I'm Done With Winter

Truly.  It is February 26th, and it is 15 degrees outside right now.  The thermometer is in the sun, so that's probably generous.  For a long time the question was, When will spring come.

The question is now Will spring ever come?

I know I'm not the only one; the weather is everyone's main topic of conversation these days, but geez, I am so sick of it!

Please come, Spring!

Um, Well, It Hasn't QUITE Been a Year

Yeah, so the title pretty much sums it up.  I haven't posted much lately.  I suppose I use Facebook so much to post what's going on around here that I forget how much fun it is to look back at pictures and stories in the blog, but it is nice so here you go.

 

I'm not going to try to bridge the gap between June 2013 and February 2014.  It's nearly a book...kindergarten, swim team, 2nd grade, failing soccer, losing Lex, finding Penny...so I'm just starting today.  February 24th, 2014.

 

Toby was being kind of a dweeb for the camera, so his picture doesn't get posted.  2nd grade boys can be that way.  I fear I will never have a decent picture of him again.  He loves to pose "goofy" for the camera though.  And he always wants me to take these elaborately construed videos which I don't understand at all.  Last week he passed swim level 3.  He's worked so hard this year at swim - I was determined that he should know how to swim before this summer, so he's been doing swim lessons twice a week almost all year.  He really seems to enjoy it - he's not the fish his sister is, but I'm glad he's having fun!  He starts Level 4 next week.  He really loves Cub Scouts too - he's a wolf this year, and should be getting his Wolf Badge soon.

Lucy is still in swim as well and gearing up for swim team preseason in April.  I can't believe it will start so soon!!  She's had a fantastic year in kindergarten, and reads at almost a second grade level already.  She's also doing well in math...if we can just get her pencil grip sorted out she will be flying along!  She and I have been reading the Little House on the Prairie Series...she LOVES it.  It is so much fun to share something that meant so much to me as a child with her.  I sort of thought she'd lose interest after the 3rd book or so, but we're up to These Happy Golden Years now.  I think most of it goes over her head, but just to absorb the language, the storytelling...and we love our 30-45 minutes of reading a night!

Jay is...well, Jay.  He will never be more, never less.  He may just be a stubborn as me, which is saying a lot.  I think Curtis thinks I'm getting what I deserve, finally.  I'm not sure how the child is as big as he is, considering how little he eats.  He absolutely refuses to eat healthy food.  And he gets no desserts until he eats his food.  He rarely gets dessert.  So how is he in the 75th percentile on weight?  He's off the chart on height.  He also refuses to talk.  Every once in a while he throws down a word as a sort of challenge to us - a, hey, I know how to talk I just CHOOSE NOT TO.  It is beyond frustrating.  I would just like him to talk to me instead of BABABABABABABAAAAA!  Someday he will talk.  And I will regret wishing he could. 

Penny is a love.  We're working on leash training her - she's going to be a big dog and needs to understand manners, but with the weather we've had precious few chances to work with her, so hopefully that will get better soon.  She's a love though, such a cuddly sweetheart.

Curtis is growing his beard - well, it's grown now, he's simply maintaining it.  I love it!  It's a winter thing; it will be gone as soon as he gets hot :) 

That's the update for now.  I'm going to try to keep on journaling here!