Getting it Done

Claire

She loved the time we had visiting the grandparents in Blackfoot because she gets to play with the dogs and all the new toys she doesn't get to see often. She learned how to tell the dogs to sit even though they don't listen because I would tell them so they would stop attacking her. She started getting sick on the ride up and was coughing so we were stuck in the house all day not getting to visit other people. We still were able to have some fun time and she likes to eat when she is sitting at the table with everyone so some of the meals were great for her. She is working hard on her words...when I ask her...but will make sure to repeat the full sentences to ask for things. I'm hoping she starts to talk all on her own one day because all she is doing now is resisting and getting what she wants by doing what she has done before.

Shay

She got her first experience with stairs and is able to climb up them but not consistently and doesn't understand how to not fall back down. We were always there to help her though and she loved trying the stairs, especially when she wasn't in cloths and just had the diaper. She tried the trampoline there too and seemed to enjoy when Claire would bounce but only liked sitting on my lap. She got the same bad cough that Claire has which is apparently called croup and is worse while they sleep but cold air helps and we've been using the humidifier as well to help their breathing. Shay got one of her top teeth come through and now she is deadly when she is trying to eat.

Chris

As of now we just wait! Chris went to his interview in Washington on Saturday by taking time off of his drill duties and flying early morning and then flying back that night. Now that it is all done we have to wait until they call within this next week and the other school that he has interviewed for to send their results too. More of a waiting game and it is so close to torture that all I can do is keep busy with the girls to not go crazy! We want to know so we can start planning and looking forward to the time when we get to be in a new situation getting closer to our dream.

Crafting

I had the idea to do some busy books because Claire is getting less interested in the toys we bring to church and when I'm there on the days that Chris can't make it to church she runs away from me. Last time she went and sat with another family because she was heading towards the stage and a nursery leader grabbed her up. I was busy holding a sleeping Shay so it was hard for me to chase her down, so I thank the mothers who know when a child needs to be entertained. Anyway! I researched ideas and ended up creating a mostly original word document. I spent a good couple days off and on making these different pages and right before printing them came up with some more and took a few hours perfecting them. I printed them out, cut out all the tiny pieces, laminated them, cut the tiny pieces out again, bought file folders and went to get those laminated at a UPS, cut them out, and finally put mini velcro dots on all the pieces. You can see each of the six pages including: Letters and Colors, Cars, Shapes and Numbers, Table and Clock, Farm Animals, and the Nativity.