We had a sick family for a while.
Evan and Lexi got sick first, then Preston and I were sick too. Then Preston, Lexi and I started to get better but Little Man kept getting worse and worse.
Finally we decided he had more than a common cold and took him to get antibiotics.
Then, wouldn't you know it? As soon as Evan started to feel better, Kara started to throw up and have diarrhea.
Thankfully everyone is better now, but whew! It's been an exhausting few weeks!
Sick, sick, sick little guy.
This is pretty much all he wanted to do.
But after 24 hours on antibiotics, he was acting much more like himself.
(He eyes even started to sparkle again once he felt better.)
It's amazing that your heart can expand three times over.
Just a random picture of a cute little fella.
Oh my, look who sits up now.
He can't stay sitting up for long.
He gets tipsy easily, but he can do it.
Lexi went with me on a mom & daughter date and look what was right inside the front door!
BIG BabyBears!
My husband did this to my son.
He was so cute, I had to take his picture.
He didn't know what to think about the bananas at first.
But, well, like all food, he couldn't resist.
Yummm.
I realized Lexi (A.K.A. The Middle Child) has far less pictures by herself than the other two, so I've been trying to catch her just going about her normal day without someone else around.
Last week in school we were learning about penguins.
It just happen to snow in Texas on the day that we learned about Icebergs and Antarctica.
Sometimes brother does school too.
I took this picture to show that Evan's head is shaped exactly like Preston's with that bump-out and flat spot on the back.
I've been looking at next years curriculum and trying to decide what to do about 1st grade math.
I'm not sure that the math MFW suggests will challenge her enough, but I'm certain that the 2nd grade math will be too much.
I gave her a placement test just to see where she's at.
On a FIRST grade placement test she got 20/40 correct.
Here's an example of the math she did today.
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I've been noticing that Lexi Lynn seems to be taking after her namesake.
She's much more artistic and detailed than Kara was at this age.
Here's some comparisons of Kara's pictures near her 4th birthday and Lexi's pictures from the last few weeks.
The first three are Kara's
(It's a family portrait. The picture is upside down and I don't know how to flip it.)
These are Lexi's.
(She asked me to draw Aslan. She drew the rest.)
A mommy space ship.
A bug.
It says 'white bear' in case you can't read that.
Mom and Lexi and I can't remember what she said that is on the right.
Also, for a long time Lexi was writing her name backwards and mirror-imaged.
We've been working on it every day since Christmas, and if she notice in this picture, she's doing it correctly now!
For comparison's sake, Kara might not have been as detailed and artistic, but she could plainly write all her letters and spell several words, whereas Lexi can only write mom, dad, and Lexi and a lot of her letters don't look correct.
I predict that Kara's going to be our Science/Math child while Lexi's going to be our Artistic/Musical child.
She notices little details like eyelashes, ear rings and forehead wrinkles that Kara didn't at this age.
Fortunately for us, Kara's first grade curriculum comes with some "teach your child to draw" type books, so it can be a benefit to both of them.
