We had so much fun!
Tuesday, August 20, 2013
Tearin' through August!
This summer has been fabulous! We've only had 6 days over 90 degrees since May! Now there's still the heat index but it's considerably cooler than last summer--we've been outside a lot!
The kids love swimming, we try to go out as often as possible :) Gotta love the permanent sunscreen smell! On the weekends we try to hit up the pool or the beach. There's also a great spray park on the base, so between those four options we've got a lot of water in this summer!
Renae has been practicing writing her letters, I was pretty impressed with her first attempt at the whole alphabet. If a letter looks perfect I wrote it for her to copy. The big hang up for her is letters with a half circle or a rounded part. She's got the letters in her name (and Jack and Noah's) down, except the R.
Josh had his last day of being an Aide! No more crazy ridiculous hours!!! :) We are so excited! He enjoyed the position, and is looking forward to settling in more in the Protocol office where he is working now. Another assignment that is right up his alley! One of the soldiers he worked with while an Aide brought him a cake that his wife baked (Josh's love of sweets is very widely known) on one of his last days. It was so good!
Our church hosted a Military Family Picnic a couple weeks ago that was so fun, this water slide had the kids entertained for a long long time :) Josh and I were the only adults on there...hahaha. But you know what, it was hot that day, so it felt really really good!
They had some of the best wraps I've ever had for lunch and watermelon and chips. AND COLDSTONE for dessert!!!! With toppings! We had fun with a lot of our friends. :)
Renae has entered an even bigger phase of helping :) She loves feeding him, and he eats really well for her!
Got a big visit from Grandpa and Grandma Schweitz to document, so keep your eyes peeled!
Saturday, July 27, 2013
Dancing
I know these pictures are blurry, but they are way too cute to pass up.
Dance party, our house :) Jack and Annabelle are tearin' it up!
Dance party, our house :) Jack and Annabelle are tearin' it up!
Wednesday, July 24, 2013
Another Catch-up :)
Well, here I am again having let a month pass and no blog. Sheesh. I can explain myself, I can! We'll just go down the line.
Josh: Well, as he nears the end of his Aide-de-Camp position, the big boss is set on making every non-sleeping hour (and even some of those) a working hour. BUT, the end is in sight! We are to the 'I-think-I-can' 'I-think-I-can' stage of the game. We have a pretty good idea of what his next position will be, but we will leave you hanging on that one because I'm sure we've talked about this before, until you have orders (or really until it actually happens), anything can change. But I can say for almost certain (it better be certain at this stage of the game!) that we are not moving. :) Josh has enjoyed his Aide position, there are of course not-so-nice parts/days, but on the whole (excusing the hours) he has enjoyed it. He has met and worked with some really great people, had opportunities that he never would have had otherwise, and been introduced to some great PT!
Me: Well, if you've seen facebook at all, you have seen the news that 5 is going to be 6 in January! We are really excited (no it wasn't a surprise) and are hoping this pregnancy goes just as smoothly as the other 3. Baby is due January 27th which is my Grandpa's birthday, so that's fun! Noah and B4 will be 15 months apart. And when B4 is born we will have missed having a 3-year-old, a 2-year-old, a 1-year-old, and a 0 by 5 weeks because Renae will have just turned 4! That sounds crazy. hahaha! So my excuse for lack of blogging is tacked on Josh having 15+ hour days, and me fighting the battle of keeping my eyes open during this first trimester. I don't quite remember it being this difficult before! It has seemed a bit extra taxing since I literally slept every second the kids were sleeping, so the entire time the kids were awake, I was awake. No quiet house during nap time or after 8 for 'Mommy' time...which makes days without breaks....tiring. :) But, energy is just around the corner! And so is a regular work day which means Josh home for supper and bath time and bed time!
Renae: Renae is SO helpful! She loves to help me do anything and everything I am doing. She is learning some hilarious words that she sometimes misuses. She is great at giving directions--not in a bossy way (well, there's plenty of that), but if Jack needs help doing something she will give him step by step help on how to accomplish whatever it is. Complete with encouragement and praise at the end. The other day she was getting into her car seat and couldn't get the harness to close the right way. What she meant to exclaim was "Are you serious!?" (which comes from me reacting badly to a couple of giant messes lately--oops.) but what came out was "This is serious!!!" and I couldn't stop laughing. There are very very few things that Renae can't do for herself. We are now really learning the "you still need to ask permission first" part of having the independent ability to do things. But the love of repetition that 3 year olds have comes in very handy with Noah. She will do the same thing to make him laugh over and over and over and over, tirelessly. :)
Jack: There is very little that Jack says that is not understandable, and that small percentage that I can't interpret Renae knows without a doubt. It's hilarious. Those two don't know how to play separately. Jack has to be everywhere she is. He loves to laugh, run, wear his spiderman slippers around the house, go swimming, play with his matchbox cars and trains, and at church they say all he wants to do is read books. :) He plays with Noah a little bit, he will crawl around and Noah will chase him. He likes to talk to Noah in the car and feed him puffs at meals. He's been out of diapers except while sleeping for a few months now and he is really funny cause for days and days he'll be great, then he'll decide that he just doesn't care for a day or two and then go back to having it down. Oh boys...
Noah: He is big. His is to that fun phase of exploring, crawling all over, eating lots of new foods, and discovering his voice. Ok so the last part isn't so fun. Because for some reason, every child gets obsessed with the screech owl noise...possibly flying dinosaur. YIKES. But he sleeps wonderfully, eats wonderfully, and is so much fun. At his 9 month appointment he was 29 inches tall (which all 3 kids were the same height at this age!), and 22 pounds 11 ounces which is far and away heavier than Jack or Renae. My friend Crystal took this gem, which is hilarious because of his expression and his cheeks. :)
Josh: Well, as he nears the end of his Aide-de-Camp position, the big boss is set on making every non-sleeping hour (and even some of those) a working hour. BUT, the end is in sight! We are to the 'I-think-I-can' 'I-think-I-can' stage of the game. We have a pretty good idea of what his next position will be, but we will leave you hanging on that one because I'm sure we've talked about this before, until you have orders (or really until it actually happens), anything can change. But I can say for almost certain (it better be certain at this stage of the game!) that we are not moving. :) Josh has enjoyed his Aide position, there are of course not-so-nice parts/days, but on the whole (excusing the hours) he has enjoyed it. He has met and worked with some really great people, had opportunities that he never would have had otherwise, and been introduced to some great PT!
Me: Well, if you've seen facebook at all, you have seen the news that 5 is going to be 6 in January! We are really excited (no it wasn't a surprise) and are hoping this pregnancy goes just as smoothly as the other 3. Baby is due January 27th which is my Grandpa's birthday, so that's fun! Noah and B4 will be 15 months apart. And when B4 is born we will have missed having a 3-year-old, a 2-year-old, a 1-year-old, and a 0 by 5 weeks because Renae will have just turned 4! That sounds crazy. hahaha! So my excuse for lack of blogging is tacked on Josh having 15+ hour days, and me fighting the battle of keeping my eyes open during this first trimester. I don't quite remember it being this difficult before! It has seemed a bit extra taxing since I literally slept every second the kids were sleeping, so the entire time the kids were awake, I was awake. No quiet house during nap time or after 8 for 'Mommy' time...which makes days without breaks....tiring. :) But, energy is just around the corner! And so is a regular work day which means Josh home for supper and bath time and bed time!
Renae: Renae is SO helpful! She loves to help me do anything and everything I am doing. She is learning some hilarious words that she sometimes misuses. She is great at giving directions--not in a bossy way (well, there's plenty of that), but if Jack needs help doing something she will give him step by step help on how to accomplish whatever it is. Complete with encouragement and praise at the end. The other day she was getting into her car seat and couldn't get the harness to close the right way. What she meant to exclaim was "Are you serious!?" (which comes from me reacting badly to a couple of giant messes lately--oops.) but what came out was "This is serious!!!" and I couldn't stop laughing. There are very very few things that Renae can't do for herself. We are now really learning the "you still need to ask permission first" part of having the independent ability to do things. But the love of repetition that 3 year olds have comes in very handy with Noah. She will do the same thing to make him laugh over and over and over and over, tirelessly. :)
Jack: There is very little that Jack says that is not understandable, and that small percentage that I can't interpret Renae knows without a doubt. It's hilarious. Those two don't know how to play separately. Jack has to be everywhere she is. He loves to laugh, run, wear his spiderman slippers around the house, go swimming, play with his matchbox cars and trains, and at church they say all he wants to do is read books. :) He plays with Noah a little bit, he will crawl around and Noah will chase him. He likes to talk to Noah in the car and feed him puffs at meals. He's been out of diapers except while sleeping for a few months now and he is really funny cause for days and days he'll be great, then he'll decide that he just doesn't care for a day or two and then go back to having it down. Oh boys...
Noah: He is big. His is to that fun phase of exploring, crawling all over, eating lots of new foods, and discovering his voice. Ok so the last part isn't so fun. Because for some reason, every child gets obsessed with the screech owl noise...possibly flying dinosaur. YIKES. But he sleeps wonderfully, eats wonderfully, and is so much fun. At his 9 month appointment he was 29 inches tall (which all 3 kids were the same height at this age!), and 22 pounds 11 ounces which is far and away heavier than Jack or Renae. My friend Crystal took this gem, which is hilarious because of his expression and his cheeks. :)
Monday, June 24, 2013
Father's Day 2013
Josh's Father's Day present this year--
We had a great time celebrating- the kids were so excited to give him his gifts, probably because they have a really, really great Daddy! :)
Saturday, June 22, 2013
Jack's 2!!
So this is a bit late, but life has been crazy-ville!
On June 2nd, Jack turned 2! It was a big day for him, we started it out with a birthday donut, went to church where it was promotion Sunday and he got to move up to the Pre-School Sunday School class, and pick a prize out of the birthday bucket! ((He picked bubbles! Thank you Jesus, there were a LOT of whistles and horns in there))
Then we had a bunch of friends over for a grill out! It was a lot of fun, we have some great friends! Jack got all sorts of new gifts that he is completely obsessed with.
We ate blue cake :)
Jack got about 20 new matchbox cars which he carried around with him in a bucket hardly letting them out of his sight (still does). A train that spells his name, which he loves, and a sweet new pool for the backyard which we have put to good use! He also got some play dough, some toys from Cars 2 and some much needed jammies that fit, and lots of hugs and kisses :)
Jack is one cute boy, and we love having him in our family :) He loves to play with Renae and Noah. Can say almost anything he wants to, has incredible hand-eye coordination, loves Cars, giving hugs, singing, jumping, and is doing well diaper free! What a big boy!
On June 2nd, Jack turned 2! It was a big day for him, we started it out with a birthday donut, went to church where it was promotion Sunday and he got to move up to the Pre-School Sunday School class, and pick a prize out of the birthday bucket! ((He picked bubbles! Thank you Jesus, there were a LOT of whistles and horns in there))
We ate blue cake :)
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- My Husband, Josh, is a Major in the United States Army Reserves- 13 years in and loving this adventure! I, Erin, enjoy staying at home with our four kids Renae, Jack, Noah, and Jordan! We've been homeschooling with Classical Conversations for 3 years. The Army has taken us all over- currently we are in the DC area and loving it. We like to watch all things football, laugh a lot, play Scrabble, or Ticket to Ride, and go on and on about our cute nephews, nieces, and of course our kids! Did we mention we love to laugh? God has blessed us deeply!
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