Well, I hate to sound like a broken record, but time is really flying by! Our sweet girl is 6 months old already. She passed her six month check-up with flying colors. Mom and Dad got a scolding from the doctor, though. Apparently a 6 month old baby who weighs 20 pounds does not need to nurse three times during the night. Who knew? We were instructed to "Let her cry!" Yikes! We were terrified. And what happened? She cried for a whole seven minutes. That's it. Seven minutes. Then slept on through. And has slept through since. Again, who knew? You would have thought we would know these things since we have had a baby before. But no. We are really clueless.
In the meantime, Miss Thing is gobbling up solids like she's training to enter pie eating contests:
She's crawling all over the place and getting into everything:
And hanging with her peeps:
Simon is a big second grader, and loving every minute of it. Not that he would admit to liking it, mind you. He's had a great start this year. No *ahem* "issues" like last year (remember the note from the teacher: Simon needs to save his stories for recess)? Yea, none of that so far. He tries to schedule his stand-up routine for lunch, and that seems to be working out well so far.
His school did a fun run to raise money for their sports programs. Did I mention that Brian is currently Simon's team's assistant flag football coach? Holla! Simon collected pledges and made it eight times around the loop. There was a bouncy house on each side of the loop that the kids had to run through. It was super fun, but it was HOT. Hello, people! It is almost October. Enough of the 90 degree weather already! I want crunchy leaves and soup!
After the run, Simon's class hosted their first Authors' Tea. The parents came, and the kids read their first written pieces. This month, fairy tales. Simon read his story nice and loud, with emotion and inflection. It was awesome! I was so stinkin' proud of that kid!
Here, in its entirety, and the original, is Simon's story:
The Shark Clue
By Simon Bernhard
Once upon a time there was a shark named prefeser mysterio. Every time his family thought something was wrong of cores he had to solve it. Most of the time it was just a knook on the door or the door bell. He knew it all the time. But sometimes there keys where stolen. If he could not find them in the house, he would look all over the neighborhood. He took training to look for clues. And so he knows how to do it now. Ok, not everything. So where were we. Oh yah. He hunted at dusk but the only thing he hunted was water dragons. He never got one. The End.
You may want to consider that for your next book club selection! Hope all are well! :)
4 comments:
Oh so many cool things in this post. Nina is growing out of that baby stage, and looks so darn cute in her high chair. Yea for Simon in the fun run and his fairy tale...I can just hear him now. Loving that you can share these fun days through your blog. Hugs to the fam!
look at her! on the move. i am sure that changes your whole world. i laughed out lot at the night feeding part. i can just see you two with the dr telling you to let her cry. btw...does simon still have the monitor in his room :)
speaking of...LOVING his story!! I love reading kids writing. I am also digging his hair. Is he going after the Jonas bro look? that is all the rage of our school right now .
hugs to you all!
Renee,
Love that story. Simon's quite the burgeoning little writer, eh? Nina is adorable... I thought, "Hello, Renee! My oh my how DO you keep your skin looking so young and supple!" But I look again and maybe she's a mix of the two of you? But definitely more Benzel right now?
Would be so fun to live close! We could spar over politics! Then drink lots of beer!
Ok, I know you're racing around after the Ninameister and you've got Simon's home publishing to keep up with, and you're busy with all that blackberry pie. But... I'm getting a little antsy for a six-and-a-half months post. Ahem. Chop chop.
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