Ashley: Doing great in school, she got eight 4's on her report card (4's = exceding expectations). She was invited to join a friendship club in school as well, they meet every Thursday during school hours. She seems to really enjoy it. She had her Birthday (8 years old already - wow), had a bunch of friends over and had a great time. She is loving the outdoors and playing in the snow.
Braden: Kindergarten is going well He also had a wonderful report card, however, his teacher says he is a very active boy and try's to take charge and take over for the teacher. LOL. We are working really hard with his listening skills. Hard to believe he will be 6 next month. Braden also loves the snow, but unfortunately so far this season he has managed to loose 2 pairs of snowpants at school - nowhere to be found. We are thinking another kids has taken them home.
Amber: Quiet little Amber with a huge attitude. Gotta love it. I have been working with her to practice spelling hew name to get ready for kindergarten in the fall. Registration is Jan. 30th already. She still loves her dolls and books and is overall doing great.
Andrew: Finally got his new AFO's. Trying really hard to get him potty trained, but some days are better than others. He will be released from Infant Developement this month and will probably be released from Physio in a few months. Boy does he love his cars, esp. Lightning McQueen. He asks to watch the movie almost on a daily basis.
Mike: Doing well, however his work is getting pretty stressful.
Me: Doing well also. Working lots and keeping busy.
December was full of illnesses. The kids all got some sort of stomach bug twice, I got it once. Mike was the lucky one and didn't get it.
Christmas was busy. I had to work over the holidays so we had a family get together on the 23rd at Brodie and Andrea's. Dad, Paulette, Mom, Dave, Darcy, Jodi, Peyton were all there as well. It was a great day and the kids and ourselves got spoiled. Mikes Brother and his girlfriend stopped in on Christmas eve on their way to Kelowna and spent the night. They got to see first hand how excited the kids were in the early, early morning.
Ashley, Braden and Amber are currently in Namaimo with Vince to have a Christmas with him.
It has been snowing lots here. I took Andrew out to play in the snow today and even after 1 1/2 hours I practically had to drag him inside. He had a blast.
Here are a few pics of Andrew playing in the snow today.
Andrew loved trying his hand at shovelling.
