Victories

My kids deserve some shoutouts!

James

Meet the new James... He got glasses!  He is eager to show them off to everyone he sees. It was so cute watching him the first day he got them. He kept taking them on and off to see the difference. His teacher brought up his eye sight at parent teacher conferences. I guess James struggles to see the board and has had to move seats because of it.

He looks extra handsome and studious with his new accessory and is taking very good care of his glasses.

Friday, March 6

James had another excellent basketball season! This time, he wanted to earn a new water bottle! He had the exact brand, color, and style in mind. (He requested a blue Gatorade bottle like someone in his school class.) In order to earn the water bottle, James had to score 50 points this season. I guess we could have set a higher goal because he scored 70 points this season. His team was not very good... In fact, they lost 5 games, tied 1 game, and finally won their last game today. I told James they won because of him. They were down and the other team had more than double their score and then James decided to turn it on and made 16 points.

Game 1: Saturday, January 24: James scored 10 points

Game 2: Saturday, January 31: James scored 14 points

Game 3: Saturday, February 7: We missed because we were in Idaho

Game 4: Saturday, February 14: James scored 8 points

Game 5: Saturday, February 21: James scored 8 points

Game 6:  Saturday, February 28: James scored 14 points

Game 7: Saturday, March 7: James scored 16 points

Thanks Coach Jason

My parent's came and supported almost every game and James had the biggest fan section and cheerleaders. One week Papa was even the scorekeeper.

Isabelle

I'm proud of Isabelle. She has bad genes. Both me and Andrew were nighttime bedwetters for awhile. We borrowed the "pee machine" from a friend (thanks Meagan) and Isabelle has been dry for over 30 nights! She conquered bed-wetting which is not easy! She's happy and so are we. She can now shower at night instead of having to in the mornings which is so nice. She mentioned to me that she's glad to be done with pullups because peeing made her get a rash which was uncomfortable.

Saturday, March 7

For completing 30 days on her "dry" chart, I took Isabelle to get a haircut and we went shopping. We loved our girl time! She wanted bangs which I had to talk her out of with her curly hair, but we she did get some face framing. She loves to have pieces of hair hanging out of her ponytail. She also got glitter in her hair-do. She chose some darling outfits! She picked out a dress, sweater, and pants. I wish the purple pants come in my size.

Both our kids are in the Chinese Immersion program and we loved watching their annual program. Isabelle was front and center and lead her class well knowing all the moves perfectly. I didn't know she could shake her butt so much. I guess the years of dance are paying off.

Thursday, February 19

Penelope

Penelope is in daycare full time for the month of March. I took a long-term subbing job for 4 weeks. What was I thinking!? More on that later. This is supposed to be about Penelope. The daycare was thrilled to hear Penelope was moving to full-time daycare. She is beloved by all. This week, I heard she played "princesses" with everyone and did their hair. She demands that she wear a princess dress daily right when she wakes up. I also heard that Penny was singing "I Love to See the Temple" a lot at school. She comes home singing all sorts of songs or quoting books. "I'm bringing home a baby bumblebee, won't my mommy be so proud of me?" They must read the book "Brown Bear Brown Bear" a lot because she knows that too.

Penelope is miss social butterfly and often asks if she can go again or go back to school right as we're leaving. We're thrilled to be past the diarrhea/stomach bug she picked up at daycare that lasted over 10 days. Not joking. I'm looking forward to spending more time with my girl in April! Looking at the daycare app throughout the day brings me joy because she's so cute.

Proud of my sweeties! Bummed to say a temporary goodbye to basketball but delighted to stop buying pullups.