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!

Sierra Firsts

Look who figured out how to climb into the kitchen chairs.  She was so proud of herself!  Too bad she doesn't know how to get down without doing herself bodily harm.

And here's her first cute little pony tail!

Sweet Jordanna

Wearing a pillowcase dress made by Grammy and holding her favorite (at the time) doll.  She will pick a baby doll and latch onto it and carry it around for 2-3 days before she moves on to a new one.  She spends a lot of time playing with her babies while Caleb and Alexa work on school.

Teaching Time

We had a good second week of school, and our year is off to a good start!  Here are a few things we did this week.

Tasted sour, sweet, bitter, and salty liquids in science

Alexa's first day at Veritas (Caleb and I went, too.)

I went to check on Caleb, and here's how I found him doing his work.  Crazy kid!

Coloring pictures of conquistadors while I read history to them (from the Kindle because Caleb left the history book at school)

Alexa practing her spelling words on the white board