Frost!

It has been another great week. It has also been very cold and rainy/snowy. If you remember a few weeks ago I was talking about how beautiful and green it was, we had 70 degree weather, with the flowering trees being so pretty, well they were all frosted and all the pretty flowers are gone and the grass turned brown too, so we lost a few weeks of spring, but I am sure it will come back. The kids miss pointing out the purple, pink and white trees that were all around us.

JC started Cub Scouts this week and absolutely loved it. He got the handshake down immediately and is working on memorizing the pact so that he can pass off Bobcat at Pack meeting at the end of this month. He is really excited to be involved with Cubs finally. He also enjoyed his art class again and is so glad to be able to do that. He told me this week that he doesn't like recess anymore, at first I was concerned and then he went on to tell me that he doesn't like recess because it is time away from his classroom that he could be learning and he loves to learn now. He really has just taken off at school and this week was even elected as the caring kid of the week in his class. That is a major compliment in the class and he has only been there for three weeks. He has two very loose teeth that are bothering him, but he is handling it well, he can't wait for them to come out. We attended our Branch's baptism preview this week and JC is so excited to finally be baptized. He can't wait for this weekend. He really wants to be a member of God's church and he wants to be clean and get the Holy Ghost. He has such a strong testimony of the gospel, I am very proud of him. He was invited to a birthday party and attended yesterday and the only option for a drink was Coke and he knew that it had caffeine in it and he told them he didn't drink Caffeine and opted to not have anything to drink. I was very proud of him to keep his standards, what a great example he is.

Julia is doing great, she loves playing in the dirt and puddles and is in heaven with the animals and helping feeding the pigs and watching the chickens grow. Sorry I don't have any pictures of the pigs yet. The pigs are named Hot Dog and Pork Chop. She decided to help Gracie paint my parents bedroom walls which are a deep red color. Julia chose light blue and Gracie chose yellow! Needless to say the girls got in big trouble, fortunately most of the paint came off and was easily repainted. The things 3 year olds do! Julia's hair is growing in pretty well from the chopping it received from JC and it is still so curly and beautiful.

Ethan is doing well, his teeth are still bothering him but it is getting less. He is running all over the place now. His vocabulary has soared and he is talking in complete sentences asking for the things he wants. He also says Thank you, which sounds like tak ooo, it is super cute. He says wa wa for water and tanky for Blanket. Otherwise his words are pretty clear. He favorite word is juice still but he is branching out in his liquid choices to milk which is great. He isn't real fond of it but at least he is tasting it since he hasn't done that before. I can truly say that he is sleeping through the night for real now. I love that. He is also starting to become aware of the potty, we are still a long way off, but he is getting ready. What would life be like without diapers? I don't dare to imagine! :)

I have been able to find a very good doctor for the children, that is something that is really important for me. We are all feeling settled now, know our way around places and a part of the community which is great.