It's a new year...the snow is finally starting to melt...and then it snowed again...and now it is melting again. The kids are loving all the big puddles that have come from all the melting. It is fun to see them run through the puddles in their little rubber boots. It is my favorite thing to do each year at the beginning of spring.
Davram has been doing really well in school. Had a spelling test the other day(first one)...and he got 100%! Not that I am surprised...he is the smartest five year old I know:) I went with his class to the Telus World of Science, which he loves. He really loves to learn new things. I bought the kids a dictionary for kids and that is the book they pick almost every night for story time. And then they tell me all the cool things they learned from daddy:) He has really gotten into Lego lately. Everything we do revolves around lego...it's fun to watch him create new things for us to play with. He is CTR 5 now, which means he is the big man in town and takes Alannah to her class each week...which is so cute to watch, as they head down the hall holding hands:)
Alannah is all registered for preschool and so excited to get started. She asks me every time I take Davram to school if today is the day. She started Sunbeams and loves going. She loves learning all the new songs in Singing Time and loves the fact that she is old enough to go somewhere that Davram goes:) That girl loves her big brother so much. We discovered that she is allergic to Heinz ketchup...she gets a rash wherever it touches her skin. We tried other ketchup and she is totally fine, but Heinz makes her breakout...crazy. Alannah get to have some really good quality mommy-daughter time when Davram is at school. When Elijah is sleeping we put in a princess movie and just girlie it up...I love it:)
Elijah is a terror! He is the cutest kid you have ever seen, but he runs me ragged. He gets in to everything and wrecks everything. He broke a key off of Andrew's laptop this week. Two weeks ago, he tried to feed the fish some lego legs and a marshmellow. He is really goofy and makes me laugh constantly...and is really starting to talk in phrases. My favorite is "thank you mommy" and "night night daddy"...so cute:) Davram and Alannah love making him laugh and involving him in all their games. They have a hard time when he becomes destructive, but that's easy enough to understand. We all love him, but really hope he gets over his destructive violent tendencies that he has shown so far:) He is in nursery now, which he doesn't like to go to...he cries every week and because of our callings we have to leave him. The workers are so awesome in there, and they are usually able to get him to calm down and he has fun. We are hoping that he will start to be happy to get dropped off soon:) He is really in to Toy Story...we watch Buzz first thing everyday...and then usually at least one other time in the afternoon. So crazy:) thankfully there are 3 movies so there is a little variety.
Easter is this coming weekend. The kids are pretty excited. We have been trying to teach the kids what it is really about. I am hoping that Davram and Alannah understand that it isn't just about bunnies and chocolate. They do pretty good about Christmas and they are sort of understanding what we have been telling them about Easter, so hopefully it will sink in and stay with them:) So happy Easter to all!!
