December 20, 2018

Levi: (7 years 7 months)
School has been good. Doesn't like doing homework. Levi tried doing Math club at school once a week in the mornings. He said it was too easy and made him really tired by the end of the school day.  Has been taking swimming lessons 3 times a week. Going well. Started at Goldfish Swim school then moved Long Island Swim School. Adrian, who is a swimmer, said they didn't teach very well in either place. Levi loves to get up and look for Benji in the mornings, our elf on the shelf. He gets up earlier than normal just to look for him. I caught him up at 4:44 am one morning looking for Benji. Funny quote from Levi: "Sometimes when I watch a movie for a long time my mouth hurts from staying closed so long." He is definitely our chatty kid.

Malachi: (5 years 9 months)
Enjoys Kindergarten. The teacher said he is the "best" reader in the class. I guess those reading lessons we did paid off. Has been sick a couple times lately. Also taking swim lessons.

Maya: (2 years 9 months)
Talking well. I asked her why she is so sweet and she said " Cause I want presents". When I put her to bed she always has me sing "Twinkle, Twinkle little Star" and "You are my Sunshine".

Tammy:
Same old routine of taking care of the kids. Trying to exercise consistently to improve my mood. Working on my 30 hours of Nursing credits to renew my license.

Adrian:
Been moonlighting every Saturday.

Thanksgiving 2018:
All of our friends who we usually get together with for holidays had other plans. So it was just our family.  We played Mario Kart all morning. We went out to lunch at the restaurant Season's 52. The meal was OK. They had all the traditional food, it just didn't taste the same as when family cooks it. Then we took the kids to the movie theatre to see the new Grinch movie. It was an enjoyable day.

We have plans in June to go find housing in Colorado right before we move.

Summer/Fall 2018

It was our 10 year anniversary and Adrian and I wanted to do something fun since my parents were also in town and could watch the kids. We were going to go to a Broadway show since we've never been. But, it's not really thing to go see plays. We wanted something more exciting for that price. So went on a tour of NYC via the waterways. We went around all of Manhattan Island by jet ski. It took about 3 hours and was a once in a lifetime experience. 

 Common thing to do in summer was play with the hose.

The kids love the beach. I hardly took them because we have access to outdoor pools that we went to several times a week. I regretted not going to the beach more often during the summer. It's just tough taking the kids alone.

Malachi at a preschool session. Ended in April.

Free community event. Surprisingly, it was not crowded.

Everything died in our garden but cucumbers and tomatoes.

Making car roads.

Playing in the rain.

Maya feeding her baby food from the fridge.

Snuggling bear while sleeping.

Getting all dressed up is a favorite pastime.

We'd go for walks around the block very often.

Playing at the new fountain at the park.

 Malachi got a bowling ball dropped on this thumb.

Playing in the hose. They would put in dish soap and make lots of bubbles. 

Adrian with his other derm residents.

Playing with slime.

Going for a bike ride in the park. Levi does not like riding in the dirt.

First day of school. Levi in 2nd with Mrs. Bergersen.  Malachi in a full day of Kindergarten with Mrs. Minogue.

Malachi was happy and excited. Levi was not.

We would ride our bikes the half mile to school whenever the weather was nice. I would pull Maya in the bike trailer. 

September trip to the Adirondacks. Took the boys out school for a couple days, even it had started just 2 weeks earlier. Can't keep these kids out of the water.

 Went for a hike and despite being chili, the kids couldn't resist getting in the water to play.

Hiked to an overlook of Lake George.

Adrian took a solo trip to Mexico to see his family.

He met up with some friends from grade school.

Halloween school parade. Levi is Spiderman.

 Malachi was batman.

Maya was a princess.