2015 has been a great year for our family so far. Lulu celebrated her 11th birthday in February (cannot believe she's 11!!!) and has been baking up quite a storm (it helps that lots of baking supplies go on clearance after Christmas :) ). She's been helping out Ryan a lot by learning to change Little Bit's diapers. It's good experience for her as she's hoping to start baby sitting when she turns 12. With two little brothers and a baby sister to play with, she'll get lots of practice in this next year.
Little Bit is almost 1 and her first year has FLOWN by. She has become a master crawler and expert cruiser. She'll take lots of steps as long as she's holding onto someone for balance and moral support (and laughs the whole time she's walking - so cute!). On March 13, Ryan and I were playing with her in the living room and trying to entice her to take some steps to each of us. After about 5 minutes of us using our hands to help her walk between us, she took her first steps! They were from Ryan to me, and it was SOOO special. She took probably 10 steps that whole weekend and was nervous and excited at the same time. Since then, she's taken a cluster of steps here and there and will stand for longer periods of time, but she's just not yet ready to walk. As soon as she is, she's going to take off and boy, will our lives forever change again!
Doodle Bug is in the full swing of pre-teen emotional roller coasters, but the last few weeks she's seemed to level off a bit. I know it's going to be a rocky road for the next few years for her, but it's really nice to get these breaks and to see glimpses of sweet Doodle Bug again. Makes my mama heart happy. She's advancing through her studies nicely and is really enjoying our church's weekly Middle School worship service as well as my mom's church's youth group. She's a real people person and I wish she had friends she saw more often, it's good for her and allows her to get out a bit more.
Little Man is such a little Daddy to Little Bit. He helps take care of her every day and usually puts her down for her morning nap (so precious!). He's been helping my mom out in the yard more frequently, now that the weather has warmed up and the rains are causing everything to grow like wild fire. He also helped me to prepare my vegetable garden in the back yard. We have two 4x4 plots, one 2x2 plot, and then almost 10 individual pots. We had to weed the plots, add more soil to all of the beds and pots, and fertilize the soil in preparation for our goodies. Right now we are growing various bell peppers, tomatoes, cucumbers, sugar snap peas, lima beans, and mint. We were about a month behind in our planting (thanks to some nasty sickness experienced during the month of February), but the garden is looking great right now. I just have to learn patience as it will take another month or two before any veggies start to appear.
Buddy Boy is full of adventure and spunk. He really adds a lot of fun into our lives. He got a jump rope after Easter and has had a blast figuring out how many times he can jump before he gets tangled in the rope. Such fun! His reading is progressing nicely and he's building confidence in his abilities. It won't be long before he'll be able to pick almost any book on his shelf and read most of it without assistance. He's growing so quickly! He seems to have his brother's math skills and almost finished his Kindergarten math book in February. We decided to slow it down, just a tad, to make sure he's really understanding everything before moving onto the next level. So far he's on track to finish the book this month and will then start on his 1st grade math book to finish out the school year at the end of June.
Speaking of the end of the school year, I can hardly believe that school is winding down. We have two and a half months left, are finishing up one science unit and only have two remaining, then it's crunch time to make sure we've met all of the individual goals the kids had (and the ones we had for them) as well as to ensure they've understood what they learned this year.
Each school year goes more and more smoothly, and while we've certainly had some hiccups this year (mainly due to health, especially Ryan's), things are going smoothly, and that's very nice. We're going to enjoy it while it lasts.
We are getting ready for a week off of school and work and planning some trips to the beach, hopefully the zoo, and to some local parks and museums. Will be good for us all to kick back and recharge. :) I hope to write a post about our vacation when we return at the end of the month (fingers crossed).
Until then, praying you are all safe and well.
-M
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