Zach tosses most of the children.

Posted on August 31st, 2010 by Kathleen
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I assume most of my readers do not want every particular about Isaac’s school experience, but in the interest of family history, I will be more complete than I would be if I were just writing this post for casual blog readers.
The first day of school was August 17th.  We met his teacher the night [...]

Posted on August 31st, 2010 by Kathleen
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Charlotte announced one morning that she had three dreams last night.  One was good and two were bad.  The bad dream was that ants would turn her socks into “sticky socks.”  The good dreams were (1) watching something change colors that is not sticky and (2) sleeping in a downstairs room.
One day Isaac excitedly [...]

Posted on August 29th, 2010 by Kathleen
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Nicole loves to color, but for some reason her favorite thing to color on is words.  This means that every-time I write her name on one of her drawings, she scribbles all over her name.  Here is an example of her Art:
While scribbling some of the red scribbles she kept saying “oh, no [...]

Posted on August 28th, 2010 by Kathleen
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I started tutoring the kids this summer at the gym.  Isaac has done really well at reading so I tried to focus more on his writing.  I asked him write a sentence everyday and while he wrote, I worked with Charlotte.  I had him to compose the sentence, then I’d write it out so that [...]

Posted on August 28th, 2010 by Kathleen
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I’ve been tutoring Charlotte in reading and she’s making good progress.  I’ve been using a book I bought as part of my teaching program at BYU (Teaching Children to Read by Grant Von Harrison).  It teaches a variety of skills including blending, sight words, and reading for comprehension.  She is doing quite well with each [...]

Posted on August 26th, 2010 by Kathleen
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Isaac doesn’t always take the time to add much detail to his drawings, or at least he hadn’t in the past, so when he came home from school with this drawing, I was impressed and decided it was worth hanging on the wall.  I asked him the name of the picture and he said “wide [...]

Posted on August 22nd, 2010 by Kathleen
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Tomorrow is the first day of first grade for Isaac.  He wasn’t very excited about going back to school as we talked he told me that he was worried that in the first grade they would skip playtime and lunch and do math all day.  He later said that he thought they would just get [...]

Posted on August 16th, 2010 by Kathleen
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Ila does this funny thing where she transfers items back and forth between her hands and her feet.  Sometimes she just transfers them to her feet and then holds them with her feet while her hands play with them.  She does it with every toy she picks up.  I’m sure I’ve mentioned this here before, [...]

Posted on August 15th, 2010 by Kathleen
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Charlotte has a few favorite things to wear and unfortunately they don’t really match each other.  We have been discussing what matches and what doesn’t match lately.   Here’s the transcript of a recent conversation on that topic:
(Charlotte comes out wearing a brown shirt that says “I heart Chocolate” and a pair of colorful Hawaiian shorts.)
Me:  [...]

Posted on August 14th, 2010 by Kathleen
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Ila is not quite crawling yet, but she has developed her own way to get to where she wants to go.  Also listen for Nicole saying Ila’s name in the background.

Posted on August 13th, 2010 by Kathleen
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Remembering how much fun everyone had at the beach on Day 2, we just assumed the next trip to the beach would go just as well.  We made plans to go to the beach with my cousin Brent’s wife Natalie and their kids at the beach next to my Aunt and Uncle’s condo.  Unfortunately, both [...]

Posted on August 12th, 2010 by Kathleen
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My dear grandmother died.  I still miss her a lot.  My family has been honoring her this month by writing about her in our family blog.  For those who knew her (or any who wish they did), you can read what we’ve written so far here.

Posted on August 12th, 2010 by Kathleen
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The highlight of day two was an absolutely perfect trip to the beach.  All 4 kids enjoyed themselves.  Isaac and Charlotte played in the water and in the sand.  Zach and I each got to take a turn out with the big kids in the water.  We taught them to “ride the waves.” At [...]

Posted on August 11th, 2010 by Kathleen
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We had an opportunity this summer to go to Hilton Head Island in South Carolina.  It’s a resort town with lots of beautiful beaches.  Our trips started out with a 7 hour drive.  The kids did well, as always.  For most of the trip, they entertained themselves looking out the windows and at [...]

Posted on August 10th, 2010 by Kathleen
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She went from crying in pain all though the day and night, to getting her cast put on, but not knowing how to move.  She learned to crawl, climb, and walk.  She cried over not being able to bathe, she hated having her hair washed in the sink.  The cast cover was a bear to [...]

Posted on August 9th, 2010 by Kathleen
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Posted on August 5th, 2010 by Zach
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