Wednesday, February 7, 2024

All the People in This Family

Eva

  • Is in third grade
  • Isn’t exactly a model student
  • Is, like, three years behind in reading and math
  • Is so stubborn and committed to her craft. As an example, here is a photo I took of her after we asked her to clean her room, and she screamed in this position for half an hour because she got “stuck” while making her bed:
My suggestion that she just pull her arms out was met with much crying
  • Takes dance class and is dancing to “Zero to Hero” in the spring concert
  • Is a chatterbox
  • Loves going to the events formerly known as "Activity Days," which we all still call “Activity Days.”
  • Says “No, thanks!” anytime we ask her to do something
  • Likes us to blow dry her hair at night
  • Always wants to play outside, but she wants us to go with her, we we have to take turns bundling up and going out to watch her roller skate/swing/jump on the trampoline/ride her bike
  • Does cartwheels all the time
  • Has a bit of a potty mouth
  • Gets really hyper at night
  • Refuses to brush her teeth (we have to fight her)
  • Leaves a trail of messes everywhere she goes
Zoe
  • Is in 5th grade
  • Is causing me the most worry right now
  • Is always full of big ideas (this week she asked if she could rewrite her school song)
  • Is obsessed with Groundhog Day
  • Had to get some immunizations recently and is horrible with shots
  • Has anger issues
  • Yells a lot
  • Loves AJR and Imagine Dragons
  • Has been suffering from a broken heart all school year because the boy she loves doesn’t like her anymore
  • Participated in Lego League and is going to State
District Lego League competition last Saturday
  • Does the school choir
  • Always wants to try new things and is currently asking for violin lessons and to join a hockey team (she also wants to quit everything after she starts)
  • Is my only kid that reads (and she’s still behind benchmark in reading)
  • Is obsessed with YouTube and being famous (drives me nuts)
  • Fights with Eva constantly (drives me nuts)
  • Has a very hard time making friends
  • Was Alexander Hamilton in the 5th grade wax museum and performed a very dramatic monologue
I made her costume from DI finds and felt
  • Is in Young Women now and seems to like it, but I think she’s too young
  • Did baptisms for the dead for the first time a few weeks ago
Oquirrh Mountain Temple

Daisy
  • Is in the process of registering for high school
  • Had her first boyfriend and breakup 
  • Tried out for the high school dance ensemble and made it
  • Is choreographing a dance for the junior high spring concert 
  • Is playing Ariel in Footloose (she is 5’7” and the boy playing Ren is 4’11”. Have you ever heard of anything more “junior high” in your life?)
  • Pretty much hates everything to do with church and is fetching a fit that I’m making her participate in a stake youth choir
  • Sings all the time… unless she’s at stake youth choir
  • Loves Winnie the Pooh right now
Daisy in her Pooh gear in front of Pooh ride
  • Says she wants to be a chiropractor (I don’t know if she actually knows what that is, but at least she’s thinking about the future)
  • Tells me every little injury and every little pop of her joints that happens EVER. If her ankle pops while walking to class, I hear about it. If a butterfly lands on her too hard, I hear about it.
  • Is boy crazy
  • Is wrapped up in a lot of drama with friends. Sigh…
Nicky
  • Is never home
  • Works two nights a week
  • Stays after school everyday for something… ceramics, theatre, swim team, tennis team, girls… I don’t even know
  • Went to Sweethearts with his friend Sofie and wore all white. I tried everything I could to help him not look like a temple worker
  • Likes going to the El Rancho Grande food truck
  • Is on seminary council and stake youth council and is the second assistant in the priests quorum
  • Loves working with special ed students at school and is planning on participating in Unified Theatre and Unified Sports next year
Scotty
  • Donates plasma twice a week 
  • Is looking forward to Brocation even though we are mad at Disneyland
  • Would go to bed at 8:30 every night if he could (instead, he goes to bed at 8:45)
  • Has a new boss at work
  • Had to work out of a different building while his office was being renovated and just moved back
  • Likes to spy on all the neighbors
Scotty in his spying spot

Britt (also known as me)
  • Was just called to be on the stake girls camp committee
  • Got a part-time job (which is why all of my posts lately are lists)
and since I talk about myself incessantly here on the blog, that's really all there is that's new.





3 comments:

Mama B said...

You need to tell us more about the job! That’s big news.

Anonymous said...

I didn’t know el rancho grande had a food truck. Where can I find it. I miss their enchiladas

Britt said...

Follow El Rancho Grande Food Truck on Facebook, and they post where they will be every week.