   

I've had lots of doctors appointments recently but I'm so thankful I'm getting answers!  God's timing and care have been perfect as always. 

And the best best best best best thing we have done probably all year happened this week!   Brandon is home in the mornings now!!!! :)  and each morning we have been reading the Bible together as a family.  Oh my goodness this is the best ever.  It starts the day off so right - bonds us and really gives us the right perspective in the day.  I hope we can continue this forever.  So excited for what new schedules will do for our family in the upcoming weeks!  3 more weeks of Daddy school!!!

Some of the most interesting things of the week were learning about the Mayfly, watching the flowers bloom, and Raymond's TKD test to become a yellow belt!  He did so great! 

The kids are getting SO MUCH better at eating out.  Japanese seems to be the fave of the majority :)  Everybody eats at least SOMEthing and loves to be rewarded with the Japanese soda haha. 

And Raymond & Daddy get to go camping with cubscouts this weekend so MomMom & kiddos had a ball (yeah right lol) trying out the new tent. 

We scheduled Raymond's end of the year testing for May 19th with Woodcock Johnson instead of the CAT.  I really believe he is right on track and so smart so I am not worried at all.  I am excited to see what the test results will show and if it will give me discernment for curriculum for next year and how to encourage his strengths!  

RR Goes to Washington

MomMom & Papa took RR to DC again this year with Christian & Hunter

 And we got together working on a big surprise right away! :) 

The kids really did miss each other a lot!! :)   And were back to their happy shenanigans right away

Week 29 Recap

The 3 cuties enjoyed celebrating Evelyn's 5th birthday!  Can't believe she is 5!! 

Raymond hung along with all the girls and we all had a great time at Cinderella & then Froyo. 

Raymond & Evelyn got their hair cut.  It looks great!

And we got to take a learning day to the Aquarium! 

With a detour to the grand opening at the Carolina Beach boardwalk.  Evelyn was the first child to drop her ice cream cone on the new boardwalk. :)

It really is hard to believe she is 5.  She is so smart, caring, creative and loves to take her time and do things well.  She really expresses herself well through dance and I love watching her "feel" the music!  :)  She insists she wants to be a ballerina for Jesus when she grows up. 

At learning express we found this cool pillow craft she was able to do. 

And after watching Brave numerous times this week, we were able to use Amazon Prime and get her bow & arrow just in time for her birthday! 

All 3 had a well check at the doctor.   Thank God we haven't had to go to the doctor in over a year so they were all over due! :)   All of them did well.  Evelyn had a hard time at the end of the eye part and then Annabelle copied her but other than that it went well.  I was wrong and it was actually Evelyn who needed all the shots - woops!  But she handled it well and Annabelle was relieved it wasn't her. 

MomMom & I took the girls to a park after we ran errands - and I believe it was a turning point day for all of us.  Raymond clearly has missed his Daddy the past year of MBA, wacky schedules, etc.  He has really shown some terrible attitude & misbehavior the past couple of weeks.  RR stayed home with Daddy that morning and I believe B felt a new call in his heart to get RR under his wing and really make some changes.  Great times are ahead for our family and I'm so thankful for God's grace in our weaknesses and that He can use all things for good. 

This week,  Mommy & Daddy got a date night (the Leland Adult egg hunt!) and the kiddos had a sleepover with MomMom! 

So what did we actually learn this week?   How to celebrate life and celebrate a sister! :)   Raymond finished Revere Pilgrims and took a quiz I found online and showed great comprehension!  He is still learning fractions and doing a good job practicing piano daily.  At cubscouts, we finally made a meeting and he got his bear badge.   It was a quiet week for "book work" but a very full week of opportunities to learn as we were out and about. 

Week 28 Recap

Waiting for MomMom 

MomMom always brings fun treasures!

RR figured out how to play right away. 

RR got special time at MomMom's during BSF.   He created a whole village wth MomMom and had a blast creating that.  Scrabble shows he needs some work in spelling.  :)

Learning about a new fruit - star fruit! 

 MomMom also brought our new van!  The kids love it. 

RR has been having some behavior "stuff" this week and this date night together was overdue.  We really had a great time and he kept a good attitude.  It was a success :) 

This boy HAS to work on his flexibility.  He is still excelling at TKD and we are very proud of his hard work and practice at home. 

Evelyn LOVES dance and really is doing well! And she is a great teacher!

  

We finished God's Names book - what a great book that was!   We are gonna create our own book now with a page for each name we learned.  In math, RR is learning fractions.  English we are reviewing linking & helping verbs.  Raymond liked Revere Pilgrims so much he decided to read it again.   In other news, RR had his first cavity filled.