The only drawback to having Kyler and MaKenna out of Daycare for 3 weeks is their germ tolerance dropped. Kyler was back for 4 days and then on day 5 we got a call that he had a fever - 103.2!That was only the beginning... Kyler loves to share with his brother, so naturally Jake got the crud next. Since I seem to be the one taking care of the sickies - I got it too. Just when I thought It would skip MaKenna and Steve (they are both to stubborn to get sick), MaKenna got it. Apparently she has a sweet side to her. Steve on the other had still hasn't gotten it and proves my theory of him being too mean and stubborn to get sick. Once we get over the lingering coughs I think we'll be ok.
WOW - Where did the time go. The last post was right after Thanksgiving, and here it is the new year. I'll try to recap the last month (well what I can remember). We have all been out of our normal routine for the last 3 weeks.Let's start with Jake... He's doing great in school and still really enjoys it. He's Aced all his spelling tests so far. They just had their big Banana Split party for passing the math timing tests. He passed each one on the 1st try. Now with all that bragging we'll see how his teacher thinks he's doing when he gets his 1st report card on Friday. Jake's had the last two weeks off for Christmas break. He goes back tomorrow and is looking forward to it. Jake has been an awesome help with Kyler and enjoys being the helpful big brother.MaKenna has had a lot of "stay home days". Her and Kyler have been home from daycare for the past 3 weeks. She can be a wonderful helper - when she wants to, and she can be just like her father - when she wants to. She got a new bike for Christmas and loves to play outside and ride it. With all the cold and snow we've gotten the last 3 weeks, she hasn't been able to go outside much and has a lot of bottled up energy. Her favorite thing to do right now is torment her little brother. We are trying to re-direct that energy to something more productive, but haven't found that "something" yet. One would think that her room would be spotless as much time as she spends in there - but that is not the case.Kyler - wow, where do I start? He has grown up and matured so much the last month. He is talking clearer, doing more himself, using the potty (about 1/4 of the time), and is now sleeping in a "Big Boy" bed. He's almost two and I'm not sure I'm ready for the Terrible Two's. I often wonder where my angel baby went... about that time MaKenna will run by and do something to him - that answers all my questions.We hope y'alls Christmas and New Year was fun and full of happiness. We were definitely blessed this last year and I really look forward to what exciting things may come in 2008.
