Well, that was unexpected!

Hallee is a crack up.  Today I was getting after Jonah for getting out of his seat over and over while we were eating and Hallee turns to Caitlyn and said, "well, that was unexpected."  Hallee loves to make people laugh, she will do or say anything for a laugh, but it is the random things she says that are the funniest.

 Hallee has had a cold this week.  She has the cold in her eye, so her eye is watery and gross.  I keep telling her not to touch her eye and that I will wipe out her eye if she needs it.  I went in her room the other morning and she picked something up off the floor and said, "oh there is my eye googie, sorry mom you can't put it back in my eye."

The kids had fun making a little game room in our closet under the stairs.

Wyatt started pre-school last week.  We went and met his teacher the day before his first class and he was excited about it by the time we left.  I really like his teacher and she is just up the street from us.   Wyatt was excited all day and then when it was time to go he started to panic.  He started crying and saying that he couldn't do it and he just wanted to stay home with me.  I felt so bad for him.  I know he isn't trying to be difficult and he really wants to go, but the separation anxiety kicks in and he is terrified. I literally watch the panic wash over him.  I dropped him off crying the first day, like grabbing my coat screaming and crying.  He seemed happy when I picked him up so I was surprised to hear that he cried for over an hour.  He finally calmed down and enjoyed the last half of pre-school.  The next school day it was the same thing, he was excited all morning and then panicked right before.  This time Hallee and I went in and stayed for 45 minutes.  When I told him we were leaving he was so brave and gave me a hug while fighting back tears.  It broke my heart to leave him silently crying while he was working on his worksheet.  He was excited to tell me that he didn't cry at all after I left.  This week he was nervous again, but he told me that he didn't want me to walk him to the door because that made it harder for him to say goodbye.  I'm so proud of him for sticking with it when it is so hard for him.  He didn't cry either day this week.  He looked like he was fighting back tears while he walked to the door by himself, but he did it.  He was excited to come home today and tell me that he made a new friend.  

Wyatt asked for a picture of me to take to school with him.  He said, "I just want you in the picture because you are the only one I miss."  I found a cute picture of Wyatt and I together and printed it up for him.  He looked at it and said, "I'm in the picture too, that is good because sometimes I miss myself even when I'm right there."  He is so funny.  

Poor Wyatt has been really emotional lately, one day he told me that he felt sad, but he didn't know why.  Keith asked him why he didn't want to go to pre-school and he said he is scared to leave me because he is afraid something will happen to me.  I hate to see my kids worry because I know how miserable it is to worry all of the time!

We have all had a hard time with this move.  There are so many great things about the move and we love our house and I love being close to Tiff, but it doesn't take away how hard it is to leave the familiar and start over.  Caitlyn and Jonah like their new school and they are making friends, but they miss their old friends and their old school.  Caitlyn said she likes our house, but it doesn't feel like home.  She said hanging our pictures up would help her so we did that this weekend.  We also decided we needed a fun night out together.  This winter has been a cold one and we have some winter blues mixed in with those moving blues.  We went to the Provo Rec Center on Saturday night and went swimming.  This was by far the best pool we have ever been to.  They had an amazing play ground for the kids, a wave pool, water slides, a rock wall in the pool and basketball hoops.  We all had a lot of fun and it was so good for all of us.

Wyatt wanted to show me that he could wear his hat  like the kid in Pokemon.  He is such a cutie.  

 I have been having a hard time finding my way around here in Provo and Orem.  I get lost a lot and I usually  end up by BYU, I'm not sure how that happens.  I was in Salt Lake this week and it was so nice to know exactly where I was going.  I am starting to find my way around.  My biggest problem is I never know if I am in Orem or Provo and that little detail is very important for addresses around here.  I think we are all getting a little more comfortable every day.  Caitlyn joined the choir at school and Jonah started basketball and next week they start scouts and activity days.  I think all of these things will help us feel more at home.

I'm trying to do better at doing activities and spending quality time with the kids again.  I set that goal last year and I started the year out strong, but it faded out as a lot of things do in life.  I just feel so overwhelmed with four children and with life sometimes that I feel like I'm checking out more, which I really don't want to do.  Anyway, a friend recommended someone on instragram that puts up fun toddler activities so I started following her.  Wyatt and Hallee had a great time scooping beads out of water.  It was so simple, but so fun.  We spent the morning having fun together and it did make my day much better.  Mothering, it is a tough job!