Monday, May 9, 2011

Busy Spring...



Things have been more than a little bit crazy around our house lately. Our days are full, as well as our evenings, and though the sun is staying out later, my days seem shorter than ever.

Noah is absolutely communicating far better. He answers questions now, and it is obvious he completely understands what he is being told. His vocabulary continues to increase as well. He is finally beginning to start his sentences with "I" when he wants something. However, the most interesting new activity for Noah is t-ball! He's been enthusiatically watching Aidan's baseball games, and after practice, Noah loves run the bases. We are thinking of enrolling him in spring t-ball, as we hear they are far less competitive during the fall. Also, he is still using the potty very well, but I've gotten a bit lazy and need to finish training him.

Katie is about to have her ballet recital! She's done extremely well with ballet this year--well enough to get moved up to the next level next year. She still hasn't decided if she's going to take ballet again, but I really hope she will. It's difficult to process that she's almost done with second grade! I am not ready for her to begin third grade next year!! Katie really enjoyed her swimming lessons last year, so we are going to let her take some more lessons this year from Swim Atlanta.

Aidan's schedule has been the craziest of all! He has really enjoyed playing baseball with the Dacula Braves this spring, and his team was undefeated for the first 8 games!! Aidan's enjoying baseball so much that we are going to enroll him in a baseball camp this summer at a local sports center called Jack City. They have both an indoor and outdoor field, so he won't have to endure 100* temps for his camp. Also, so many of the boys on his team have taken private lessons at Jack City, so I think we might sign him up for a couple of those as well. I also just registered him for kindergarten next year--I'm not ready for this! His PreK graduation is next week, and it will be bittersweet for sure.

Chris and I have both been working some crazy hours at Van Adams lately. Mother's Day was insanely busy there, which is great, but wore us out! I'm working another full week this week, so the extra money is great, but I have had to let some things go around the house. I've also begun making cakes for some extra money. One of my friends is going to create a website for me, and I hope I can eventually get to the point that I make at least one cake per week.

Mother's Day was enjoyable. We ate lunch with my parents and my sister Ruth, and we went to Red Lobster. The kids did surprisingly well there, and ate just about everything between the 3 of them! Katie made me a sweet card with tea attached to it, and Aidan painted me a wooden jewelry box and made a beaded bracelet to go inside of it. I also got a rose from Aidan's baseball team, flowers, Godiva chocolates, and some shopping money! I would be lying if I said I wasn't a bit wistful on Mother's Day--I was truly missing my twins, as I am quickly approaching what would've been my due date, May 28. Just as I think I'm getting better, something reminds me of the babies and I often get lonely for them.

Summer will be here before we know it!