Happy 6th Birthday Caleb!!!
Today, we went to Chipotle for dinner for the 3rd year in a row. Guess the kid's tastes don't change. We also went to Cold Stone. It was a filling evening. He got a few gifts today, from us. He got a package with pages in it to send in to this company so he can publish his own book. He is very excited about that. He wanted to start this morning, but we were going to the preschool family event this morning, so he couldn't get started as soon as he had wanted to. He also got a sign for his room so he can hang his art up. The kid loves to draw!
So, at 6-he is doing very well in kindergarten! He is becoming quite good at spelling words. The other day, he wrote a sign that said (he asked me how to spell the first word) "Out uv bisnis" I wanted to put that up on my door :0) He is writing so much with his pictures now. I am so amazed at how far he has come in the 6ish months he has been at school. He is great at math and has come home lately telling me that he is going to "mix-it-up math" and doing 1st grade problems!! He loves art-as I said before. He's always drawing or writing something. He loves his baby sister, but can do without his other sister unless he wants to play with her. We just finished the first Harry Potter book today and he seemed to enjoy that. He likes comic books and super heroes right now. He still enjoys building things with legos or tinker toys. He has become interested in building things out of wood too. He built a treasure box, a bird feeder, a pirate ship and a tool box. Lately he has really enjoyed playing card games, especially UNO.
Our family today. Caleb-6, Ellery 4 1/2, Anissa 7 1/2 months
Miss Anissa with her silly face at Chipotle.
Ellery after the preschool event this morning. She painted her own face. Pretty cute!!
Sibling love!!!
Here is the preparation for the family birthday party that we had last weekend.
Caleb designed his own cake. He was pretty proud of himself!
Looking at his new shark 3-d book with papa.
Here we are with his cake.
And the ever dreaded "Happy Birthday" song. Can't you see the joy on his face. I think he would much prefer if he never had this song sung to him ever again!
Here's his cake. The multi colored thing with the face is a rainbow trout coming out of the ocean and then there is part of a treasure chest and a map to the big red X marks the spot, a palm tree and his name and age. I'd say he did a pretty good job for a 6 year old!! He drew all the pictures with a toothpick in the frosting and then he and Grandma G frosted the pictures.
My 6 month old beauty!
In the snow fort! Man have we had a TON of snow!!! Good thing the kids enjoy it. Ellery has lately been saying that she wants winter to go away-don't we all!
In the kitchen sink "tub" She has become really fun lately in the water. She splashes and plays and thinks it is just a fun thing to take a bath. She really likes to take a bath with the big kids, but Caleb says that there isn't enough room and he wants to take a bath all by himself now so he can stretch out! Oh well, maybe Ellery can bathe with Anissa so they can play together!
We took the kids out sledding for the first time this year. Anissa did NOT go down the sled, but she was out there watching. I was surprised, Caleb really liked sledding. I figured that he wouldn't want to go down a bigger hill. Ellery, of course, LOVED it and if it weren't so cold, would have stayed out all day! I'm glad we finally got out sledding. Even mom and dad took turns holding the baby so we could get in on the fun!
Pirate play!
That's it for now folks! Next weekend we have the big kid party! We'll see how that goes. Mom might lose her mind after that. Or else I won't ever get to have a birthday party-we'll see! ~Anissa!
