Well, again it's been awhile. Almost the end of October. What's happened? Not in chronological order:
We had another trip to the ER exactly a week after the first one. This time just mama and Roman went. He cut his forehead on Levi's bed post while running in and jumping on the bean bag. Here we are before the stitches:
And then there was a week of Roman being sick with the flu or mild case of rota virus. Ivy got a little bit too, but not nearly as bad. Poor little guy was so weak - just laid around most of the days.
Now they are both back to their regular, smiley selves.
Their vocabulary is still pretty much the same - not too many words. They'll sneak a new one in there here and there like Ivy saying baby or now. But, not too much talking yet. Mostly just crying and babble.
We helped rescue a cat a few weeks ago. One evening I was downstairs I saw a big furry cat walk by the window. I thought it may have been a raccoon. I called up to tell Sam and that was that. The next day I went out to the mailbox and there was a flyer with a picture of the cat (Mr. Tinkles). Now I felt bad that I didn't get the flyer the previous afternoon when I saw it delivered. (I figured it was a service flyer or political flyer when I saw it.) Anyway, I called the family to let them know that I saw their cat the night before and that it was still alive. I told them I would keep an eye out for it. That night I even went out with a flash light, but no luck. The family bought a humane trap and put it behind our shed. The next morning, Sam went to check the trap and came walking back to the house carrying it with Mr. Tinkles inside. He stayed in our house for about a half hour until his owners came. Later that night they came back with Target gifts cards for the kids in thanks for helping them. We didn't do much really. Sam and I both thought we should pay it forward - buy some cat food or something for the shelter.
Ezra had his Kindergarten pre-screen today. He did fantastic. 61 out of 62 items correct. She said he is very smart and great. She definitely thinks he's ready to go to kindergarten. When I asked him what he thought, he said he wanted to go to kindergarten. We'll see I guess.
Levi continues to go to school and cross the street by himself. He's in the math challenge program which he likes. He totally aced a recent spelling test - all words, sentence, and challenge words correct. Also has been going to Spanish and chess. Last week was MEA so he had a play date at one his friends' (twin boy and girl) house. Seemed to have a good time.
We went to the orchard last weekend. The same one I've been taking the kids to since Levi was 2. This time instead of with mom's club, it was a family affair. Pretty fun - rode the tractor, picked some gourds and corn, played in the corn, fed the goats, bought some yummy apples. I don't think we got the traditional Christmas card photo from here though which is a bummer. I guess we have a mission in the next month.
Ivy learned to eat a whole apple by herself yesterday. Took it out of the fridge and started chomping.
Will have to add more photos in a bit.
That's it for now.
Oh, and it's windy, cloudy, rainy/snowy/ right now. ICK!
