Life is going good.
I am looking VERY pregnant now. I'm 20 weeks now and there is no denying this belly or that I'm pregnant. Evidently, by kid #6, the belly figures there's no sense wasting time and jumping out there. ha ha
I'm trying not to do the pregnant waddle yet though :-) (though Paul says the fact that my hands are always on my belly is also a dead give-away)
The older four kids are all in soccer right now, which takes up 5 days of our week, but it's been really fun (busy busy, but still fun). It is SO fun to see our kids excelling at differnt things. Adam has not played team soccer in about 4 or 5 years, but you can't tell by watching him. He's an animal out there and even though he's the shortest kid on his team, he's one of the top players. Our last game was over an hour away from our house, and by the time we got there, they were WELL into the game (we ran into a few glitches on the way). But when he ran towards the field there were some cheers from mom's and "Yay, Adam's here!"
His game's give ME a work-out becuase they get so exciting, and I just can't sit still. I seriously LOVE this game.
Isaac constantly amazes me. He has really taken to being an animal on the field too, and LOVES being goalie. I don't think he's let ONE past him yet. He'll dive in front, on top, or whatever it takes to stop the ball. And for a kid that does not seem that focused sometimes, he does not lose focus when playing. He and Breanna are on the same team, and were defenders together for one quarter. I loved it. The ball NEVER made it past the two of them.
Nat has only had practices so far, but her games start this week.
The older three kids all were informed this week that they have been accepted into the gifted and talented program here too. It's pretty elite, and requires interviews, reccommendations from the teachers, and multiple tests to be admitted. Usually only 3 kids per classroom are selected (the twins took 2 of the 3 spots in their class). Adam was selected to be a meeter/ greeter for his class too. There are only two kids chosen per semester (one boy and one girl), and it means that they become the escort for a wek for any new students in thier class and show them the ropes (and he's only been here for 3 months of school)
It seriously is so fun to see them growing and doing so well. They're happy and healthy and constantly keep us laughing.
My little Tim loves to read and build things and ask mom math questions
Tim: "Mom, what's 7 + 0 + 0 + 0?"
Mom:"That would be 7, Tim."
Tim: "NOPE! It's 'B' 'A' 'X'".
Or
Tim: "Mom, how do you spell Toy?"
Mom: "T-O-Y."
Tim: "NOPE. It's 37."
It's too funny. And you canNOT try to explain why you're actually right. He'll have nothing to do with it. Ironically, Dad NEVER gets a question wrong (Even if it's the SAME question, AND same answer that MOM gave.) He's a little stinker pants sometimes, but MAN I love this kid!
We're headed to France for a week Next weekend and are super stoked for this adventure. (There will definitely be pictures and posts about it afterwards(
My online classes started again two weeks ago. One is a math class (the first in over 17 years!), and scares me still. Paul is a great on call tutor for now, and I have another friend willing to take over when he leaves. ha ha. It is almost refreshing to be back in school though. It's nice to try to use some more muscles in the old noodle.
Other than that, I don't think there's much more to add.
Life is good.
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