On Our Minds and In Our Hearts

Lots happening in our lives! Birthdays, working, errands, counseling, and kids fill up our days. I love my kids. Each one of them are so unique and precious. Ethan is turning into quite a handsome young man with two girls competing for his attention. He is a stellar mathematician and is thinking of studying Law in his future. He has a great group of friends, and has been doing great with his teachers and counselors. He turns 13 next Saturday! Valerie is changing every time I look at her. She is moving out of the moody teenage stage and into being a friend and confidant! I'm proud of her artistic and social abilities. Her and Ethan were both nominated/selected to be in the district honor choir that will preform in March at PLU. Today she is at a interest meeting for Tennis, which she is really excited about. Then comes my baby. I've had a great time lately teaching her math, reviewing site words, writing sentences, and making tiny tumblers for her to complete. The other night we were working on three column math problems! Simple ones but she was understanding the old school math (new math is crazy). Smart girl, that one. Lately she has cut her own hair, lost a tooth that was dangling out of her mouth for about four days, and been the only one to remain well while we all had strep throat. She has been gearing up to one of her favorite holidays by wearing a new red outfit each day. Tomorrow we are changing it up and wearing pink! She is so much fun to dress.