I want an easy way to keep track of all the funny things the kids say and do. I want to keep track of all the fun and big moments we share and I want a way to share with all of my friends, family and the kids one day too. A couple of my friends are blogging now and I thought that maybe I should try it. I used to scrapbook and even journal for Emma, Reagan and Madison but it's been quite awhile since I've done that. I'm on the computer all the time now so maybe this way will work best.
Shane and I used to say, "What's one more?" OH MY GOSH...It's alot! We wouldn't change anything but boy WERE we and STILL ARE surprised at how much more crazy things have gotten for us. Most everyone wants to know if we are done having kids and my answer is ABSOLUTELY! I know most of you have heard me say "I think I'm done" before, but this time I know I am.
Sydney is an absolute angel. She sleeps super well and eats like a champ. She's super laid back for a baby. We are so lucky this time around. She doesn't require too much right now which is good because the other girls seem to require more and more everyday. I'm not complaining, I'm just saying.
Emma is 7 3/4 years now and she is in the third grade and doing fantastic. She is sailing through the third grade with no problems thus far. She really loves reading more than ever this year. Emma is into mysteries and all the Guiness World Record books right now. She has been a wonderful help with all her sisters since having Sydney. She loves holding Sydney and playing with her. Most of the time when I am feeding Sydney I know I can rely on her to help the other girls out when I can't. She has to be in the right mood though. Right now Emma is really interested in skiing, playing board games, wii games, writing out all kinds of fun lists which I hope someday soon transpires into stories, club penguin and artsy projects. She also is into running and can't wait until she does another race this year. She really has grown up a ton this year.
After having Sydney and then looking at Emma, I just can't believe how big Emma has gotten and how time flies. It's sad how fast time goes but at the same time it's exciting to see how each child changes and grows.
Then we have our most dramatic, sensitive, fashionable child Ray Ray. Reagan is now 5 and started Pre K this year at the Karl Richter campus. She seems to like it a lot. She's one of the older kids in the class so she tends to be a little bossy, I mean helpful with the other kids. She missed the kindergarten deadline by 2 weeks so we had to put her in Pre K or else she would have driven me crazy. She too has blossomed a ton this year. She went from being our little dramatic baby girl to our big dramatic won't wear anything but dresses girl. She started becoming more helpful with everything from Maddie to helping clean house. She likes to draw or have drawn for her, dresses and outfits that she can color in. She also likes dressing up into fancy clothes, playing with her barbies and dolls. She really likes to help cook dinner. Right now her favorite thing to help me make is meatballs. She loves being with her friends and family more than ever right now. She is starting to have sleepovers with friends which is a really big deal to her.
Madison...oh Madison. She is one feisty 3 year old little girl. She has learned so much from Emma and Reagan but has recently started taking on Reagan's dramatic side. She picks up on everything so fast. She speaks her mind and makes us laugh constantly. Just the other night at the dinner table she farted and I said to her, "What do you say Maddie?" she said, "My butt just burped!" All of us just started laughing. We tried to hold it in but that phrase was priceless. Madison loves her bunny. We have to take her bunny everywhere. Sometimes the bunny becomes her baby. Most of the time we call it the stinky bun though. The bun is disgusting but its definitely her security. Maddie has a super spunky personality. She likes to make us think she doesn't know the answer to something when in actuality she does. I think it is for attention. For example, if you ask her what color something is and we already know she knows, she'll get this big smile on her face and say what do you think or you tell me. She does that for all sorts of things. Maddie makes the silliest faces too.
All the girls are such a blessing. We are so lucky to have 4 healthy, beautiful girls. Even though they have turned our world upside down, we wouldn't have it nor could we ever imagine it any other way. Although we are supposed to teach them, they have taught us so much more. Life is good!
