Updating: Part II

Here are some more pictures from the last few weeks.

My favorite Audrey (who refused to look at the camera)

Crazy girls!

Sierra's new purple glasses

We went to the Reformation party at my parents' church again.  The kids were Pocahontas, Sleeping Beauty, Tinkerbell, and a pirate.

School Pictures

We had school pictures made recently by Amy, the same lady who has made our family pictures previously.  I think they turned out great!

Alexa - 1st grade

Caleb - 3rd grade

Updating

I have such a hard time these days finding/making time for blogging.  And I feel like the days and weeks run together homeschooling and cleaning things that get messy again and doing laundry that gets dirty again.  So I feel like I have nothing interesting to say.  But I can't bring myself to abandon my blog all together because I love looking back at previous years and remembering what life was like.  So here's an update of sorts.  I'm planning to start the December Photo Project on the 1st.

Sierra LOVES tomato sauce.  For some reason she always gets a bath afterwards.

Date night!

On our date, we bought Caleb a comic book version of The Hobbit.  He sat in the hammock and read for a long time.

Alexa's princess tea party with her friends from school

Jordanna and Sierra playing at the park.  I try to take the kids at least once a week when the weather is nice.

Our church threw a baby shower for Megan and baby.

She had some great helpers.

We missed piano one day, so Molly taught the kids via Skype.

Sierra turned 22 months.

What We've Been Up To

 In no apparent order.

We had a church picnic at the outdoor YMCA.

We went to the fair two weekends in a row.  The first weekend was rainy, but the kids still had fun.

We had friends over for lunch after church; we have 11 kids between us.

We  dressed up like pirates to get free donuts.

We've been working hard on school including this fun science experiment.

Twenty One Months

 I totally forgot to take Sierra's picture this month, and then the next day, when I did remember, Dave had the camera.  So all we have is a blurry cell phone picture for this month.

 

-Not sure on weight and height, but she is notably taller than Audrey now.
-Had no doctor's appointments this month!

-Doesn't need Miralax anymore!

- Loves juice, bagels, graham crackers, spaghetti, and macaroni and cheese.  Hates all fruits and vegetables.  Sigh.

 -Is getting too tall for all her 18 month clothes, and I've had to pull out the 24 month and 2T stuff.

-Wears a size 4 diaper.

-Naps once a day around 1:00.  Goes to bed at 8 and sleeps until about 9.
-Still crawls as her primary means of locomotion, but is walking more each day.  Or should I say, staggers around like a drunk person more each day.
-Thinks Caleb is hilarious.
-Doing well in her weekly physical therapy.
  -Still loves Elmo!
-Still has no frequently used, recognizable words.although she does occasionally say sounds that almost seem to count as words.  She makes her wishes known, though!
-Keeps us busy, but we can't imagine life without our sweet Sierra!

Teaching Time

Jordanna is learning how to spell her name.

Sierra loves coloring. And eating crayons.  And throwing them on the floor.

Jordanna and Alexa made rainbows for our study of Noah.

Spent $1.61 For All Of This

It's been a long time since I've done a coupon post on the blog.  I still use coupons regularly.  I don't go to as many stores as I used to, but I do still get things for cheap or free from time to time.  Last week, I got free Fuze 2 liters of tea and free margarine and some really cheap ketchup.  However, the amazing deals are fewer and farther between lately.  There's a new coupon app out, though, called Ibotta.  To get the Ibotta deals, you answer some questions or watch a video or post to Facebook, then you shop, then you upload your receipt, and then you get cash which you can deposit to your paypal account.  I spent $51.61 on everything in the picture above (12 rolls of paper towels, 24 rolls of toilet paper, three boxes of Kleenex, 1 pack of diapers, 3 packs of wipes, 2 packs of pads, dish soap, and hand soap) and then I got $50 deposited from Ibotta.  So $1.61 for everything in the picture. That's my kind of deal!