Determination

Last Saturday Caleb taught himself how to ride his bike. Although he is almost 8 we have never lived in a place with a safe place for him to learn and ride. Moving to our new home provided him with that opportunity. There is a shared space between the complexes that gave him the space he needed. It also provided him with some motivation - a girl riding without training wheels. I don't think that he could stand seeing someone about his age doing something he couldn't. He seriously spent all day Saturday outside and at the day he was proud of what he had accomplished.

Micah's First Birthday

On Friday we celebrated Micah's first birthday. We have been so blessed by this little boy. He is a sweet baby with a great personality. He loves to play with legos (they make a loud noise if you bang them together), cars, lollypop wrappers, Daddy's cell phone and a nerf football. He is a picky eater - never likes jarred baby food and will eat just about anything if it is mixed with a banana. When he is tired he likes to lay his head on my shoulder and hold my hair. Of all the boys he has been the earliest to get teeth, crawl, and walk. So far he is still has blue eyes, which would make him the only one in our family. He's a keeper!

March Madness

Though we have moved across the world we have not escaped March Madness. Ted came home a few days before the tournament started, saying the he intended to 'bring the boys up right'. In his hand was a bracket for each of the boys (only Caleb and Josiah filled them out). The boys were excited and went to dig through their summer clothes - finding their 'basketball clothes'. They have been using our living room as a court, shooting three pointers, and even taking naps so that they can stay up late to watch the games - that is mad!

A Picture Says...

The other day I found Micah playing with out 2nd language/English dictionary. I though that it so represented how we feel sometimes. Though we have been here for over a year and a half sometimes there are conversations that make us feel like we have only just arrived.

Identity

A few weeks ago Josiah was trying to write my name and wanted to make sure that there was an "o" in it. I tried to explain to him that it does sound that way since most people pronounce my name 'Lora' (much to my mother's displeasure), but there was no "o". No, he was sure that there was still an "o", so I walked over to help him. I was wrong, he was right, my name is spelled M-O-M-M-Y!

For Nicole

After I received a gentle reminder that we have not updated our blog in over a month I decided to get to work. Here are some of the things that have gone on in the the last month and a half - happy reading Aunt Nicole!

Taking the School Bus

Last semester Caleb was a morning student, which meant that he went to school from 7am - 12pm. Every child in a public school here changes hours after the semester break. Now Caleb goes to school from 12 - 5. Many children take a service bus to school but we have hesitated in doing that (see the pics above). His school is only a three minute drive from our apartment so instead of having Ted come home to get him every day we decided to have him take the service bus. We were all a little nervous - you notice the kids standing up inside and hanging out the window! I told Caleb that as soon as he got on the bus he needed to find a seat and stay there. He is getting used to taking the bus though he spends part of each morning worrying about it.