Update!

We just got home from the doctor for Conner and Audrey's annual checkups.  Can you believe they're 4 and 7 now?  Crazy.  What's weirdest for me to think is that when Conner was 4, Audrey was 1.  What a different life it was!


Both kids checked out great!  Here are the details:
Conner is now 54 lbs and 48" tall (both 50th percentile).  He should be tall enough to ride some of the big rides at Kings Island this summer - something he's been looking forward to!  I talked with the doctor about how he's still sometimes wet at night (he's still wearing pull-ups); she seemed to think it's something he'll grow out of and gave a couple of suggestions for what we might to do help that along.  (Notice the lack of front tooth?  He lost #3 this week!)

Audrey is 43 lbs and 42" tall (both 90th percentile!). (Conner was 41 1/2" and 40 lbs at 5 years old!!)  She's definitely a big girl (but proportional).  She had to get 5 shots today and was utterly miserable; we actually sat for a little bit just so she could cry and try and feel better.  I told the kids we'd stop at Dunkin' Donuts on the way home - somehow a donut made her arms stop hurting so much!  My only concern about Audrey was her hearing - there's a lot of times when we're talking to her and she's responding with "What?  What?"  It turns out, though, that her hearing is fine (shocking) and it's just her being stubborn/goofy (I have no idea where that comes from!).


We've been busy lately (surprise surprise!) but I'm hoping things will start to slow down soon.  Right now we have one more week of karate (Conner will end his career as a red belt... just a couple of belts away from black, but I just can't do it anymore), one more week of swimming lessons (a friend has been taking Audrey) and baseball's just getting started. Audrey still has dance on Mondays for an hour after school which won't end until school gets out. Soccer's going to start up for him, too, but it's just a game on Sunday afternoons (no practice during the week).  I've also been taking some fitness classes at Conner's karate school which will end in the next week, so we'll basically be going from 5 activities amongst the three of us down to 2.  Ahhhh.  There are actually nights when Conner's upset that he didn't get a chance to play with his legos because we're constantly on the go.  That makes me sad.


We're all on spring break this week and ready to do some relaxing!  The kids are going home with Mom and Dad for a night and I have plans to do some shopping/lunch/movie with a friend (who's also sending her kids to grandma and grandpa's!).  Other than that, I was hoping that they'd have a chance to get outside and play, but it's supposed to be cold - they're predicting 1 - 2" of snow tonight!  Not quite the spring break I envisioned.  But with only 9 weeks of school left, summer's definitely in sight.

Sick Day

I hope this isn't a preview of what's to come, but I've been home from school 5 days with Audrey sick this year. I"m holding on to the idea that it's just because she's starting school and still getting adjusted to all of the "bugs" that are there.

If you'd told me 24 hours ago that I stayed home with a sick kid, I would have assumed it was Conner.  They stayed Saturday night with Doug and Marge; while there, Conner developed a 103+ temperature.  By the time we got to him Sunday after church he was feeling "awesome" and while he didn't have his normal energy, he seemed ok.  Audrey and I have been fighting colds for over a week now (they're just hanging on!) and haven't missed any school, but Eric and I woke up this morning around 2:30 with the sounds of her crying.  I knew it was because she'd thrown up - there was just something to the tone of her cry.  Unfortunately, it wasn't a one and done deal... I'd get her changed and cleaned up, then she'd throw up again.  And again.  It was probably 4:00 before it was all over, so our fate was sealed.  Another sick day.

I really don't mind staying home except that today is the day that teachers recommend student's classes for next year, so I had to sit and put together a list for my sub of who should take what.  That took a bit of time.... and I still had to do my normal sub plans.  But hopefully we'll get some rest today and will both feel better tomorrow!

We had both kids' parent conferences at school last week and both are doing great!  Conner's testing at the second grade math level (the highest in his class) but has trouble with not taking his time and reading directions on tests so his current grade doesn't reflect that.  He's really doing well with his reading, too!  Audrey's teacher gave her a kindergarten readiness test (even though she has another year of preschool) which she did great on.  The only recommendations made were that we work with her to clean up her writing.  When Conner was this age, he had just learned to write his name; Aud can write all of her letters and knows most of their sounds, too!

Aud's birthday party was a hit - we had 8 4-year olds here and kept them busy with decorating hats and aprons, making pizza, and decorating cupcakes.  I'm not sure how much food was actually eaten, but I think they all had a good time.

Decorating the cupcake

Audrey's pizza

Decorating her hat

Opening presents

The crowd

We're taking a few little boys bowling this weekend for Conner's birthday (I can't believe he'll be 7 tomorrow!).  He only wanted a few of his friends there, so we're not doing the "formal" bowling party but are planning on going bowling then for pizza afterwards.  Should be fun!