Sick day!

Brax and I are home from school and the babysitters today. Brax isn't feeling well. His nose has been running the last few days and he's had some sinus stuff going on but not really feeling too bad. I could just tell he was miserable this morning and just wanted his mommy so I decided to stay home with him. He had a sinus infection right before Thanksgiving and was on antibiotics. I called the dr today and told him I wasn't sure if this was a new one or the if the last one had never really gone awat and he was able to just call in a stronger antibiotic. He has a serious history of sinus problems so the doctor wasn't suprised. He actually seems to be feeling a little better already after just one dose medicine so hopefully he's one the road to recovery.

This weekend is Braylee's 4th birthday! She is so excited and asks everyday when it is going to be her birthday. She wants to have a birthday party with her friends this year. She does have a few friends from dance but mainly her friends consist of Kam, Larsen, Avrey and Addie. I'm not sure if Brecca and Brax are included in that or not but they are also invited. She didn't have a choice about that! :) I remember the Christmas after she was born and was only 12 days old on Christmas morning. She slept from about midnight until 6am and I remember sitting in the living room all by myself on Christmas morning, looking at the Christmas tree and feeding my new baby girl! I can't believe that was almost 4 years ago. Time really does fly when you're having fun!

Christmas Carols

Miss Braylee is a singer! She is loving Christmas music and sings constantly. It is not unusual to be cooking dinner or folding laundry or driving in the car (pretty much anytime!) and hear Braylee just singing away. Her favorite seems to be "Deck the Halls with bows and holly." She also enjoys Santa Clause Is Coming To Town and Rudolph the Red-Nosed Reindeer. The thing is, nobody else is allowed to sing with her. So, if she starts and Brecca joins in then she'll stop and yell at Brecca not to sing with her! Now, that's the Christmas spirit!

You're not my boss!

This is Brax's new phrase lately! He has said it several times to several different people. It is hard to believe sometimes the things that he says. Remember, this is the same child who didn't talk until he was over 2 yrs old and now he doesn't stop! Everybody warned us about that and we didn't believe it would happen. We wouldn't trade it for anything though and he constantly cracks us up with the things he says! As I sit here typing this, he and Nate are playing ball. Well, actually Brax is throwing a ball at Nate and Nate throws it back at him. Not to him- at him. Then Brax says, "Miss me, now you gotta kiss me." It is pretty amusing!

Nate had his Ash Grove Christmas party last night. We had a good time. They always give away some good prizes but Nate's name never get's drawn until most of the good stuff is gone. I think last night we came away with a fillet knife for cleaning fish! Just what we have always wanted! Nate says he really needed one though and was actually pretty excited about it. My dad and Dave actually won something too so everyone came away a winner!

I wish...

Brecca has been lucky enough this semester to have a student teacher in her classroom this year. Being a fellow student teacher, I feel she is very fortunate to have the extra person in the room. Lucky for me, she is also a student teacher that I get to see occasionally in Pittsburg when we go back for classes on Thursdays. This past Thursday, I ran into her and asked how Brecca was doing. She said "Oh, she is great! I can always count on her for answers." Then she said "I just have to tell you a story from the other day. We were reading a book about a woman who planted flowers to make the world a better place and I asked the kids what they would wish for if they could make the world a better place." She said Brecca was sitting there with her hand raised the entire time and when she called on her Brecca said, " I would ask God to make the sun shine bright every day!" Ahhh, isn't she sweet! :) I told Nate the story and his first response "What was she in a pageant or something?"

Phonics lesson

Brecca informed us the other night that Nate and I had spelled her name wrong. Since she started Kdg. and has learned all her letter sounds, she is a spelling expert! She writes me notes and leaves them around the house (usually reminding me to do something - one said "dont frgt mi wadr bodl" Translation - Don't forget my water bottle). So, the other night she tells me that her name is spelled wrong. Since her name is Brecca, it should be spelled B*R*E*K*K*U. You know, Brek Ku. We tried to explain to her that the letter A can say other things besides the A in Apple but she wasn't buying it! So, if you are lucky enough to recieve anything in the mail from Brekku, you'll know who it is from! :)

Third Graders

Today at school I was discussing my Praxis Test with a para that was in our classroom. We were discussing how it was outrageous that they charged $90/test and that two of them are required. I was saying how I hoped I passed so that I didn't have to pay to take them again. Shortly after that, one of our students came up to me and said, "Mrs Peter, I am sorry your tests cost so much. I hope you pass." I told him thanks for thinking of me and that I hope I passed too! He said "Why do they have to charge $90 - why can't they just charge $20 or $30?" Another student overheard the conversation and said "Wow, it costs $90 to become a teacher. It's a good thing I am going to be an eye doctor!" :)

Tired Boy!

I have been meaning to post these since last weekend but haven't gotten the chance to upload them. Brax was pretty tired after Brecca's basketball game, as you can tell! That is his Sit and Spin that he was playing on. Apparently it just wasn't entertaining enough!