Four times More: New News

News of the past two weeks in a flash: (In case you don't want to read the entire posting.)

Vincent had his 4 month old checkup..he weighs 16 lbs. 3oz.
Vincent started rice cereal.
Zachary lost a tooth.
Zachary missed 4 days of school.
Vincent became an expert roller.
Kyle filed our taxes.
Kyle made a spinach and egg drop soup.
Our computer contracted a virus..no fun.
Isabella had her parent-lunch.
Angela started knitting lessons.
Angela knitted two scarves...actually 1 scarf and a pot holder.
It snowed.
Isabella had her last basketball game.

Those were in no particular order.

Vincent's Food Adventures

Vincent's first bite of rice cereal.

Vincent had his 4 month old check up this past week. Since he has doubled his birth weight (he now weighs 16 pounds and 3 ounces) and is showing interest in food (he grabbed 2 hand fulls of spaghetti at dinner last week and dropped them down my shirt) he could start trying new foods.

Vincent wasn't too thrilled with his first few experiences with rice cereal. I tried mixing it with water and milk, but neither appealed to him. I discovered he loves carrots and sweet potatoes, so finally I got the idea of mixing in a spoon full of carrots. That gave the rice cereal the flavor he likes and he gobbled them down!

This is Vincent enjoying his food!

Zachary's Unfortunate Adventures

Zachary lost another tooth. This one was the bottom right. It has been loose for months and finally he came from school one day and said, "Mom I have to go to after school care tomorrow so Grant can pull my tooth." The next day he came home from school with the tooth in a little tooth necklace. Grant is totally awesome. Apparently tooth pulling is one of his expertise. He loves doing it.

This is Zachary showing off his missing tooth..and yes he desperately needed a hair cut!

Other Zachary news...Zach missed 4 days of school this week due to a sinus/ear infection. He ran a fever ranging between 100 and 105 all 4 days. His teacher sent home 10 pages of make up work..20 pages if you count the front and back. However, he is pretty sharp and got most of it finished before he returned to school. Today was his first day back and he was excited. He missed his buddies.

sick day :(

Also, I got to visit Zachary's school last week for career day. It was a lot of fun! I was able to share what is like to be a science teacher and show the kids a science experiment. Zachary told me I was his 2nd favorite presenter. Mr. Nord from Nord's bakery was his favorite...I wonder why???

Isabella News

Isabella was a champion this week. She never complained about going to school even though Zachary got to stay home. She was super excited about parent lunch. She couldn't wait for me to come in and eat lunch with her. It was nice because I got to spend some one on one time with her. She told me all about the new rules her teacher had made. And she was too funny when she told me "Brian asked me to marry him. I told him I would have to think about it because I want to marry Zachary". I heard from some other preschool moms that the new favorite topic at school is marriage.

Parent News

Our stories aren't quite as exciting. I started taking knitting lessons with Katie. Sorry, I don't have any pictures to post of my finished products...it would be quite embarrassing anyway. I've made one scarf that doesn't quite fit comfortably around my neck...and 1 scarf that turned into a pot holder because it was taking me WAY too long. Also, thanks to my downloading of knitting patterns, our computer contracted a virus and nearly sent me into a panic at the thought of losing all of my precious photos. I need to go out ASAP and buy an external hard drive...not that I know how to use one..it just sounds like a good idea.

Here are some more pictures of the week...

Vincent becoming an expert roller. He can flip really fast .....before you know it.

Vincent in his exer-saucer for the first time.

Isabella reading to her stuffed animals!

The kids playing a board game together. They had no idea what they were doing..they just were having fun with the pieces. Notice Vincent grabbing for the money. The kids thought that was hilarious.