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End of year update

Kiddos,

 

 

I have quite the picture dump. You guys are nuts. Just straight up crazy. In the past couple months we've been to California twice (Thanksgiving and Nanna & Grandpa's 50th Anniversarry). Most of you are champs on the plane, Arbs is exhausting. You do not like to sit still for extended periods of time, but you don't yet have the attention span to do much. So mostly you squirm around in my arms, take things out of seat pockets, knock things over and generally cause mass havoc. This will be a short and sweet entry as tax season is coming, but I wanted to do a quick update.

 

 

Kai, you tried snowboarding for the first time and were remarkably good at it. People were super impressed at your balance and ability to move around. You seemed to love it. You've started swim lessons, though you're lobbying hard for bat (t-ball), dance, and soccer. We're trying to stick to one activity at a time, but we'll see. You have quite the personality and we love how uniquely YOU you are. You adore your siblings and now refer to Arb's as your "besty". You also told me the other day that I'm "always right" and you are "never right". I wanted that down in writing as I know I will not hear that often :).

 

Arbs, you are into everything all the time. Your new favorite routine is to go grab granola bars from the kitchen for me to open. Then you bring them to me, I open them, and you immediately lose interest in that bar and go back for another. You are an insane eater. You eat constantly. You are very into your siblings and love to give them hugs and kisses. You know when they're sad and go to comfort them. It's hard to be sad when an Ari hug is involved. You stick to your two words...more and that. Though you've shown you know some others. You just learned how to stick your tongue out and know where your nose is. You know the sound a dog makes, the sound a cow makes, and the sound a monkey makes. You're very good at knowing where clothing goes (i.e. socks go on your feet, hats go on your head) and you like to move step stools around to get you access to things you want (i.e. gingerbread houses). You don't take very good naps, but you sleep about 11-12 hours at night so we'll take it.

 

 

The boys are doing great in third grade. You guys love Harry Potter and Roblox. You're learning Brazilian jiu-jitsu at the moment, not sure how much you love it yet, but you seem interested. You were in your class play in December and really enjoyed it. We'll see if you have some of your Dad's acting genes in you yet. Noah, you love to write, and are really good at it. Caleb, you're insanely clever, though you tend to use your cleverness to help you get out of doing work. It's hard to be mad when it's so creatively impressive.

 

Emma Bemma, you are as outgoing as ever. You make friends extremely easily and have no problem talking to anyone. You're the little Mom of the house and you like to keep your siblings in line. You adore your siblings, especially Ari who you like to carry around. You played Soccer last season and were great, you're quite the beast on the field and scored tons of goals.

 

 

Alright that's it, here are a bunch of shots from the past few months. I adore you little crew!