We had a nice Christmas. Nolan was off from school for 2 weeks. Kevin and I both took a little extra time off so we had a lot of time off with the boys. There were a few days that they did have to go to the daycare though. Christmas was all things Lego and Star Wars for Nolan. Henry was excited for his new cookie set. Grant really didn't know that he wanted anything but got a fun little ball popper truck. The boys got Connect 4, a Star Wars Face Off game and Sorry. We have enjoyed playing these at night before bed. Nolan has already gotten pretty good at Connect 4.
I feel like Christmas was so long ago now I can't think of much more of an update than that.
For NYE we went to my coworkers house for a little party. They had several NYE parties back before everyone had children so this was the first one since I was pregnant with Nolan. The group sure has grown. There were 18 children and 11 adults! We had fun. We were home at a reasonable hour and Kevin and I were even asleep before it turned 2015.
Kevin's dad gave us a HMNS membership for Christmas so we have made 2 trips to the museum already. First we went to the smaller one in Sugar Land and then once to the main location. The boys enjoy seeing the dinosaur bones. Once the weather is warmer we plan on doing picnics at the park and doing the museum. Our zoo membership has lapsed right now but we will probably renew that as well. They are good little activities for a Saturday morning.
Nolan still loves all things Star Wars. He got 2 large Lego ships for Christmas so he plays pretty independently with those in his room. He is enjoying school and is becoming a pretty good reader. He has a list of site words that we practice nightly. He now has it down and doesn't make any mistakes. He also makes little books at school where you can see that he is attempting how to sound out words and spell them. Last week he started attending Ikids. This is the onsite after school care at NHE. Since pre-k he has been picked up by our daycare but this whole year he has been asking if he could stay at school. We had to wait for the next semester to start because you pay based on that. He is already loving it though. He has several friends that are in it with him and he is even doing karate on Mondays. I just got him signed up for t-ball. In kinder they actually do a hybrid between coach pitch and a t.
Henry is still Mr. Happy to anyone he sees. He has been a little stubborn and Mr. Grumpy to us though. I think it is just normal 3 almost 4 year old attitude. He is still going to speech and loves it. He is doing really well too. We will probably stop going pretty soon. He has finally learned to make the K and G sounds. He still is having some difficulty with it but I am pretty sure it will all click soon. He got into NHE for pre-k. He is also signed up for t-ball in the Spring. He just barely is eligible based on his age but several boys that he should be in school with next year are playing. He cracks us up with the faces he makes. It all started when he got a laugh out of us when he would try to mimic a face that Grant makes and it has morphed into many different faces. We are also planning his 4th birthday party at Biron's.
Grant is doing well. He is finally only using his paci for sleeping. If he throws a major fit we might let him have it for a few minutes but overall he is doing really well with that! He still loves watching videos of Elmo on the computer. He demands you show him some. If he is grumpy at all they really improve his mood. Within the past few weeks his speech has really started to take off. He recently moved up to the 18-24 month class so I think being around kids that are talking more has helped. He loves to dance and he makes the funniest mouth and arm movements. His favorite song for a while was "Shake it Off" but lately it is "Turn Down for What".
We are looking forward to our Spring Break trip to FL in just a few weeks. The weather is already starting to warm up a bit and put us in an outdoorsy kind of mood.
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