Thursday, July 08, 2010
Tuesday, November 17, 2009
It's been a long time since I posted. I definately update Facebook photo albums much more often...
Anyway, I'm trying to think of some updates or amusing things the kids have said or done lately.
Kjersten's learning the "All I want for Christmas is my two front teeth" song... very relevent since she lost both front teeth and it's so near Christmas. She already knows that the toothfairy isn't really, which I think is kind of sad! :( A 5th grader at her school told her it's really parents that put money under the pillows and so she asked me about it. Bummer! I would've liked to have kept her in the dark about that one for awhile. Anyway, she's in girl scouts this year and so far enjoying that a lot. This past sunday the regional group of girl scouts went roller skating, so we went to a rink for the first time ever. I think Tianna was more of a fan, since she doesn't get so thrown off by things when she's not successful right away. But Kjersten had made some good improvement by the end of the day.
Nathaniel's definately a 2 1/2 year old. He's still a generally easy going kid, but adament that many foods are "YUCK!!!" at the sight of them. He climbs up steps holding just one hand now, when encouraged, and is able to take off his lower body clothes when encouraged to and occasionally when not encouraged to. For a little while there he was having a bit of a hard time falling asleep at night and there were a couple of times we came upstairs to find Nathaniel asleep in some very unsual places... on the kitchen floor and under the coffee table... rather than in his bed. Nathaniel still loves cars and is intersted in tools too... very 'boy' in his interests.
Tianna's had some funny comments lately. She was having trouble at one choir practice with sitting up and listening to her teacher (what a shocker). Her teacher felt that she was mostly doing it as an attention- getting thing (entirely plausable). When I asked Tianna about it, she said she was tired and that's why she was lying down. So a couple sundays ago her choir sang in church. Before she went to warm-up I reminded her to make sure she watched her teacher the whole time and had good listening ears, etc. No lying down, etc. Well, she did a pretty good job for the first song. Early into the second and final song that they sang, I noticed Tianna had sat down, and being in the second row I couldn't see her very well. As they came out of church she came up to me and commented about, "Mommy, I didn't lie down this time!!" She made a similar comment after her last choir rehearsal too. I guess now i need to remind her to not sit down either, if her peers are still standing up.
Anyway, I'm trying to think of some updates or amusing things the kids have said or done lately.
Kjersten's learning the "All I want for Christmas is my two front teeth" song... very relevent since she lost both front teeth and it's so near Christmas. She already knows that the toothfairy isn't really, which I think is kind of sad! :( A 5th grader at her school told her it's really parents that put money under the pillows and so she asked me about it. Bummer! I would've liked to have kept her in the dark about that one for awhile. Anyway, she's in girl scouts this year and so far enjoying that a lot. This past sunday the regional group of girl scouts went roller skating, so we went to a rink for the first time ever. I think Tianna was more of a fan, since she doesn't get so thrown off by things when she's not successful right away. But Kjersten had made some good improvement by the end of the day.Nathaniel's definately a 2 1/2 year old. He's still a generally easy going kid, but adament that many foods are "YUCK!!!" at the sight of them. He climbs up steps holding just one hand now, when encouraged, and is able to take off his lower body clothes when encouraged to and occasionally when not encouraged to. For a little while there he was having a bit of a hard time falling asleep at night and there were a couple of times we came upstairs to find Nathaniel asleep in some very unsual places... on the kitchen floor and under the coffee table... rather than in his bed. Nathaniel still loves cars and is intersted in tools too... very 'boy' in his interests.
Tianna's had some funny comments lately. She was having trouble at one choir practice with sitting up and listening to her teacher (what a shocker). Her teacher felt that she was mostly doing it as an attention- getting thing (entirely plausable). When I asked Tianna about it, she said she was tired and that's why she was lying down. So a couple sundays ago her choir sang in church. Before she went to warm-up I reminded her to make sure she watched her teacher the whole time and had good listening ears, etc. No lying down, etc. Well, she did a pretty good job for the first song. Early into the second and final song that they sang, I noticed Tianna had sat down, and being in the second row I couldn't see her very well. As they came out of church she came up to me and commented about, "Mommy, I didn't lie down this time!!" She made a similar comment after her last choir rehearsal too. I guess now i need to remind her to not sit down either, if her peers are still standing up.
Thursday, April 02, 2009
Tianna's butcher job has been somewhat corrected! After giving her about 2 months to grow out her chop job, the stylist was able to do something to make it less obvious! Still not the cute haircut she used to have, but that'll come in time.
Notice anything new??? The missing tooth perhaps? The toothfairy better remember to do something about that!
Nanio enjoying some ice cream, with his sisters trying to sneak into the picture by sitting behind him... I cropped the photo since it really only ended up being a flattering picture of him!
Saturday, November 29, 2008
Sunday, November 23, 2008
Hello! I have not been so great about updating out blog! I can just as easily upload pictures on Facebook and have then neglected this blog
! We are doing pretty well. Kjersten has adjusted very well to her Spanish Immersion kindergarten, which is an all-day program. School starts very early in the day and ends early afternoon. I know being immersed around another language can be tough, but it'll be a wonderful thing for her long term. She is, more and more, speaking in some Spanish at home spontaneously and frequently sings songs in Spanish too. Her teacher states that she is now able to read more in Spanish than some of her Spanish speaking classmates!
Tianna attends a speech therapy group through Minneapolis Public Schools a couple days a week and then goes to all day preschool two other full days of the week. She loves it and wishes she could attend every day, I think! We've noticed an improvement in the clarity of her speech over the past couple of months, likely in part due to her having speech therapy four times per week (2 times are outpatient therapy). Tianna is slowwwwly moving out of her destructive stage and more into learning to take better care of posessioins. She's full daytime potty trained very consistently now.
Nathaniel is still a sweet one year old, though he certainly is finding his share of trouble to get into-- raiding the trash or recycling, climbing on things he shouldn't, throwing books on the floor in big heaps... At least he's willing to help clean up! He runs around the house and loves to chase our cat, Jasmine, whom we adopted into our family in Sept. He jabbers a lot, with quite a few distinguishable words to familiar listeners.
Carl just started a new job as a custodial assistant night supervisor at Augsburg College. His commute is much less, has chance of advancement, increase in pay, sundays off, plus education benefits. The only real downside to the job is the graveyard shift- it's been hard for Carl to adjust too. It is nice to have him home in the early part of the evening, when I get home from work. The only other adjustment right now is to, yet again, find dependeable long term babysitting for two mornings a week. The sitter we had works her other job until 3 AM and can't make it here for the 7:15Am time that I need help. I can't add another stop to my already hectic mornings, and with Carl not getting home until 4:45 Am, it's too hard to put any responsibility on him at that hour. I'd appeciate prayer for this! Dependable, long-term babysitting has been a tough thing for us-- when we find them it seems that schedule changes occur which prevent them from providing ongoing help!
On the whole we are doing well and looking forward to going to spend Christmas with the Jensen side of the family (as opposed to the Erickson side). That's a first since the year 2000! A long 9 day vacation sounds pretty fantastic as well!
! We are doing pretty well. Kjersten has adjusted very well to her Spanish Immersion kindergarten, which is an all-day program. School starts very early in the day and ends early afternoon. I know being immersed around another language can be tough, but it'll be a wonderful thing for her long term. She is, more and more, speaking in some Spanish at home spontaneously and frequently sings songs in Spanish too. Her teacher states that she is now able to read more in Spanish than some of her Spanish speaking classmates!Tianna attends a speech therapy group through Minneapolis Public Schools a couple days a week and then goes to all day preschool two other full days of the week. She loves it and wishes she could attend every day, I think! We've noticed an improvement in the clarity of her speech over the past couple of months, likely in part due to her having speech therapy four times per week (2 times are outpatient therapy). Tianna is slowwwwly moving out of her destructive stage and more into learning to take better care of posessioins. She's full daytime potty trained very consistently now.
Nathaniel is still a sweet one year old, though he certainly is finding his share of trouble to get into-- raiding the trash or recycling, climbing on things he shouldn't, throwing books on the floor in big heaps... At least he's willing to help clean up! He runs around the house and loves to chase our cat, Jasmine, whom we adopted into our family in Sept. He jabbers a lot, with quite a few distinguishable words to familiar listeners.
Carl just started a new job as a custodial assistant night supervisor at Augsburg College. His commute is much less, has chance of advancement, increase in pay, sundays off, plus education benefits. The only real downside to the job is the graveyard shift- it's been hard for Carl to adjust too. It is nice to have him home in the early part of the evening, when I get home from work. The only other adjustment right now is to, yet again, find dependeable long term babysitting for two mornings a week. The sitter we had works her other job until 3 AM and can't make it here for the 7:15Am time that I need help. I can't add another stop to my already hectic mornings, and with Carl not getting home until 4:45 Am, it's too hard to put any responsibility on him at that hour. I'd appeciate prayer for this! Dependable, long-term babysitting has been a tough thing for us-- when we find them it seems that schedule changes occur which prevent them from providing ongoing help!
On the whole we are doing well and looking forward to going to spend Christmas with the Jensen side of the family (as opposed to the Erickson side). That's a first since the year 2000! A long 9 day vacation sounds pretty fantastic as well!
Sunday, August 17, 2008
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