Happy New Year! Life certainly has its ups and downs for everyone, but we truly hope this new year provides you all with more ups than downs and more smiles than frowns.
January is our busiest birthday month. Grandma Irene, Michelle, Easton, Grandma Louise, and Dad all have birthdays this month. So we'd like to give a huge shout out to all of you and wish you the best birthday yet.
Easton had a full day celebrating his birthday. He started off with special treats at pre-school to celebrate, moved on to toy shopping at Timbuck Toys and Toys R'Us (they always send the kids out free birthday money from both) and ended the day with a rockin' party at the place of his choice, Chuck E Cheese. He had a special day and loved every minute of it all. Chuck E Cheese was his favorite. He grinned ear-to-ear the entire time. Well almost the entire time. He didn't like the ticket blaster there, so Kyla went in and finished up the time for him. What a great big sister she is. And even though it will be years before Easton reads any of this himself, we'd like for him to know how much we love and cherish every day with him. He is our smart, little man and we cannot wait to see what this fourth year brings for him. Primarily potty training!
Easton went for his four year check up, and (drum roll please) he is topping the charts once again. He is staying on his curve, which thankfully is actually on (not off) the chart. He tops off around the 3% for weight and is almost to the 10% for height. Wohoo! Baby steps folks. Baby steps. The doctor said it is not at all uncommon for four year old boys to not be potty trained yet. Offering Easton an iPad wasn't enough to do the trick for him, so hopefully we can figure out some other sort of incentive and soon!
Kyla is doing another session of both the Young Rembrandts art class and indoor soccer. Soccer will run until March when the outdoor spring session starts up again. The girls are playing up a level this time, so they will only be competing against boys. They may not win as many games, but they will get some great practice by doing this. Hopefully they are well oiled machines by the time games start up in April.
We went to Michigan to visit family this month. Grandma Louise turned 102, so we wanted to be there to celebrate the special day with her. We were a week late to the actually party, but we celebrated with cake, balloons and presents. In fact, Grandma has three birthday celebrations this year. One each weekend for three weeks. That is more than any of us get. It was super cold while we were there, but thankfully the polar vortex, as they are calling it, took a break allowing it to warm up to nearly 20 every day we were there.
The month wrapped up with a Western Day Lunch at Easton's pre-school. The kids get to have lunch together upstairs in the community room. A story teller comes in and tales them tales about life in the Wild West. They listen to stories, sing, dance and enjoy a campfire meal in tin plates. Easton had a lot of fun. He did a little square dancing with a girl from another class and she couldn't keep her hands off of him. She hugged him, held his hand and tried to put him in her lap. It was very entertaining.
Until next time, we bid you adieu!
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