We got back to our old routine this week with Caitlyn and Jonah going back to school. It was nice to get back on a schedule and have a little more peace and quiet in the house! On Monday the kids were golden! Caitlyn and Jonah both got up on their own and got ready. There was no fighting and no screaming, it was such a great day. Don't worry, the kids made up for it the rest of the week! Hallee and Wyatt have been fighting like crazy and if one more kid disobeys me I just might scream!
A couple of weeks ago Caitlyn went to her friend Katelyn's birthday party. Caitlyn was the only one invited and they went all out. They told her to bring her doll and Jenna whipped up these adorable matching aprons for them. Caitlyn was so excited to tell me that they heard the doorbell ring and out on the porch there were invitations to Hogwarts along with beautiful hand carved wands for them and their dolls. Jenna gave them both pedicures and sent Caitlyn home with a bunch of spa stuff and told the girls she would sew both of them a harry potter cape. It was like Christmas all over again for Caitlyn.
We found out that our neighbor's brother passed away on New Years Day. He was Caitlyn's primary teacher and Caitlyn wanted to do something nice for him when she heard that his brother died. It snowed that weekend and all of the kids were outside playing. Caitlyn told them they should go shovel their walk. It was so sweet to look out and see them all working together. Jonah and his friends were asking neighbors if they wanted to pay them to shovel their walks, but he said he would do this one for free!
Hallee has been getting a little better with nursery. I was in there the whole time last week, but this week she stayed on her own for about forty-five minutes. It is really tough because it is during nap time so she is exhausted. She sure looks cute sitting at the table in there!
Hallee has been extra cranky again. It makes such a difference in my day when she is difficult. I feel like I get nothing done and I spend the whole day trying to keep her happy. She has thrown some big fits this week. On Friday we were grocery shopping all morning and by the time we were checking out of the last store she had had it. I let her out of the cart and she walked over and grabbed all of the candy bars off the shelf and screamed hysterically when I took them away from her. Last night I was able to get out with Tiff and Audrey for a girls dinner. It was great. I needed it after a week of Hallee and Wyatt screaming all day!
These two, I don't know what to do with them! They are so cute, but they are both so stubborn. Wyatt hardly ever does what I say. One day he obeyed me all day and I didn't know what to do with myself, I had so much extra time when I didn't have to tell him over and over to do things. Hallee has started going downstairs by herself and that helps a little. She likes the change of scenery.
Wyatt loves to climb in Hallee's crib. He puts all of her stuffed animals and books in there and then climbs in with her.
Wyatt has been obsessed with the Wii this week. He loves to play Wii Sports Resort. It keeps him active and gives me some time to get things done during Hallee's nap.
Wyatt has pretty much mastered potty training. My mom being the great grandma that she is, brought him a present and a certificate! He loves his new trucks. He uses the potty independently, which is nice, but he always has his clothes on backwards or inside out when he comes out of the bathroom. He says he likes it that way. Wyatt has also started going into Sunbeams class in Primary and likes it a lot, even though he is the only one in the class so far. He also likes being in sharing time with his big brother and sister.
Usually I shovel snow during Hallee's nap, but I decided to take her and Wyatt outside with me to shovel the other day. She really liked playing outside. She was really excited about her gloves!
They both loved being outside and walking around. We have been inside a lot so it was nice to get out and get some fresh (well not exactly fresh) air.
Hallee fell a lot. I loved looking over and seeing Wyatt telling Hallee to grab his hand so he could help her up! There were a few times Hallee fell and couldn't get up. I just had to lift her back up and then she would be happy again.
Hallee loves to dance with Keith. So cute!
We have been feeling like it was time to get a new van. We really don't want to have a car payment, but we don't want to put anymore money into our van. We haven't had a car payment since Caitlyn was a baby. We saw one we liked that we were going to look at a week or so ago and never went. On Friday we noticed that they lowered the price by $500 so we went to look at it. We ended up buying it. It is a 2010 Dodge Grand Caravan. We love it! It is a huge step up from our old van. Keith had to talk them into taking our van. It really is starting to fall apart. We felt great about the deal and walked away feeling like we got a great deal and we loved the car dealership. They had the lowest prices we have seen and they were no pressure at all. It has been fun to drive the new van around and enjoy luxuries like a CD player and key less entry. I do miss our built in car seats! We bought the van Friday night and Saturday morning our big screen TV was broken. That always happens when we spend money, something has to break. We just bought a cheap used TV because I'm too nervous to make any more big purchases right now.
This week Hallee has been crying out in her sleep a lot. When I check on her she will reach for me and then just sleep on my shoulder. I love it! I want to remember it so I made Keith take a picture. Keith is such a good man to go along with my crazy ideas. I know he thought I was nuts, but he just went along with it. I love having her lay on me. She never does this anymore, so I just sit in there and hold her for a while when she will let me.
Caitlyn has been doing headstands and flips all of the time lately. She has also really been into the rainbow loom lately so we have been working on some bracelets together. After two nights of watching videos, but not being able to figure them out I got pretty frustrated. After Caitlyn went to bed I stayed up and figured them out and then I made a bracelet for Caitlyn and Jonah. They were so excited when they woke up in the morning. I think that is when my addiction began. Now I make bracelets when they are in bed almost every night. I think they are fun to make and I feel pretty proud of myself when I figure out a new pattern. I guess it is relaxing for me or something. The kids think I'm cool because I can do it! Jonah came home with some orders from kids at school because he told them that I can make the bracelets. I did have to draw the line there!
Jonah lost his front tooth. It was driving me nuts just hanging there for a few days, so I was glad when it fell out. Jonah had a fun week. Keith took Dante to a Jazz game this week because my dad was too sick to go. My parents were nice and bought a ticket for Jonah too. I couldn't find just one ticket so we had to buy two. Jonah ended up taking one of his friends along with them. Gaven was thrilled to go and Jonah felt so important taking his friend to the Jazz game. They all had a great time. Jonah is really getting into basketball and was even telling me about the Jazz players the other night. Keith loves sharing that with him. Later in the week Keith took him to Young Men's when they played basketball. Jonah loved going and felt so cool playing with the Young Men. Yesterday Jonah did great in his basketball game. He is the only one on the team that can make shots. There was one play where his team must have shot five or six times and never made a basket and Jonah finally got the ball and made the shot on his first try. He had all of the points for his team yesterday. I love how he struts down the court after he makes a basket!
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