My children have such a way to bring so much joy in my life...it amazes me how many times I cry over their accomplishments or giving heart, they really do reflect what I teach them. Vanessa brought four "dollies" to me, that is what she calls them in her sweet little voice...I love hand sewn dolls that are soft with yarn as hair and Meijer sells one called Groovy Gals that are so cool and trendy. Well, one has long brunette hair that she named "Mary Kisses"...how cute...smiling big...and another has curly red hair she named "Princess Lea".
Then I got her two Culture Club Kids, which are very cute fabric dolls and one is spanish/mexican looking and she named her "Nancy" and one is asian and she named her "Milka"...all on her own she came up with these names and her favorite book right now is called "Can you say Peace?" where it tells you how to say peace in different languages. She really is starting to show her motherly nature in everything she does and something cute and funny that she recently started doing is, when I'm sitting on the couch she will come behind me with her stool and stand behind the couch and wash and style my hair...how cute is that!!! Could she be a future cosmotologist?
Vanessa is very much a fashion queen also, she has to be stylish and she is fussy! When we go shopping she will let me know for sure if she does not like something, it really is too funny and I do crack up when she isn't looking. Well after typing this I thought I should take a picture of the dollies and her favorite book so here they are below.
Now for my incredible son, Hayden. He amazes me everyday with his heart and intelligence. First, he colored some beautiful dinosaur pictures for different family members and wrote messages to each of them but what made me cry was when he brought me one and it said "I love you. This is for you Mom!"...It was so touching and so sweet.
We went to his teacher conferences and he is doing so well in the class that Miss McDonald wanted to change the report cards for him. Everything is rated 1-3 and she said Hayden needs 4's. How awesome is that! He blew us away with his reading level, for Kindergarten they should read at level 2 and he is at level 10, which Miss McDonald said is where 1st graders are right now. She said 1st graders have to read at a level 18 by the end of the school year and Hayden will start first grade at level 12 or 13. WOW!!! He may up like I did, in 4th grade I was at a 6th grade reading level.
His handwriting is better than some adults, seriously. He is just doing incredible, we are very proud of him and I'm pretty sure he is even proud of himself. He flourishes in school and really strives to be the best student. He comes home and tells us how many kids got warnings and ended up with a white card, how many got time outs and ended up with an orange card and how many had to see the principal with a red card etc... So then we will ask well what about you, what color were you...he says, "Green, I'm always on the green". Green represents good in class. Hayden has had one white the entire school year and it was for only the first half of the day and because another boy got him a warning. The second half of that day he was in the green and all the rest of the year green. Such a great kid!
Hayden has also taken up some new sports, skiing and ice-skating and really LOVES both, which is awesome and exciting! Vanessa even liked ice skating, she hasn't tried skiing yet. So, that is a slight update on the kiddos. I love them so much, they really make me laugh and giggle and just smile all day long. My pride and joys!!!
Vanessa had fun coloring a shamrock for my best friend's birthday, which happens to be on St. Patrick's Day. Here is her artwork:
