Nicky
Nicky pays the price for photobombing Zoe's
picture at Midway Mania
- Just turned 13
- Is the most polite basketball player of all time (including giving the ball back to the other team after stealing and saying, "Oh, I'm sorry. Here you go!)
- Is the same height as me (5'7") and checks everyday to see if he's passed me up (be patient, boy. It will happen)
- Has an obsession with what he calls "groovy music" and is always playing
- "Let's Groove" by Earth, Wind, and Fire
- "I Want You Back" by the Jackson 5
- "Hit Me With Your Best Shot" by Pat Benatar
- Loves playing "Just Dance" and will play for hours if allowed (and I allow since it's physical activity)
- Doesn't seem to share a lot of interests with his peers, which is fine, but I worry about him not having friends or feeling like he's part of a community
- Continues to think he is our financial adviser and is constantly making commentary about how much things cost and whether we should be spending money (it drives us crazy)
- Is learning some of our more intricate board games and catching on pretty well. He even gives us a legit competition
- Seems to be enjoying studying the Book of Mormon as a family this year. He and I have had some great discussions
- Has done very well to independently handle his school responsibilities
- Draws very clever comics (I got him a blank comic book for Christmas, and it's so fun to see what he comes up with)
Daisy
Daisy has reached the "can't take a serious photo"
phase of growing up
- Is 10 years old
- Sings all the time (sometimes this is how I find her in public bathrooms)
- Got to go skiing for school (a perk of being a 4th grader)
- Worries a lot and asks tons of questions
- Wants to take over my church calling (I always have to remind her that I am the music leader and she is not)
- Is a really good student. Her teachers have always said she stays on task and is kind to everyone (complete opposite of how she is at home)
- Thrives when she's in charge
- Is always gushing about how "cute" things are, especially animals
Zoe
Zoe living her best life
- Is 7 years old
- Gets to go to primary activities now and absolutely loves it
- Is back in speech therapy and enjoys the one-on-one attention
- Is obsessed with penguins
- Won't say prayers or read scriptures with us but writes "I love Jesus" everywhere
- Has been behind in her reading skills but made some great progress this past week as something finally clicked!
- Set a goal (for primary) to read 100 books and is on 22
- Loves strawberries and Nutella
- Really enjoys first grade and gets very excited about things she gets to do at school
- Needs a lot of orthodontia (which I keep putting off because she is still traumatized from her tonsils. Ain't no one going near that mouth without a fight) (we are going with the most conservative care plan possible for her circumstances, but it will still be intense)
- Lets me do her hair sometimes but usually undoes it as soon as she gets to school
- Asks all the time if she can take ice skating lessons
A portion of Zoe's penguin collection
Eva
Oh yes, she's sassy!
- Is 4 years old
- Asks everyday if it's her birthday (it's going to be a long three months)
- Asks all day long if she can watch YouTube (the bane of modern-day parenting)
- Gets away with so much because she is the youngest (I truly believed I would never treat my kids differently based on their birth order. Ha!)
- Never eats her dinner (or any other food we prepare for her)
- Drinks way too much milk
- Is very cranky after school
- Has really long hair
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