Josh is doing great. He probably has the most unchanged and normal life out of all five of us. He's still working like normal and doesn't really have any other things to keep him busy besides his wife and kids. He's taken the kids fishing a couple of times individually. It's a great way for him to teach the kids something he loves and spend some one-on-one time with them as well. Josh has been taking on a lot of the parenting responsibilities the past 6 weeks or so because of school and work requirements for me, but he's been a pro and hasn't complained at all. He still continues to be a great daddy and husband!
I've been busy finishing up with the school year which is always a very busy time and moving my classroom home again as I was laid off for the 5th time since I've been with the district (6 years). I will be called back and as off this morning, it's looking pretty good that I'll be back into the same classroom I was in...thats a good thing! I'm also finishing up my masters program. I'm currently in my last class which ends June 27th and then my degree is complete! It's been a long couple of years but thanks to my family I've succeeded completing the program. I'm anxiously looking forward to next week when I can officially start summer and just enjoy my children.
Malachi is nearly done with school; his last day is this Thursday. He has made amazing progress since we enrolled him in preschool in the end of November and is now doing so much more talking than ever before. He will go back to the same LISD preschool next year and will have the same teacher (and hopefully Speech Therapist and OT as well). Malachi knows all of his letters (upper and lower case) and sounds, he can almost count to 100 with help but struggles with the tens (30, 40, etc...he says 20-10 for 30 and so on), he's catching on to counting by tens with help, he knows all of his colors and shapes, recognizes numbers up to 20, and he almost knows our address. I expect to see some mastery of some of these skills before the summer is over.
Madelynn is still very much the princess and the mother of "her boys" as she calls them. She can count to 20 on her own, counts to 100 with help (same problem as Malachi), knows her colors, shapes, upper and lower case letters, sounds, and recognizes numbers up to 15. She is learning our address and phone number but sometimes her "I can't" attitude gets in the way of mastering these skills. Madelynn is very in to imaginary play and is constantly having tea parties with her stuffed animals and brothers. She can write her name although she still needs help knowing what letters come next some times.
Aiden is so smart! He picks up on everything so quickly...often just hearing or seeing it once. He knows all of his upper and lower case letter, sounds, numbers up to 20, colors, and shapes. He can count to 100 with help, counts to 20 by himself, and is working on counting by 10's. He knows our address, Aunt Janet's address, Grandma and Grandpa Ketola's address, and is currently working on Aunt Brenda's address. He is also working on our phone number. He is also learning how to read maps (the zoo map and our GPS) and measuring using inches. He knows his left and right too. He also really enjoys telling us how to get home from various places. He's so eager to learn! He is very good at playing the wii and is becoming extremely good at Mario which is his new favorite game. He can write his first name and is beginning to show some beginning reading skills such as reading left to right. He also is learning some basic sight words. I sure hope that he continues to find learning so fun and easy!
All three kids are potty trained now although we still have days when we have accidents. They only wear diapers at night time and most often are waking up only slightly wet. :) We've signed up for the summer reading program at our local library and we've been doing swim lessons as well.
More to come...
- Swim lessons
- New preschool
- Good bye nanny
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