Life on our corner

Jonah wanted Grandma and Grandpa and Nana and Papa to see this. We switched to Math U See at the beginning of the month and Jonah has loved it.  After his worksheet today he said "I am going to write my own math story!  Here it is:

I showed Jordan the picture of his ISU boys tonight and then we went to find a picture of Jonah in the same shirt that Reuben wore today. So here it is... Jonah Fall 2007 And my boys today.

Let me start by saying that some of these stories I am not particularly proud of, but Jordan said "You need to blog these so we don't forget them. We were reading a story the other day with two personified bears.  Ahhh...a sweet moment with mommy and kids when Audrey interrupted "I don't like that one.  She doesn't look very pretty."  I paused the story to explain to her that man looks on the outside, but God looks at our hearts.  We discussed different characteristics that we should have to be truly beautiful.  Lesson taught, resume story. The bears play dress up with grandma's old clothes.  "See NOW she is pretty!"  Lesson taught, but not learned. "Mom, why don't you work hard like...?" then she named two of our neighbors.  Take a deep breath and remain composed.  Several questions from me later revealed that she was not referring to my laziness but was specifically referring to working in a flower garden.  I assured her ...

My baby is one!  Being so close to Christmas there was little fanfare, but I rocked her to sleep the other night and shed a tear or two!  Truly "the days are long, but the years are short." She is such a blessing, and we love her!  I took her in for her one year.  I talked with the doctor about her crazy diapers.  (Her output is amazing.  I will spare the world the details, but she poops a lot and leaks through everything right now-disposable and cloth.) The doctor thought that we need to dig deeper into her dairy issues.  She is small-but eats a lot, pees a lot, poops a lot and has eczema.  So he wants two weeks on soy milk, followed by rice and coconut finding what works best with her system.  Our fridge looks funny right now with three different kinds of milk in it!  I will not complain though.  A dairy allergy is pretty small potatoes in comparison to what other parents have to work though with their children.  I am thank...