Cute Things

Jonah and Jonathan have said a couple of cute things lately that I thought worth mentioning to you all. Oh, and Spencer says stuff too-mostly he walks around all day and says "Go, go, go." Maybe that is his first word. I don't know what he means by it though.
The other day we were driving home from Mickie D's and Jonah had gotten a new Darth Vader toy. I asked him what it does and he said that it makes the "Darth Vader" sound. "You know...Hooper". I laughed so hard. I never thought as that sound as "Hoooper", but I guess it is.
Learning to read has been such a joy for Jonathan. He is doing exceptionally well, but there are still a few occupational hazards. The other day I had bought some drinks for the kids for after school and I gave one to Jonathan. He attempted to read it by sounding out the words. "C..r..a..p..p..y Sun, Crappy Sun!". I instantly corrected him that "No, it reads Capri Sun." I didn't want him going around saying that word all the time. I had to call Jason right away and tell him. It instantly cheered up his day. Pretty cute!

School Days

2 weeks ago, Deidre planned a awesome 'back 2 school' party for the kids. They had dinner, then made adorable thinking caps, and played games with chalk on the driveway outside. It was fun to get into the school spirit and get the kids excited for school. Here are some cute pictures from that night!

Jonah started 2nd grade last week. He has 2 teachers who team teach his class, Mrs. Dew and Mrs. Reasch. They are both excellent teachers. He is excelling in Math and Reading and has made some new friends (and luckily retained the old ones). Today we all woke up as the first bell was ringing-but amazingly we were only 5 minutes late! Jonah has been great at doing his homework right after school without complaint. As long as I have an after-school snack things are good! Pretty soon Jonah's pictures will be mostly toothless. He has 4 loose teeth-one of which is hanging by a thread. I can't wait till that thing falls out! The other teeth are growing in behind. Poor kid! Braces for sure. We love you Jonah!

Yesterday was Jonathan's first day of Kindergarten. He really seemed to love it. He commented on how much he liked his teacher, Mrs. Waddoups. He gave her 2 goodbye hugs. She seemed to be very impressed at his kindergarten assesment and recommended him for the ALPS program (advanced learning) as he is already reading, writing, etc. We will decide on that later, but we are so proud of our Jonjon already. Such a great kid!

Football Fun!

Yesterday BYU was holding their annual scrimmage blue against white at the BYU Lavelle Edwards Stadium. As if that wasn't enough reason to go there, they were also having a free football clinic for kids ages 5-12. I thought it would be fun to take the boys since the weather was supposed to be nice and we haven't been out much lately. I packed up all 3 boys and headed to my Mom's house in Orem-where we dropped off Spencer. Sorry kid, but you're not 5 yet! And then Derek and I went with Jonah and Jonathan to the football clinic. It turned out to be fun and chaotic all at the same time. There were a lot of kids. The football field was set up with 6 different areas. They had banners marking the different positions such as: Running Back, Wide Receiver, Quarterback, Linebacker etc... First the kids ran to the Running Back position and did some drills with the BYU Running Backs. It was so cute to see the tiny boys next to these huge men. Jonah and Jonathan both did great-even though the ball was bigger than their heads and possibly half their body in Jonathan's case. After Running back they tried Wide Receiver and Quarterback. We bypassed Linebacker since that is pretty definitely not in their future as they are both small for their age. Jonah caught the ball great as a Wide Receiver and Jonathan threw it great at the Quarterback position. We had so much fun and got to see Fui Vakapuna up close. I think the kids had a great time and it was so good to get out into the sun. Hopefully the video helps you get the idea of how awesome they were...:)

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