The kids have grown up and are growing up so fast these days. Many changes are ahead of us and my little babies are now getting to be big kids. Time is a blur because it's speeding by so quickly, although there are those days when I wish I could take a Mulligan and have "do over".
For example, Emelia is already 7 months old and has 2 bottom teeth. She's not yet crawling but she's rolling everywhere. She's only rolling to her left side. She can't quite make the transition over to her right but she's working on it.
Taylor will turn 5 this week. That means a few things, we've been back in Tucson for almost 6 years and soon I'll have a Kindergartner (ok, in August, but that's still fairly soon)! My little girl is no longer a little girl. She's going to be a big kid!
Jackson is Mr. Sports. Tae Kwon Do, Golf, Soccer, Swimming. Next he wants to try playing Flag Football. I can't believe that 1st Grade is almost over for him. And he's undergoing a massive growth spurt. I think he's starting to hit his growth stride (FINALLY). I've been purchasing him new shoes every month and half for the last 6 months! But I can't keep extra meat on him because he's so active. He's still in transition between being a little boy who plays with toys all the time and becoming a more serious little man.
Anthony is going to be 10 in May and will be starting the 5th Grade at a new school. It's a tough school, very academically focused. But even he's starting to become a "tweenager" and getting interested in clothes and music. He's already got his eye on the cool shoes he wants to wear next year, we bought him a bunch of clothes on clearance that are "in" and he now wants to graduate from carrying his books in a backpack to using a messenger bag. OMG! My boy is almost as tall as I am as well. I guess letting him loose to attend a school that doesn't require a uniform will help bring out and define his own personal style and interests. Fortunately he hasn't completely been lost to the dark side of video games and still does Tae Kwon Do, Tennis, Basketball and Swimming!
This Summer will go by so quickly. I'm kind of happy that the kids are taking a break from summer camps and will be at home more, but then a part of me thinks that the 6-8 hours that they would normally spend in camp might be spent with everyone fighting with each other over the TV. I do have grand plans to keep them busy with some sort of school work. For Anthony, he's going to read and work out of the Saxon 7/6 Math curriculum. For Jackson, he's going to work on penmanship and read. For Taylor, she's going to work on learning to read and penmanship. Emelia...let's just hope she starts to crawl/walk and roll right.
14 years ago
