The other day I heard Wyatt tell Hallee that they should come tell me that I stink. Wyatt ran in and said, "you stink mom." Hallee ran in behind him and said, "mommy stinks." They both laughed hysterically and ran out. They did this over and over again and thought it was the funniest thing ever!
Hallee is growing up so fast. She is talking all the time now and seems like a little girl instead of my baby. She surprised me today, when she saw an orange car she said, "hi orange, bye orange." She watches a Baby Einstein about colors so she must have picked it up there. Who says TV isn't good for kids!
Hallee is very high maintenance. She always has something to say and she demands that I listen. She will say it over and over again until I repeat it back to her. This is very tricky because I don't always know what she is saying, but she won't stop until I repeat it back.
She went to nursery again just fine this week. She loves to play outside and she loves to color. She is not a home body, she likes to be out doing things. More and more I can see the similarities between her personality and Jonah's.
She loves to make people laugh, especially her brothers and sisters. She is shy with people at first, but she will warm up when they give her some attention. Mel picked her up at Sam's Club yesterday to help me out and she ended up laying on Mel's shoulder through the store. I couldn't believe she was just sitting still and letting Mel hold her. I might have been a little jealous! Hallee loves to dance. Whenever she hears music she yells, "mom, dance" and starts dancing around. She loves to hold the hymn book at church and she says, "prayers" and folds her arms after every hymn. It is so fun to see her discover new things and learn new words.
Wyatt has been doing a little bit better with throwing fits. Keith is very patient with him and he responds well to Keith. I don't do as well at staying patient. Wyatt is a very imaginative child. He is always coming up with new games to play and pretending to do different things. We watch a show that sings different songs and he loves "The Muffin Man." He now pretends to be the muffin man. Here he is with his hair cap on and his giant oven behind him. He is making me muffins all day. Wyatt can write his name now and he is so proud of it. Wyatt likes to get out, but he is okay staying home too. He always wants to know what time things are happening. He always asks me what time morning is and what o'clock dad will get home. Wyatt is a very social kid. He loves to make new friends at the park and he will walk up and talk to them without a problem. I love that he will also play alone though. He has no problem playing on his own if other kids aren't playing what he wants to play. He wants to do everything on his own and gets so mad if someone does something for him. He is such a fun kid and always makes me laugh.
Jonah is not a home body. He likes to be out doing things all of the time. His behavior has been so much better lately. He can be the sweetest boy when he wants to be. He had another night terror the other night. I started thinking about him hanging off the rock when we were hiking and it sunk in how scary it was. He slid down the rock on his back and luckily he grabbed the rock with his hands while they were behind his back. He was just hanging there and he could see that he was going off the ledge if he let go. Luckily, I was there and got up there quick to get him off, but it could have been really bad. I think he had some extra help up there and Heavenly Father was watching out for him. Anyway, that night he woke up screaming. It is really scary because he screams out like he is in pain and then he will fall asleep for a couple of seconds and then scream out again. I took him upstairs and tried to calm him down, but he just kept screaming out. He says things that don't make sense, but he can answer questions that we ask, so it is really strange. Keith woke up too so we both kept talking to him until he was all the way awake. He told us it was really scary that day on the rock. We got him calmed down and Keith gave him a blessing and he was able to go back to sleep. The next morning he told me that he had a nightmare that me and Keith died and he had to go live with witches. Poor kid!
Jonah has done great in school this year. He continues to amaze me with how smart he is. He is doing so well with French and everything just seems to click with him. He is such a fun boy and can always make us laugh. He is so sweet with Hallee and with Wyatt most of the time. He loves to play sports and play with his cousins and friends. Jonah is such a great kid and so much fun to be around.
Caitlyn was so excited to get her braces off today. Here is the before picture.
Here is the after picture. She is such a beautiful girl! They gave her that blue bag with a bunch of candy in it. She was one happy girl. Once she gets all of her permanent teeth in she will have to have a full set of braces. We had to do this first set just to make room for all of her teeth.
Caitlyn is the sweetest little girl I know. She is so socially mature. She always knows the right thing to say to people to make them feel good. She is so sensitive to people's feelings. She is such a good girl and really wants to do the right thing. She is so funny and loves to laugh. She is still very obsessive. A couple of weeks ago she was obsessed with basketball. That is all she talked about and she played it at recess and after school every day. She even checked a book out about it at the library. It is so funny to see her obsessions.
She has done great this year in school. She had the hardest spelling words last week and she did great with them. I couldn't spell them or even pronounce a few of them. She has done really well with math this year. She is still a great reader, but we are having a hard time finding books that she is interested in. I'm hoping she will push herself this summer and find some more challenging books that she will enjoy. Caitlyn needs a lot of hugs and encouragement from us. Physical touch is definitely one of her love languages. Caitlyn is such a big help to me. She loves to jump in and help with Hallee. She is such a great girl!
