This is an assortment of everyday moments from our lives lately. Not too exciting, but things I would like to share and remember all the same. Plus I don't want Scott to miss out on the excitement. :)
Here is Anna showing off some of her writing. She has just turned four and started preschool and she is doing really well learning to write her letters. She loves coloring too and does a thorough job of it when she gets the chance.
Here's Anna's writing close up.
Among other things it says Guptill, Matthew, Anna and Bristlecone.
I'm quite impressed with her handwriting!
Matthew's school had an "Earth Fair" a few weeks ago. If you aren't familiar with an earth fair, as I was not, it's like a book fair but with rocks. We were told there were items that cost 25 cents up to 20 dollars. I gave Matthew a dollar bill to spend at the earth fair. Apparently this is what a dollar will get you. He got one "sharkie" (a shark tooth) and two purple rocks that look like amethyst. That all cost 75 cents and he was excited to put the last quarter towards his airplane fund...
Matthew lately will get an idea in his head and then focus on that idea very intensely for a while. It can get a little old, but I love his persistence. Among his latest obsessions are the tooth fairy (another story for another day) and saving up money to buy a model airplane.
Matthew saw a kit airplane (a full scale one you build and fly) in one of his airplane books and decided he would like to build one. When I told him they cost thousands of dollars and we wouldn't be buying it, he thought a model airplane would be an acceptable substitute. We found one online for eight dollars and Matthew started counting his money and asking to do jobs around the house to earn quarters. I tried to explain to him about dollars, but he was very focused on how many quarters it would take him to earn his airplane. Scott suggested making this quarter chart for him to help him understand how much he needs to earn. Here he is proudly showing his chart.
This picture is a little older, but as I write this post he is only 1 quarter short of earning his plane. Hooray Matthew!
This picture is a little older, but as I write this post he is only 1 quarter short of earning his plane. Hooray Matthew!
Grant is our little mess maker. He wrote on his face with a blue marker. Still cute.
Scott sent me these lovely flowers. Just because.
He is a great husband. Not just because of the flowers, but for a million other reasons too.
Thanks Scott. We miss you!
John swaddled. He is such a good sleeper and I am very grateful for that. He sleeps especially well when he's swaddled. What a cooperative baby!
Matthew is also getting a lot of writing practice. And he's getting very good at reading and spelling.
He sounded out the word battle all on his own. I helped him correct the spelling afterward but I thought it was a great effort.
Anna singing to little John
He loves all the attention from his siblings.
And he's smiling and interacting with us a lot lately.
The cold has come to Colorado which means I need to get the cold weather gear out. Grant has not yet grown into this old coat of Matthew's. Now I know. He came in from the cold all pink cheeked and puffy in his coat.
"I can't put my arms down!"
And with the cold...chapped lips and runny noses. I got Matthew some chapstick and a small package of tissues for school. Both items came in a three pack. Although I only gave him one of each he decided he needed all of them and sneaked downstairs after bedtime to get the remaining ones. It might have been a mistake on his part to line them all up on his floor...'cause I found them after he went to sleep. And took some of them back. I thought it was funny that he wrote "M" on everything to claim it all for himself. I had to take a picture.
And since I had the camera upstairs, which I don't often do, I took a picture of sleeping Matthew.
And the not sleeping John.
That's all the excitement for now!
