The rest of March, 2009

The biggest and best news of the month is that John finished his schoolwork! He finished writing his project paper and had to present the project he did for his Masters Degree and he did it (very well, I might add) and they signed it off! So now the minor details of getting it all turned in and he's done - hooray! Caleb and Levi still tell him he needs to go sit down and do his homework :) They're not sure what else he's supposed to do besides homework!

Ian lost tooth #4 - so now he has no top front teeth. He's finding it a little harder to bite things these days :)

He has had spring break this last week and with sick brothers (and thus a tired mom) he has had a lot of time to do what he wants. He's written recipes and is writing some stories - here's a recipe he made for a banana split (he's never had one, but there's one in a book we like to read):

"Pell Pelen off 2 Banana’s put it side by side in a blow Add rasbere’s Choclitalte chip’s melted Choclitalte Add Vnelua Ice Cram Then wipped Cram Then Add a cerry on the top.
IANS
BANANA SPLIT Resupe"

And here's part of a story he wrote about a Valentine's Party Piglet and Winnie the Pooh and their friends have:

"Piglet looked at the resupe it said add 4 eggs then he mix it up he added 3 cup sugar,flaor vunela 1 cup cram 1 cup hauf cram hauf milk 2 cup milk then pink and red hreats he walked cerfle to the table with a cake on a flat dish in his hands."

I can't believe how much he likes to write!

Caleb and Levi have both turned into reading machines! That's all they want to do. Last week they were all sick, Caleb with pneumonia, and reading (or watching a movie) was the only thing that kept Caleb happy. They'll sit and listen to books, often the same one over and over, for a really long time. I get tired of reading the same book several times in a row before they get tired of listening! I'm glad there are libraries where we can go and get something new to read! They like to look at the books themselves, too, and can quote parts of their favorite books.

Here's Levi just relaxing.

I love the way they sleep sometimes! This is Caleb, sound asleep.