January Journal
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McKinley wore pigtails for the first time today. It took 6 elastics to get all the tiny hair in, but she looked gorgeous. She wears shoes at all time and her new favorite activity is taking her own dirty diaper to the garbage in the garage. Once I change her I yell "Stink Bomb!" and start counting down from 10. One of the boys runs in and tries to get to the garage with the diaper before I finish. The other day, McKinley picked up her diaper and said "nine, eight..." and headed to the garage. I guess the boys are relieved of their duties.
Jefferson has been much more pleasant lately. He can still be opinionated, but he will actually consider options I give him. I praise a lot for this change and he is very proud to be good and happy. He likes to help make dinner and plays quietly when the boys are not around. He and McKinley find each other hilarious. She refers to him as JJ pretty clearly.
Truman loves climbing the snow mountains and will go over there alone and stare across the fence at the schoolyard. I imagine he is either trying to catch a glimpse of Lincoln, or dreaming of his kindergarten conquests next year. He loves PB and J no crust and smiles all the time, unless he is crying (thanks to Lincoln).
Lincoln is constantly looking to invent something - crafts out of garbage, imaginary games for his siblings to join in, or the best clubhouse ever. He loves to pretend he is part of a movie he has just watched. Holes is a recent favorite. He asked for an orange jumpsuit when his bday comes in October.
Brian and I do crosswords for fun, or watch the latest thing netflix sent us on ClearPlay. We also have a good time making fruit smoothies since we are treat free for a while. My favorite is vanilla yogurt, a little milk and frozen mixed berries. Sometimes I add 1/3 a banana when I am feeling crazy.
January is quiet so I am cleaning out everything for Baby #5. Recent good finds: a missing Backyardigans DVD, and $60 worth of gift cards I finally checked the balances on. And today I did 7 loads of laundry - ok, tomorrow I will fold them.
Something more...
Here are some pictures we have taken over the last few weeks.
Across the street from us is a church parking lot and a few days ago a
snowplow went into the parking lot and pushed up these huge mounds of snow.
Easily 15 to 20 feet high. The boys had to climb them and here are some pictures
of them doing so.
Truman wants to be a clown when he grows up. He admits as much. The other day
he threw a ball under a raised leg of his and tried to catch it. Good news: He
had to dive for the ball and made a pretty impressive outstretched catch; bad
news: his dive was halted by his head hitting the side of a bookshelf. Luckily
we didn't have to take him in for stitches but we were less than a few
millimeters of skin away from doing so. He can expect a full recovery.
So, McKinley got a BYU cheerleading outfit for Christmas (Thanks
Katie!). She also got a little pony. Jefferson got some batman PJs.
