Funny comments

1) Ella has really been working on her speech (her speech teacher says that she has advanced beyond her expectations and is even helping some of the other kids in her class).

2) But Ella is working on not only her speech but also Matthew's. I often see her giving him speech lessons. Ella says, "Matthew, say di-no-saur." It is hysterical! Matthew can repeat pretty much any sound but hasn't put too many words together yet.

3) Jason and Laney's conversation:

Jason: Do you know Jesus loves you?

Laney: Yes, Dad, and Jesus loves you too.

4) Speaking of funny Laney moments, Laney and I were grocery shopping the other day. We were having a great session of good food choices verses not so good food choices. We got to the frozen vegetables and I asked her if frozen veggies were a good choice. She said, "Yes, they are mom." I asked her, "Why?" and Laney responded, "Jesus made the vegetables and everything Jesus made was good."

5) Ella & Laney finished up gymnastics a few weeks ago. I was so glad we sent them to Devous. I was very impressed with the actual skills they worked on (not just, go jump in the foam pit but rather would jump off the vault into the foam pit). It was fun to see them progress.

6) But unfortunately for Ella, she inherited my bad knees (but really, I can blame that on my dad...right, dad?). They timed the kids running from the back of the track to the foam pit. Most kids were 4-5 seconds (Laney was 4.5 seconds) where as Ella was 6.2 seconds. She was sure trying her best, but no worries El...running fast hasn't gotten that many people further in life than others (unless you want to be an Olympic athlete or something).

7) Anybody that has a kindergartner can relate to this but I still can not believe how much Ella has grown this year. She is one of the youngest and has been in a certain reading/writing group that was not as advanced as the others (reading group A). Well, she has really advanced quickly , is reading quite well and now is in reading group C (ahead of the curve). We continue to work on writing (spacing of words, when to capitalize, punctuation) but the teacher says she is right on track. So between her kindergarten teacher and her speech teacher, I can see her hard work paying off.

8) Our house is still on the market. It is frustrating to say the least and we are up to 43 showings. The feedback is great but we always seem to be the #2 or #3 house (we have been the #2 house 3 times). We dropped the price a few weeks ago and activity has picked up. We got our first offer this week (ironically the offer was from a Troy Powell. Our great friends and neighbors are Troy & Jen Powell). It wasn't a great offer and since we aren't desperate (yet) we turned it down. I know once the leaves come in the back yard people will see why we love our house so much but right now it is tough to see the beauty. Come on spring!

9) With that being said, we are hoping to move to Cincinnati by 4th of July if not sooner. We have some painting and small remodeling to do before we move in so hopefully the timing will all work out.

10) For anybody who reads this who orders AdvoCare, check your AdvoCare shipments. Jason and I will be in the AdvoCare pamphlet for pinning Silver which means we currently are at $1000 a month income. We are so excited!

11) I find myself telling the kids that I am a gentle sole. Like if they are yelling or talking sassy to me, I will say something like, "Kids, please don't talk like that. Mom is a gentle sole." Well the other day Laney and Jason were talking and she turned to him and said, "Dad, please don't. I am a gentle sole." )

12) Matthew has a pronated left foot so I took him to the MD. He suggested that we take him to get xrays although feels an orthopedic doctor probably wouldn't do anything about it at his age. We have some foot braces from Laney when she was Matthew's age, so I might get those fitted for his feet but first, to get xrays.

13) Laney's new trick? Whistling. In fact, she shines at whistling while using the restroom :)

If you made it to the end and are still awake, A+ to you!!!