Kids
My kids are at a funny age. I love their mispronounciations. Gabriel still calls cantaloupe “cameloupe” and sunscreen “suncream.”
He isn’t nearly as forthcoming with conversation as he was when he was younger. Getting a decent response to “tell me what you did at school today?” is like pulling teeth. He has gotten very good at video games on the computer, iPhone & Wii. His current favorite is Lego Star Wars (Wii). I have to limit his video game time, he’d do it all day if I let him. He cracks me up with his tech savviness. He can open Jay’s laptop, press Ctrl/Alt/Delete to bring up the logon, enter the password, and log on to the internet. We’ve had to ban Google (I shudder at the thought of where some of their misspelled search terms could take them) and make sure he only goes to the kid-friendly sites saved in the “favorites” bar.
Gabriel has had a good school year. He is a good speller, a great reader, and fairly good at math as well. He still likes to draw and enjoys making books and comic books. His speech has improved steadily, but I wonder if I wasn’t so consumed with this accelerated nursing program how much better he *could* have been. Sigh, cue the maternal self-imposed guilt trip.
Oh, and he’s now riding his bike without training wheels. He’s ALSO going through a crazy growth-spurt and eating me out of house and home! Recent meal examples: 13 chicken nuggets at one sitting, 1 whole medium pizza, 2 salami sandwiches (and then asked for more). And he’s skinny as a rail! I envy that metabolism!
Mikaela has had a good year, she’s doing well academically too. She’s recently perfected her cartwheel. She loves to color, loves to play school with her stuffed animals (I heard her address them today as “gentlemen and fellas” .. ha!), and likes playing with her Littlest Pet Shop figures. We’ve recently cut cable off, but she can still access some of her favorite shows on Netfilx (streaming through the Wii): Mortified, iCarly and Shaun the Sheep. She never was one for cartoons … she likes shows with “actual” people. Well, Shaun the Sheep is an exception. That show is so darn cute. And witty.
My favorite thing about the kids is that they love our church and love our nightly family prayer time. They remind us that it’s time to pray every night. Sometimes it’s been hard to pause (this year we have felt like everything is on fast-forward – there’s just not enough hours in the day) but it’s been a great discipline for all of us.
