Jenny's Market - Well I've always seen everyone's pictures of their kids in a pumpkin patch and so I thought maybe I should get in the action, this would mean I would actually have to GO to a pumpkin patch. Anyway, we needed to get out of our house for a few hours a couple of weeks before Halloween so we decided to take the kids to Jenny's Market to pick out pumpkins. We had and ok time. Actually, everyone except Brenden had a nice time and Brenden didn't like the smell from the animals so he was pretty grouchy until the very end when we got some cider. Both boys chose one pumpkin each and Chris and I decided that would be enough since we have to do the majority of the carving still. All in all a successful trip to the market and I finally got some pictures of the kids among pumpkins!
Two peas in a pod - Lately Rylan and Brenden have been doing some bonding. Since Jake is in school everyday, its just Brenden and Rylan together on Tuesday and Thursday when Brenden isn't at DK. Its been quite interesting to watch. I see a lot of similarities in the way Brenden and Jake used to interact when Brenden was one. There is a lot of copying by Rylan and a lot of not sharing and taking things from Rylan by Brenden. Overall, I think they get along pretty well and I think that when they are older they will likely be good friends as they are both complete goofs.
Tomboy - Every time I let Rylan outside the first thing she goes for is the hockey sticks in the garage. She's also a fan of the soccer balls and just running after the boys. She may not end up a total tomboy, but she'll certainly be able to hang with the boys whenever she needs to.
Halloween - I honestly don't know why kids go trick or treating any more. Both boys came home from school with FULL bags of candy and other goodies! Its unbelievable. Anyway, I guess a lot of the fun is getting dressed up and running around like a bunch of crazies with your friends in your neighborhood, which also decribes an average Wednesday or any other day around here :) The boys decided this year to be Transformers again. Jake would be Ironhide, which was a new one for him, and Brenden would be Optimus Prime for the 2nd year in a row. Unlike last year though, Brenden was quite willing to wear his Optimus mask for my pictures and trick or treating. I did not dress Rylan up in a costume, but I did have a Halloween onesie for her that my mom had sent. I know a lot of parents dress up their infant/toddler kids, but is my feeling that they need to be able to ask before I will spend the money and/or have the fight to get the costume on, you can think that's mean or wrong or whatever, but that's the way we roll around here. The boys had a lot of fun in the neighborhood and came home with more than enough candy and Rylan and I had a nice time handing out candy to the kids that came to our house. Another successful Halloween with enough candy to last us months once again!
Michigan Ladies - Now that the boys are older and pick out there clothes on their own I can rarely, if ever, get them to wear their Michigan gear on game days. Generally it only happens when they get to go to the games. But Rylan on the other hand, she still lets me pick her clothes out so its Michigan gear on game days! I decided this week I would pull out the jersey in honor of the 1st Michigan/Nebraska game as Big Ten opponents, and I have to say she made it look good!
So that's it for the pictures, but here's the other stuff:
Brenden is doing great in DK. Chris had his parent/teacher conference last week and the teacher had a glowing report. He is doing very good at learning to write/spell his name and has made a lot of friends. He only had a couple of areas to work on, like counting, but all in all he was exactly where he needs to be in order to be ready for Kindergarten in the fall. His teacher also noted how different Brenden was from Jake since she had Jake a couple of years ago. We already knew that, but its always funny to hear how surprised people are by how different they are :)
Jake has been doing well in school. He had a very good stretch of 2+ weeks of not missing recess for getting in trouble. That of course changed last week with him missing it 3 days in a row, but I'm trying to focus on the positive. We have his conference on Monday and I expect an overall good report with any issues being related to listening and being disruptive. He seems to be doing really well with his reading and math skills, he can read an entire book by himself, so I would be surprised if there were any academic issues, but who knows there's almost always a surprise or twist when Jake is involved ;)
Rylan is a nut. She may very well be the craziest of all the Eby kids. She is really enjoying life and growing like a weed. We have her 15th month check up on Monday so we'll see how she's doing in the stat department. She's not talking quite yet. She's trying to parrot us and does have a few signs, but its pretty hard to understand what she's saying still. I don't think she will be delayed as Brenden because she seems more interested in talking, but I think it'll still be a bit before we can really understand what she's trying to say. She does understand almost everything we tell her or ask her which is helping to reduce the tantrums and frustrations on both our parts.
Chris and I are pretty boring. He works and I coach. Right now he's in Hilton Head for a wedding for one of his cousins. Next week we'll be hosting Thanksgiving with Chris's parents and his sister and her family. Chris has a lot of work/travel over the next few weeks and then we'll all head out to Arizona to spend 10 days with my mom and brother for Christmas - SO excited for warm weather!
Nothing new to report on the moving situation. We have had A LOT of showings and some interest, but alas no offers. I'm hoping something will happen early in the new year, but I'm not holding my breath....
No comments:
Post a Comment