Luke
Luke had a great time playing in the 2016 RCYBA Boys Basketball Tournament with the fourth grade JM traveling team the weekend of March 5-6. They played 3 games Saturday and 1 game Sunday, finishing in fourth place. Even though Luke only played in one tournament, he also attended the team pizza party this week with the team. |
| Nora sleeping on Mommy during one of Luke's games SO precious! |
We got to enjoy our last Gibbs Elementary School Carnival last week too. Nora, Luke, and I met Audra, Ethan, and Alaina for some fun. We let the boys explore on their own while Audra and I walked the girls around to games and activities. They all had a great time! After the carnival, we all landed at our house to watch Michigan Men's Basketball play Notre Dame.
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| Proud of the eye patch she won |
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| Getting her face painted |
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| Audra & Alaina |
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| Finished products |
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| She sat very still and loved her rainbow paint! |
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| Yet another prize:) |
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| Giddy with excitement |
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| We came outside to crazy-huge snowflakes falling! |
Luke is also loving having his own room where he can sleep in the quiet and dark:) He's shared a room with Nora for over a year and has been very accommodating to Nora's desires for lights and music on while she sleeps. He's also gotten to upgrade to a full size bed!
Nora
Nora has been her regular fun-loving self the past few weeks even though she fought another (or continued???) cold the beginning of the month. She's been extra sleepy this month which I'm hoping is just a growth spurt and not any lingering sickness.Nora has been a trooper moving to the new house! We weren't sure how she would do sleeping in her own room again after sharing with Luke for as long as she could remember, but she's doing great! She has definitely surprised us:)
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| Nora and Piper enjoying a warm day on Papa and Gma's deck:) |
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| "Working" on their toy car |
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| Play-do nose |
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| Snuggles with Momma while the boys were gone |
Brent & I
Even in the midst of the move, we've still made time for some fun and time together:) Brent watched lots of NCAA men's basketball last weekend with friends as the tournament kicked off. I have also had time to spend with special friends, volunteering, and reading. And, I've been enjoying the settling process at the new house. I really like to organize, find everything a home, and make a place a home for our family, so the past couple weeks have been fun for me, even though it may seem like work to many.I'll leave you with this funny from during our move...
I am a busy body and am not good at sitting still (besides, when I do, I tend to fall asleep...think watching a movie with the kids). One night while we were still living at Brent's parent's, Brent says to me around 10:30pm, "When are you planning to settle down? You're still in fifth gear."
The comment was so indicative of me and how well he knows me that it struck me funny:)
It also made me think of this quote from the Jesse Owens autobiography that I related with:
It might sound strange, but being in motion--moving--was always what made me tick. It's what made running so natural to me, those long hours and years of practice you have to put in--and want to put in--to become a champion. It was why, though I missed my family terribly at times, I felt natural in planes crossing oceans and trains traversing America. It was as if there were jets inside me and I felt at home hearing and feeling gigantic jets of the aircraft, or as it there were whirling metal wheels always turning inside me, and feeling the speeding train wheels under me was like feeling part of myself. I loved to walk, as fast as I could, for the same reason. I hated to sit or stand still.
I am, of course, no Jesse Owens, but I understood his innate desire to be in motion:)
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