We have been battling a cough/cold. Last week Sam's started coughing at night and lost his voice. Then Monday night Sam got worse and Tuesday we had our sick day. Then Wednesday Jen started getting it and then Saturday I (Chris) started getting it.
It hasn't been that bad of a cold just long lasting. So we haven't really managed to do much this week except the kids got to watch most of their favorite Christmas movies on TV.
I am also posting a little about each of the kids as an alternative to telling about our adventures each day.
Peter -
Peter really likes anything that is a robot. He is hooked on Transformers, Voltron, and Legos. Over the year he has told us a lot of things that he wants for Christmas but he narrowed it down to 4 things now and has been consistent with those things. Here is his list:
1. Indiana Jones Legos
2. Pet dog
3. Pet turtle
4. A bunch of transformer toys including Opltimus Prime, Megatron and Bumblebee each in various sizes
He is not so entusiastic about writing but normally does well if you can give him some motivation for writing. (like writting his list for Santa). He does like tellings stories though and he will invent small stories and tell them to either us or his brothers. He loves reading books, although he can't read yet he'll read from memery. Meaning, we'll read him a book and then later he'll read it again reciting roughly the same story we read to him. So he will memorize what books say and he gets better each time you read him the same book. Sometimes Jen will read new books to him and try to encourage him to read the words. Often he'll tell what the pictures are saying and expect the words to say what he expexts them to say. He'll get frustrated and want to make up his own words. Usually if he would just read a sentence then the following sentence will say what he is looking for based on the pictures. So anyway, he is creative and the reading will come eventually.
Peter has been watching scripture stories videos while Jen studies her scriptures and is really attentive to these stories and will tell them to us sometimes. He is also very patient with Will and if he is getting into the toys will take him away and move him someplace else (most of the time it is a good thing).
Sam-
Sam likes robots right along with his brother, although he doesn't quite like Legos as much as Peter. One thing he likes a lot more is drawing and writing. He loves to draw turtles and people. He is very careful now when he colors something and tries real hard to stay within the lines. Whereas Peter colors fast and furious caring little for staying in lines, Sam takes his time and is much neater. He also really likes music and for the last few weeks has continuously sung certain songs over and over. His favorite songs have been "When Jesus Christ Was Baptized" and "Picture A Christmas". He REALLY likes to help cook dinner and wash dishes. This is really nice most of the time and so far I expect him to be the most willing to help out in the kitchen. This will be needed as we keep having more kids down the road.
Joe-
Joe likes to follow his brothers and do anything they like to. Although he copies his brothers every move he particularly pays attention to his older brother Sam. I think this is because Sam was more patient with him initially. Joe says "yes" to everything unless it involves a toy in which case it is a "no" (something his brother's often tell him) but tries to keep up with his brothers. He really likes to sing his ABC's and also "When Jesus Christ was Baptized." We are amazed at some of the things he has picked up from his brothers such as counting to 10. He is continuously improving in his speaking and will read several words at a time from the scriptures with us. His favorite songs are the Superman theme song and the song "Upside Down" from the Curious George soundtrack.
Will-
Continues to grow like a weed and likes to eat solids more and more. Every meal when everyone eats he insists on having whatever we are eating. It makes it difficult though sometimes because he wants to feed himself which is even more messy than normal. He must be going through a growth spurt because he is eating more and more lately. He has only 6 teeth (4 on top and 2 on bottom) but he uses them for everything including biting Mom and Dad at times (he prefers Mom for this but we aren't sure why - maybe Dad doesn't taste so good). He is a skilled crawler although he still crawls on his belly and uses one foot to kick off with, we thought he would eventually get to crawling on his knees but perhaps with the hard floor and no carpeting he prefers it that way. Now he has started to climb up on things which means he is sometimes Godzilla to his brother's toys. He also likes to get to his feet and has begun to try and move around things like our coffee table. I think our laminate floors downstairs makes this difficult for him at times especially if he is pajamas. With the cold winter months we usually put him in head to toe pjs and the floor is slippery. You need to be barefooted to have traction.
Well that is all for now, hopefully we all are recovered Well soon. Here is some pictures from our Zoo Trip we took the day after Thanksgiving (Black Friday the Zoo is free!!).
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