Kids

Just a random update on the kids...
Sophie is growing up. It seems something happened when she turned 7 and she has been trying to figure how being older works. For a few months she was just a little bit annoying (still cute) but if you have a seven year old you know what I am talking about. She seems to have it figured out now and has been really fun lately. She says the funniest things and I love having conversations with her. Right now she uses the word "eventually" a lot and loves reading Brian's Calvin & Hobbes comic books. The other night she was reading one and called Brian in to explain it to her - some of them are too complex for her - and I went in because Brian was on the phone. She asked me what one of the comics meant and I honestly wasn't sure so I said, "Just skip the ones you don' get" and she said, "Well that's why I asked daddy to come in." She is always drawing pictures, writing notes or stories and is always making big plans.

Nora loves being outside no matter the weather. I swear she has an attention span of two seconds unless it is something she's really interested in and then she can sit in one spot doing the same thing forever. For example she can never sit still at dinner or during scripture reading, but can sit and color a picture forever, and yesterday she sat and sharpened her colored pencils for the entire sacrament meeting. She is very generous and I caught her trying to mail her hard earned money to her Naunie the other day. Whenever Miles or Wesley gets hurt she runs and gets her special Teddy Bear or Mouse and gives it to them to cheer them up. She is still generally easy going but has a quick temper when she feels like something isn't fair or she isn't being listened to. She's still very sensitive and cried the other day when I got frustrated with her for sitting on top of the doll house (which I had asked her several times not to do...) She's learning a lot in kindergarten and is loving having playdates with friends.

Miles is so fun to be with every day. He mostly likes to stay home but loves going to the YMCA or to the neighbors houses to play. He thinks it's great fun to say "Hello poo people!" (from Nanny McPhee Returns) and "Shake a shake a bum bum!" and singing the Veggie Tales theme song. He is usually playing trains or cars, doing puzzles, playing computer games or playing in the sink or bathtub. At bedtime he always calls me in and says, "I need to ax you something" which is followed by a random question like, "Do you chug along with Thomas?" or something of that sort. He is a good brother to Wes and likes to hold him and kiss him. He loves nursery, especially his teacher Sister Oady and her wind up toys.

Wesley is a happy baby and loves the attention he gets from his siblings. He loves the funny duck sound Nora makes and doesn't seem to not mind being mauled by all of them on a daily basis. He just got his two bottom teeth (sad) and loves eating baby food. He likes to stick out his tongue and go "la la la" with his tongue out. He's had a little flat spot on the back of his head so we've been doing stretches with him and taking him to the doctor a few times, it is pretty much better now and he's done with having extra appointments. Yay! He is a big smiler and so fun to snuggle with. I just wish he'd stop growing up so quick. My little baby is just getting too big.