Thursday, May 11, 2017

Flying by..... again

Wow its Mid- May already.  This year has been such a great year at school.  I have such great students.  I have nicknamed my one class the angel class.  They are juniors and  are in my accounting class.  Its May and I have never been annoyed or upset with anyone in the class!  They are fantastic and so respectful.  I hope my kids turn out this way.

Evan and Sara have had great years at school.  They both did soccer in the fall, Evan is participating in track now.  Evan has taken piano lessons since Christmas with his music teacher.  They both have participated in multiple STREAM academies.  Sara is currently in a Arcade academy that they engineer and build their own games.

Sara is still busy with Gymnastics (her favorite) and Ballet.  We are gearing up for the dance recital and the gymnastics show in June.

Evan started orthodontics in November and it was a rough start.  He had an expander put in on a Monday and had it removed by Friday.  Between being sick, his aversions, and stubbornness, we were on the verge of dehydration.  By Friday he was to weak to walk down the stairs, it was awful.  Well after giving it a rest for a few weeks our orthodontist made a special retainer expander for Evan.  Evan has been amazing with it.  I was convinced he wouldn't keep it in his mouth or he would loose it.  Well he has proven me wrong.  He is so dedicated to keeping it in.  He was even told a few weeks ago he doesn't have to wear it to school anymore.  Well, we still wear it except for when he is eating.
Sara starts her process in June and will have to get head gear.  At this point she is excited about it but when she has to wear it 12 hours a day it may not be as excited. A friend was in NYC this week and I had her pick up the American Girl braces set.  So hopefully that will make it a little more bearable.  She is still a huge American Girl fan.

We survived driving to Charleston (14 hours) over Easter and the kids loved seeing their Grandma and Aunt.  We enjoyed a bit of beach time and some sunshine.  Sara's car sickness wasn't to bad.  She did get sick twice on the way home during the twists and turns of  West Virginia.

Evan made his First Communion last weekend.  He was super cute.  I am not crazy about the way our church does the Communion but it was special regardless.  He whispered to me before Communion that he was going to try the wine.  Evan is so finicky I wasn't sure this was a good idea.  I warned him I didn't have a bottle of water and he couldn't spit it out.  He was determined to do it and I went up after him.  The woman who gave it to him whispered " you should have seen his face!", I can imagine.

Sara is still my good eater and easier child.  Evan is very detailed and the better student.  That may be a result of him being the older student in his grade and Sara being the youngest.  Although she is the youngest she is still one of the top students in her class.  Evan will seldom ask to try anything new.
His meals include, roast beef, steak, grilled chicken, rotisserie chicken, chicken wings & fingers, pork chops, hot dogs, pizza, chicken soup, a grill cheese  and turkey.  He will eat only cooked corn, peas, and broccoli.  Fruits are much easier.  He prefers pretzels as a snack.  He usually chooses a snack and sticks with it for months and then gets tired of it, it will eventually return.  He also eats mashed potatoes, rice, and french fries.  Breakfast he will eat toast, dry cereal, a milkshake (he is still in the 17% ), scrambled eggs and bacon.  Lunch at school is embarrassing he eats a pretzel roll (from Wegmans only), fruit, chips, and a few cookies.

Sara will eat or try any fruit or vegetable.  She prefers most vegetables raw.  She isn't a huge meat eater except for tacos, hamburgers, steak, turkey, ham and hot dogs.  She does not like rice or mashed potatoes.  She likes crackers and cheese, will bring and make her own ham sub for lunch.  She eats yogurt, cereal with milk, scrambled eggs, boiled eggs, hash browns.