Mila's 1st Christmas Sing

I was a little nervous for Mila's Christmas sing.  At home when we bring attention to her singing or dancing, she usually stops right away!  I wasn't sure how she would react up on stage!  In the two weeks leading up to the sing, she practiced her songs, but would stop singing when I'd try to sing with her!  Well she totally surprised me!  She did great at her sing!!  She was all smiles!!  Her songs included Go Tell It on the Mountain, Mary Had a Baby Boy, Peppermint Stick, We Wish You a Merry Christmas, Happy Birthday Jesus, and her favorite, Jingle Bells!  Erik unfortunately had to miss it because he stayed home with Caleb, who had a flu and fever virus. However, I made sure to videotape her!

I LOVED her dress!  

Caleb's Christmas Sing

Caleb did a great job at his Christmas sing! The kindergarten class sang 3 songs, and he really got into it! They sang Christmas Cookies and Holiday Hearts, Down the Holiday Trail, and Sing a Glad Noel. One of my favorite memories was while we were getting ready to leave, Caleb saw his kindergarten crush Vivian. I asked if he wanted a picture with her and he said yes. He was so cute standing next to her :-)

Caleb & Vivian

One lucky and loved boy!

Snowflake is Back!

The weekend after Thanksgiving, Snowflake, our Elf on the Shelf arrived! I love seeing and hearing Mila and Caleb's excitement! She had brought them some window decorations, and Caleb looked up at her and said,  "thanks snowflake!"  It was the sweetest thing! Every morning the kids have fun finding her new hiding place. They also receive a countdown ornament filled with a little treat. Then Caleb gets a chocolate from the advent calendar, and they take turns changing the heart on our Christmas countdown.

Caleb is Reading!

These past few months of Kindergarten have been truly amazing!  In April, he had started sounding out words, but then would get frustrated every time we'd try to practice more.  In his class, they introduced sight words, and then each week a new letter and sound.  He has caught on, and is doing a really great job!  He is great with the sight words because of his photographic memory.  He tells me that he sees pictures in his head, and saves them there.  He explained that to me one night!  I am also loving how he is trying to write words!!  All be it the first words he decided to write were poop and toot!  LOL! 

The Kindergarten Circus

Caleb's kindergarten class put on a circus performance!  Caleb was selected to be the ringmaster, the part he has requested! His teacher emailed me and told me that he had the most important part! The circus was adorable! As the ringmaster, he stood up in front of the rest of his class and announced each act. They had a CD playing the whole time, but he had to point is baton and move his mouth. He did a really great job! All of his classmates were adorable too! When he saw us he waved and gave us the cutest smile! When he and Mila made eye contact, she shouted, Caleb I love you! It was the cutest thing!

I Want to Remember

Mila:
When she's acting really goofy, she'll tell me "it was just a joke!"

She knows her ABCs really well!  She sings them and puts them in order with her magnets!  In addition to her name, she's starting to write other letters too! 

"Mama look at me in the face the whole time!" That is definitely from me! :-)

At church during communion, she looked at me and said, "Mama I can have chips too?"  I smiled and answered, "Not until you're about 8 years old."  I could tell she was thinking, and she looked at me and said, "but I can have chips at home, right?"

Every time anybody leaves the house, she wants to go to the front window and wave. She says the same thing every single time. "Bye! I love you! Bring all my babies and all Caleb's dinosaurs home. I love you! I miss you!" Then she blows a kiss and pretends to give a hug. Every. Single. Time :-)

One night she was supposed to be getting ready for her bath.  I walked into the bathroom and found her putting on my makeup!!  She put my mascara on her eye brows, and my concealer stick on her lips!  She looked beautiful :)

Caleb:
One night he snuck into our bed, and snuggled up next to me. I gave him a kiss and I told him I loved him. He told me, "I'm never going to stop loving you."  I don't care what time it was in the middle of the night! Hearing that is amazing :-)

At church, during the sign of peace, Caleb and Erik did a fist bump and said peace be with you! It was pretty cute!

One Saturday morning, Caleb woke up and started going straight down stairs. I asked him what he was doing, and he said he wanted to make breakfast for all of us. When we came downstairs, he had made place cards for each one of us with our names on them! He told me that he's been wanting to do this since he saw place cards like this at cousin Melody's wedding! He also made toast for everyone!

I was helping out at Caleb's school this week, and his teachers told me that he had told them all about a Jesus play he was going to put on with Mila. He said he was going to be the donkey, and Mila was going to put her hooded bath towel on and be Mary. He said he was going to crawl around on all fours and Mary was going to ride the donkey! I love his creativity!

He's been doing multiplication, and doesn't even know it!  I'll ask him some math word problems, and after about a minute, he comes up with the right answer!