Josiah Turns 6

On October 16th we celebrated Josiah's sixth birthday. What kind of kid is he? He is funny, takes very little seriously, loves math, video games and card games. He is a pretty smart kid and is doing well in first grade - though I do not know how since it is a challenge to get him to sit still through a class. He likes to work math problems in his head and loves football (though I think it mostly has to do with the statistics). When he gets up in the morning he asks to watch game video on the ESPN website. He is sweet most of the time and still loves to sit in Daddy's lap. I am also convinced that he is colorblind since he cannot match his clothes (or maybe he doesn't really care). His favorite thing about school is that girls chase him and as a matter of fact he told us that he "is six and likes girls". Help us!

A Day in the Life

As you can imagine life with four little boys is a little crazy at times. I took this video of the boys (instead of trying to shush them) at lunch one afternoon.





The other day, after having to take a break from listen to Caleb read, he asks "Mom why can't we just finish with my reading now?". My response "Because I am only one person and right now I have an 8 year old who needs to read, a 6 year old taking a Math exam, a 3 year old pouring his own cup of milk and giving it to an 18 month old who is spilling it on the floor I just mopped, that's why!". I'll be sad when they all grow up though!

A Visit from Grandpa and Grandma Tricia

Last week we were happy to have Grandma and Grandpa come for a visit. The week consisted of lots of presents, candy, snuggling, and good ol' grandparent time.

Off to School

Lucas' school is right down the street, but
he was still hoping to take the bus.

Yes, he really is that big!

Josiah's 1st grade class room.

Josiah in his new school uniform - he
also has a matching sweater.

Though Caleb and Josiah started their homeschooling well over a month ago, the national schools here have only been in session since the 24th of Sept. Josiah started back to school (1st grade) a little over a week ago and has been enjoying it. Because he has homeschool in the morning and national school in the afternoon he is pretty tired by dinner time.
Lucas went to preschool for the first time last Friday. He will only be going a couple of times a week - enough time to allow me to have language lessons. When he came home on Friday he spent half the time speaking in the national language. I am afraid that within a few months he will be saying more than me!
For those who are curious we have decided not to send Caleb to national school this year. We decided that his homeschool load this year would make doing both very difficult and, honestly, we didn't think that it was best for Caleb (emotionally) to continue to do both. We have been looking for ways for him to continue to learn the language and found that he could play/learn basketball a couple times a week.