I noticed that I haven't posted in awhile, so I'll give the run-down one person at a time.
Anna: For sale on most days. She is 3 1/2 and showing every bit of her age. Being a girl, she adds whiny to the normal 3-year-old nonsense. I think I'll throw myself a party when she turns 4. But she is still our sweet little girl at times. We have fun together doing her hair and nails. She's changed her Kai-Lan addiction into a princess addiction and her favorite is Rapunzel. She's also been watching some Barbie movies (and the boys enjoy them too!) She's doing very well in preschool and just today identified all of her letters correctly. It's so fun to teach her and watch her develop intellectually. She definitely takes after her father in memorization skills. She learns her verses for Tiny Trackers with no effort and has near-perfect recall on them.
Ben: My little kindergartener is growing by leaps and bounds this year. He is showing a lot of responsibility in household chores and helping me in general. He's doing very well with his schoolwork, especially math, and he loves having Daddy do some of the teaching. Rob teaches math, science, and does Ben's read-alouds. He is enjoying soccer, although he is a pretty slow player. That's pretty typical for him, as he takes things a little slower until he feels more comfortable. What's funny is that he is a self-proclaimed assistant coach. He picks up quickly on what the coach wants the players to do and the reinforces it on the field.
Matthew: I think I am enjoying him more and more as he gets older. He was a fun toddler, but so active that it was hard to just enjoy him. Now that he's older, he is more responsible and fun to talk to. We've been making a huge effort to eliminate as many preservatives and artificial colors from our diets and we can see a change in his behavior. (Those are the things that cause hyperactivity by the way, not sugar.) He is so much calmer in general. He's going great in school, but more importantly, he's doing much better when he plays with other children. We are watching three boys three days a week for three hours each day (catchin' a theme?) and he does so well with them. Actually, all six of the kids are doing very well together, so much so that when the other family's dad worked from home on Monday, all six kids had a fit!
Rob: I love the times when Rob is actually awake...and that's not too often. He is working 50 hours a week, although for the next 2-3 weeks he will work 58 hours. We're very thankful for the extra income and that we homeschool so Rob has a chance to spend time with the kids each day. He loves his new job and we are adjusting to keeping things quiet in the morning so he can sleep in.
Me: I am slowly learning to readjust to life with fibromyalgia. I have learned a few things to avoid eating and have had to cut out a few activities, namely working in the nursery and choir. I'm not sad about leaving the nursery behind as I don't really enjoy it, but it's hard to give up choir. However, it is painful to hold the huge choir folders and stand in one place for long periods of time. Perhaps once I get the pain under control I can return, but until then I will pour my energies into making cards and encouraging others. I was just reading today about art therapy for fibro patients and thought, "Yay! I need to stamp more!" I'm learning each day to take things at my pace, but I am also seeing all of the ways God has prepared us for this season of my life. I need to write it all down sometime.
That's kind of how we're doing at the moment. :)
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