November update

Update as of November 2, 2017

Tammy:

• teaching preschool for Malachi and 2 other kids in the ward. Teach 2x/wk every 3rd week.
• Routine: exercise M/W/F, school rush, preschool or outside play, Maya nap, school pickup, dinner, homework, bed routine.
• Adrian and I getting along well
• doing a few crafts, like decor, small budget

Adrian:

• New schedule every 4 months
• Had a vacation in October
• busy with work
• busy with elders quorum, teaching Sunday school too.
• car hassle, job looking (for now and post training)
• tired, stressed

Levi:

• enjoying 1st grade. teacher is nice
• Makes lots of friends. best friend is Rosalie, got to know her parents
• On antibiotics for cyst again 
• reading well
• tires writing
• loves sharks and spiderman
• routine oriented, same lunch, snack, school routine
• kind, gives hugs when I'm stressed
• very good with Maya
• Loves music and wrestling
• still wets bed
• MRI results state 2 "dots" on his brain. Nothing concerning. Do yearly
• got too nervous to say his primary program part, so Malachi said his

Malachi:

• Preschool 2x/wk. Best one of the 3 kids
• doing reading lessons, doing great, improving. on lesson 21
• writes with left hand. cuts with right
• loves to listen to music. favorite song: ghostbusters
• at night often says he "had a bad dream"
• still wets bed at night, not frequent
• organized, treasures things, takes good care of favorite things
• loves superman
• whines alot
• still likes to snuggle
• picky eater

Maya:

• sucks right thumb. very sore. sticks left hand down diaper
• loves music and to dance
• sleeps 12 hours, cuddles teddy bear
• no bottle
• loves to wear boots
• plays hide and seek
• climbs on everything
• plays in the bathroom sink
• likes electric toothbrushes
• takes off bike helmet when on rides
• hits me and says "uh" when doesn't get way
• says "bye" loud to everyone
• mama's girl, gets jealous of the boys if they want me
• new hair dos. hair long. hates it done.
• doesn't like nursery at church. very clingy
• likes her bike, goes around the block
• nods head and says "uh-huh"
• pulls a "yucky" face
• fascinated with little bows on shirts
• likes to snap up buckles; high chair, helmet, bike trailer
• words: mama, papa, brother, more, again, up
• likes to have me sing at bedtime. only certain songs. will shake head "uh-uh" if doesn't like. usually likes same song over and over.
• pioneer children walked, merry Christmas

Halloween 2017

This is our second Halloween celebration in NY. We chose to attend the ward trunk or treat event where we had a trunk decoration competition. We were the proud winners from last year so we had to defend the title. Tammy as usual did most of the work but I try to take all the credit LOL. This time the boys were very into super heroes, so, Malachi was superman, Levi was Flash and Maya was a pirate (not quite the superhero but still cute). So for our trunk decoration chose a background of skyscrapers (since we live in NY) with the classic "POW" "ZAP" of super hero movies. However, we also had some creepy webs and spiders as well as skeletons to give our trunk a spooky flavor. We had a good time getting candy as well as giving it to all the kids dressed up. Unfortunately, we did not win this year's competition. We think it was because we could not win again (as church likes to share the win), but we think we were the best. 

Here is our cute little pirate girl.

Levi at school had a Halloween parade where every student and teacher dressed in their Halloween costumes and paraded around the grounds to loud Halloween music for all families to see. Then Levi had a party in class. It was a fun day.

Halloween pumpkins! They really are dressed, just in their underwear which is their most common look.

They were so excited to go trick or treating. We went around the block and that was sufficient for them. We came home and they dumped out their goodies and made themselves sick from sugar. It was a good Halloween.