Casey finished up his basketball season with his team this past Thursday. He had three games in the last couple of weeks. His team won one of them, however he's lost a lot of players over injuries so they struggled ending the season. He still has districts and possibly state in the next three weeks with JV and Varsity. Casey got to join the seventh graders and go skiing on Friday. He had a good day on the hills and enjoyed himself! Casey's also been working on building a bench to go at the end of our bed. He's hoping to finish by Valentine's - Can't wait!
Kendal got to do a Young Women's escape room on the 20th. My Advisors Mom put it together and it was very well done with a sweet message at the end. She got to do a second escape room and watch a movie the very next day at school with the other 5th graders that reached their reading goal in school. This week Kendal made a string art of the temple for Young Women's. She did it on her own and it looks pretty great! Kendal got all A's and a glowing review from her parent / teacher conference this past week. Her teacher loves her eagerness for learning, her wonderful attitude / personality, and said she makes it a joy to teach! Kendal will also be starting an accelerated math program this spring! Today Kendal made some pumpkin doughnuts. One of her young women's goals is to cook something new a couple of times a month and she wanted to do a dessert.
Peter has had games the last two weeks. His team won both games! Peter is such a good little defender on the court. He does his job well. He attempted a few baskets, and hopes to continue to work on his shooting skills / confidence the rest of the season. For Peter's reading party on the 20th at school they got to watch a movie. He's already working on his second reading goal and I know he'll crush it! Peter received some very good grades as well. He is the highest he's ever been in reading and his (sub) teacher praised his friendliness and good attitude in school. She also said that even in stressful moments she can look over at Peter's ever - smiling face and can't help smile herself.
Alice is still doing some preschool with me. We're working a lot on letter sounds, and a bit on numbers. She did learn how to spell her last name recently and happily shares when asked. Alice had her 4 yr old check up this past Monday. Despite her picky eating she's growing like a weed. She's in the 80th percentile for height (3 in taller than Kendal and Peter were at her age). and 50th percentile for weight. She's a healthy / thriving little lady! She got her Toddler shots and even though she was very upset in the moment she quickly recovered with a sucker. Alice likes dressing up as a Dr and taking turns with Jemma lately playing Dr. She's also given me a lot of "check ups" (which increased after her well check visit this past week). She also plays dress up every day. This week she had Jemma be a princess and she dressed up as a superhero to save her. (However she forgot the word superhero and called herself a killer in a skirt! - Yep she makes us laugh daily!) She and Jemma seem to be more at odds lately over their play, but it's good for her to share and learn to work with others.
Alice and I helped at the school library this past Monday (She either goes through dozens of books or the Librarian puts on read aloud book video's for her). I ended up spending half an hour fixing the shelves that Kendal's fifth grade classmates wreaked havoc on during their escape room fun. I took a hard look at our finances this week and we got our taxes done yesterday. We'll continue to work towards a house this year - hopefully with this crazy high market we can get our miracle! Kendal and I both read Diary of Anne Frank this past month. I've read a lot of WWII books in the last couple of years. It's fascinating and heartbreaking all at the same time. Kendal found the book interesting (luckily Anne Frank's book is her perspective of the war being hidden away learning of things through the news instead of witnessing a lot of the horrors first hand). I also worked on a our family photo books. I punched out a couple of books (2018 and 19) within a week so I could get the books on a great discount. Our hard drive containing pictures from our whole marriage broke - I sent it off to get fixed and found out this week it's $550 to restore everything! Can't say that didn't hurt a lot - However these pictures are our lives - so fork over $550 i did : ( . I'm grateful for photos and this blog. The memories they hold are truly priceless! To celebrate the kids wonderful grades we took them on a rare night out to eat. Peter has earned a couple of rewards for Pizza Pie cafe so we went on Friday and enjoyed some pizza!
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