The New Year is upon us and I feel my babies growing up so fast in front of my eyes! I have been awful at journaling their progress this past year.
So I just have to start with where we are at and try to catch up.
Rowdy 9, Joined battle of the books competition and his team won the chance today to go to represent their school. He plowed through all 10 books, as soon as the list came out and still has an uncanny memory of all the stuff that happened in them. They even beat the teacher team...or it was close! Proud of his hard work. He also wakes up early and gets all his chores, scripture and laundry done so he can go to an early morning running club and later enjoy his screen time. What a competitive hard working boy. at the end of last year his running club coach offered to buy the whole running club slushes if any one of them could beat her. Rowdy ran his little heart out for the 5k (no really later he admitted to almost barfing at the end) he beat her and ran it in about 24 minutes. I started behind him thinking he'd tucker out, but with his coach on his heels, he never let up! Its been cool to watch him play soccer as well with his newly earned stamina. He is a goal scoring beast. He brings his soccer ball to school every day so they can play. Also in choir, and an all star big brother most of the time ;) He definitely has times he doesn't listen, and feels like he always has to be the winner or best or most talked about.
Rowdy is a huge help to Cody and I, and so fun to watch grow. So proud of the guy he is becoming
Ezra 7, started this year off with a polar plunge! Last Sunday his dad offered 10 dollars to jump in Nan's pool covered in ice, and he and Miles took the plunge. He confessed to me he'd do it again for free. It was very entertaining.... and cold!! He has been doing awesome at controlling his temper. and he is Ollie's hero. Ollie talks about him all day when he is gone. He has been so smiley lately and always with a joke or funny quote from a movie. and always making a new friend at the park...young or old. He still loves to build legos but has taken a liking to a ninjago game, for which he got in a little trouble for sneaking the I pad into the bathroom and locking the door, 3 nights in a row. (took me a minute to figure out what was going on) but after we had a good talk and as usual after we had a good talk I could tell he really felt bad and we had a sweet repenting experience. Love that boy's heart. I can tell sneaky satan is trying to get him off course before he gets baptized later this year.
Ezra is also doing piano, and has a crazy good music memory. He surprised us by busting out a song at Danny Ehlers mission farewell open house in front of everyone without his music. He also is so good at riding Dad's little dirt bike. We trust him too because (as with most things) he takes his time. he is loving soccer more after this last season, and is taking a loss at soccer and basketball less personal, although he still needs to work at it with board games and other random competitions ;) He is still our snuggler, but I definitely have to do a little more begging. He is also our super polite kid, always remembering to say thank you. He loves to read and draw as well. We love having Ezra in our home.
Elliot, super star kindergartener, Is thriving this year. She started Kindergarten and said "oh, it's time to read" and started reading. She loves to read and write notes and draw pictures. Lots of times after school she is making a craft or present with her paper tools. She is so generous to share things, just don't ever let her see you selling things on craigslist or bringing them to the thrift store. She recently tried to hide a cushion to a chair we were trying to sell and threw a big fit when the lady was there about us selling the chair. It was sad funny. but she is a gem to have around. She loves adventuring with Cody and I. Usually its a toss up if the boys want to go run an errand with Cody or I but Elliot is always excited to go... usually because she has discovered money and likes the vending machines, but she doesn't let that stop her from being great company. She is super sweet to Ollie and will often take time to play just with him when the boys are at Malakai's house. or Heidi comes over after school. She is such a love, and super smart...sometimes too smart, knowing when she can get away with not doing chores or eating her dinner, or getting brothers in trouble, and she has a crazy good memory when people have offended her :) She is such a fun girl. she has her own fun style, and is very athletic. She did awesome in soccer last season and wanted to try basketball this year. we found a few leauges where the kids can all play on the same fields or practice the same night which is awesome! Elliot also likes to cook, loves animals and stuffed animals, and got to be saints helper this year passing out candy canes and going to build a bear to make her own toys!
Ollie is 2 and so much fun. He talks and talks and talks. he is super smart and his feet are almost as big as Elliot's! yesterday at Chloe & Zoe's soccer game we saw a hawk, and he has been liking a cartoon where the guy turn into a bird (Moana) and I said "look Ollie! its Maui!" he said "no Mom! Maui is eagle" . he also told me to sit on his lap and then laughed and said "Big Bootie!" He is a super ham. He loves to make people laugh. (he really is Ezra's twin!He loves dinosaurs
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