This post seems to ramble on, sorry in advance. The kids are pulling at my sleeve to be finished, so please forgive the poor editing. The end to the holidays and going back to school seem to be a blur and I've only just now stopped to reflect on what we've been up to. The school year seems to dominate a lot of our time, and with only a first grader, I'm starting to understand just how busy I'll be as the others start school. I have a tendency to sign up for a lot of things.
Stella is now already registered for kindergarten next year and is still enjoying ballet/tap, and Sofia just finished her first research paper on penguins and presented it to the class with her patented easel-like report she designed. She has gymnastics now once a week and really loves it, though she collapses in bed on Wed nights. Both the girls are reading (Sofia is reading constantly now) so I got the girls booklights so they can stay up and read in bed at night on weekends, like a special treat. We are baking 3 dozen valentine’s day cookies today for Stella’s class party tomorrow, and Sofia's party is on Monday, more cookies are needed for that. Nico is putting 3 and 4 words together now and is making us laugh a lot. He is using words more to express himself, which is also bringing relief to us all. He’s still not sitting down and eating a ton at meal time, but will pick all day, he’s way too busy. He likes taking things apart and building things, and his trucks. He plays Legos with his sisters a lot now, he and Stella are building something now, which he will soon crash with his truck.
I am doing some contract business analyst work again through April and started my naptime and nighttime hours last night – so hard to do when you’re so tired at the end of the day. But I can’t complain, I’m so fortunate to get to do it from home without childcare. I'm also teaching a children's liturgy class at church and am going to our church's MOPS on Thursday mornings twice a month. Vic is enjoying his job, he is exceling at it as well, and is also active in the Knights of Columbus at church, which he is already trying to reorganize. We are looking forward to some visits from family this summer, and to the gorgeous weather, though it hasn't been bad at all as far as winters go. We are so thankful for everything we've been given this year, and for our families and good friends who keep in touch from Texas.
Rest in Peace to Vic's grandma in France who passed away this past week. We are praying for you and for Vic's mom during this difficult time. She lived to be 99, she would have been 100 in June, and Vic's mom got to visit her in Toulouse only a week or so before she died.
Also, just realized I didn't mention the pictures yet... they are from a park visit, we are still trying to get over how everything stays green here year round. We also had a bowling outing. We've decided we will all stick to XBOX bowling for the forseeable future, as our scores are much much better than when real-life bowling. Did you ever think growing up that you'd have to distinguish "real-life" for things like bowling, javlon throwing, or discus? When we said we would go bowling last weekend, the kids asked, "XBOX bowling or real-life bowling?"
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