THINK SNOW! (We have a 70 percent chance of snow tomorrow!)
Click HERE to see our Halloween page...updated.
Tom is busy with work, as usual. He now works
Saturdays for a few hours, until Christmas season is over.
His calling keeps him busy on Sundays, and we've
all been reading a lot lately.
We're excited about Lord of the Rings Two Towers and
Harry Potter Chamber of Secrets movies.
We are both involved in Parenthoodchat and Parenthoodplace, me more than
Tom, but both of us are there a lot.
Spending a lot of time at the library lately, but that's
mostly because of the kids' activities. I'm
busy with kids, the website, church, walking, playing,
reading, cleaning, cooking, organizing, etc. Mom stuff.
Meet the newest "member" of the family... our minivan... We now have a backup mode of transportation... and a vehicle for me during the day. We got it November 12th, Tuesday. (this will also fit ALL of us after March)
Michael is busy, just being almost 6. The gerbil
named Sam is no longer in the picture... we are now getting a FISH.
Michael will be 6 in November, and we decided that 6 is old enough to have
a pet of his own. He is getting very responsible and helps a lot.
He has been loving Homeschooling, and writing letters to family all over the
country, as well as friends, or children of Mom's friends. He is not
too hot on not running, or being quiet. He is eating a lot more now
and hopefully gaining weight. His favorite subjects still are the solar
system, the human body, volcanoes, and learning about time. (meaning
dates, weekdays, months, clocks, seasons, etc.) His newest interest is if
something is TRUE or not. His updated page is
HERE. Email
me if you have a child who would like to email penpal with Michael.
We are working on email, postal letters seem to do much better hehe.
He got his 6 yo pictures taken today, and did a great
job.
Benjamin is now 4. He is getting very verbal and much better at expressing himself without crying or getting upset or frustrated. He is a good big brother and mostly happy. He loves writing his name, drawing pictures, and learning new things. He loves to sing, and a favorite bedtime routine is singing with mom, any song. He loves superheroes, and says he wants to be Superman when he grows up. He has an imaginary friend Superman that comes everywhere with us, and heaven forbid if we forget to buckle him in or leave him at the post office. Of course, Spiderman also comes with us frequently now too. His updated page is HERE. I will get his new pictures scanned and put on his site.
Emilie is 2 1/2. She talks constantly,
and is getting more active too. She is always making Tom and I smile
over the little things she says and does, just the way she puts things in
her 2 year old mind. She says she's SUPERMAN and likes to stand on
the couch armrest. And jump off. (now, did I ever do that Dad?)
Her favorite games usually involve running very fast.
She asks "where are you guys?" every morning when she
wakes up and the boys come in to talk to her before Mom comes to get her
out. Her favorite songs are the Hokey Pokey, I am a Child of
God, Itsy Bitsy Spider, if You're happy and You Know it, and anything in
Blue's Clues. She loves our new minivan. Her updated page is
HERE.
She is growing so fast!
Joseph has been gone for over a year now and we miss him very much. The hardest part about being pregnant again is comparing pregnancies, and wondering what will happen. Also tough is explaining to my boys that this baby will most likely stick around and bug them, not go to be with Joseph in heaven, with Heavenly Father. Benjamin broke my heart, after this type of discussion, saying, But Mom, we'll always be together... and giving me a hug. He was talking in the together forever in eternity sense, NOT here on Earth. Sometimes I wonder why I have been sent such special spirits. I love ALL my children, and miss my Joseph baby. Here is Joseph's site.
Baby boy Valencic is growing rapidly and everything looks good. Here is his site... including new ultrasound pictures from this week. It's still hard making the kids understand how much longer there is to go. But now that Christmas is in sight, Thanksgiving, Michael's birthday, Mom's birthday, and then Valentine's day... All is well according to ultrasound, no sign of any problems.
Not much else is new. We are enjoying life and growing as a family.
HUGS
Thank you all for your love and support.
Tabitha, Tom, Michael, Benjamin, Emilie, and baby boy.
Christmas letters will be coming out soon!
With new pictures!
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