The Park

plus a quick family update

I thought it would be cold already but we are still enjoying warm weather here in Utah.  We have to take advantage of it while we can!!  Scott was here a weekend or so ago (see him in the background there) and we took the kids to the park.  John loves the swing.  He had a great time until he tried climbing up a slide, slipped and cut his lip.  But mostly he had a good time.

He's getting plenty of gross motor skill practice.  John was evaluated recently by the school district for his gross and fine motor skills.  He has another appointment to check on his speech in a few weeks.  All this testing is to see if he qualifies for special help/classes from the school district to help him catch up in some of those areas.  So we'll find out later if he qualifies and what the process is.

Anna was doing her best at the park with her cast.  She was still able to climb and do a lot of things with it.  She's itching to get it off - pun intended - and worried that it won't go with her Halloween costume.  Cast troubles.  She recently got a new cast and was very worried about getting the old one cut off.  But she survived with no cuts and only a little screaming.  She got a new multicolored cast!  And she plans to get a black one before Halloween to go with her costume.

Emma loved the swing!  It's hard to tell if she is enjoying herself here, but she had fun.  She was trying to pump her legs.  She seems to be more agile at this age than some of our other kids.  Maybe she'll be an athlete.  :)  She is eager to walk but not quite there yet.  She also says a few almost words like "hi," "mama," "dada" and "down."  And she likes to scream.

Matthew and Grant were at the park too but must have been too quick to end up in a picture.  So here's a bonus picture with both of them in it (and Anna).

Matthew is enjoying school and has made lots of friends there (so have Grant and Anna).  He likes talking with his school friends about Pokemon and Minecraft.  And he's excited he is allowed to bring his Pokemon cards to school here.  Other schools we've been at didn't allow it.  Matthew is also doing cub scouts and has lots of fun there and is taking a golf class after school.  He and Anna are also starting an after school science class next week.

And Grant...Grant keeps us endlessly entertained these days with his Grantisms, funny posing and songs.    He recorded a little song on a toy keyboard recently and named it "Diary of a Monster."  I just love that name.

After he had a bloody nose at school one day Grant said this, "The blood came out of my nose sneakily, like a bad guy."  Good simile, Grant.  And he loves school and comes home everyday with goodies.  Preschool is a pretty awesome place, apparently.  He has Anna wishing she could go back to Pre-K.

If you ask him, Grant will sing you a song.  He also enjoys tagging along with/annoying Matthew.  Matthew is usually a pretty good sport about it, but even he has his limits.

And since we are just talking about everyone...here is what Scott and I did last weekend.  We had our "design center appointment" and looked at samples of flooring, cabinets, countertops etc. for the new house.  It's so hard for me to imagine what will look good together.  I don't have the interior decorating gene.  It's a shame really.  The builder provided us a designer to help and we ended up with a lot of beige-y-ness.  It's a thing.  But I think it will be good (as long as its not pink-beige...which is also a thing).  Too bad we still have to wait so long for the house to be finished.

And I just can't help myself.  Here's Emma having her first bite of frozen yogurt.  Not sure if she didn't like the cold or the tartness.  But she went back for more.  So that's a quick update of what we've been doing.  More to come!!