Kiddo Update

Ryker went on his first church camp weekend getaway. He loved it but was so exhausted! I drove him and 3 other kids Friday night, 2 hours one way, 2 hours in peace on the way home. But I was tired the next day. They had cute little cabins with about 8 boys in each. Well there were girls in their own cabins as well. They had chapel, games, bible time, free time and more. He talked about the fun of hiding in the bushes at night to scare the girls. And he liked that a cute girl from his old neighborhood was there. A 14 yr old boy that rode with us said, "with girls Ryker, it's not all about the looks. I learned that a long time ago!" what a kill! He's getting advice from a kid a few years older then him. I'm glad he had the opportunity to go. He really wants to go next summer for their week long camp. He's almost done with soccer, then we start basketball. He's still addicted to some online games that I have to monitor and make sure he doesn't abuse. At his teacher conferences one teacher said that he really has the respect of his peers! I love that! He's new there this year, so I was happy to hear that.



Raven is the spit fire she's always been. She cannot keep still or quite for 2 minutes. I'm thankful for the dvd player in the car although that doesn't always work. She loves her brother and sister so much. She teases her brother and bugs him so that usually leads to a few fights. She loves getting her sister up in the morning, so I thought it was funny yesterday when Paisley woke up she was yelling, "Bay-ben! Come!" She is doing very well in school, does great on spelling test and loves to read. She is still an outdoors girl and I wish we had a bigger yard in this temporary house! She does too. She also wishes she had a bigger room and an upstairs. "What kind of a house doesn't have an upstairs?" She doesn't get the concept of a Ranch. Morning and bedtime can still be a struggle. We have to be sure all her things are ready for morning and that she has a couple of outfits picked out ready to go. At night she just has the hardest time calming down for bedtime. Then she just keeps coming out of her room to tell us things or needing something. She loves her friends. She talks about a couple of them from her class all the time. They were taking gifts to school to exchange but the teacher put a stop to that saying there was some jealously and it wasn't good to do. The teacher said when she gets something in her mind that needs to be expressed she can't wait to get it out! (we've always known this) She may just need another pencil or cut her finger a little so that hand goes up and she can't focus on what the teacher is saying till she gets her thoughts out. It's funny because my husband always says she's just like me, which may kinda be the case right now, but when I was little I was so painfully shy. And I was never that outgoing in school till high school. OH and guess what she just told me? They had school pictures last week and she wanted to wear her Hannah Montana shirt, ok fine. But when she got out of the car I discovered she had on a zebra striped coat with big white feathery color and arm cuffs that is a size 2T and looked like a crop jacket on her! She looked like a little pimp! Well she just informed me yesterday that she wore that jacket for her school pictures! I was like, WHAT?! She thought it was cool. I was not happy and told her I was to approve what she wears for pictures. She said sorry she didn't know:) Riiiight!



Paisley is getting more and more vocal. When we drove in the driveway last night she said, "Dadda (pause) home" It's so cute cause she'll say a couple word sentences with a long pause between words. She says "stop it!" That's when her sister gets in her face or does something she doesn't like. She loves me to read books to her and sit on my lap and do "whoa-whoa", row-row the boat! And she sings a lot. Loves to sit and rock her babies and sing to them. Still likes to take her shoes off in the car! She just started throwing things when she's upset. It might be her sippy cup, pacifier but she will just chuck it and yell "no!". oh oh her comes the 2's! She is usually the happy baby she's always been. If she's tired you all know it though. She's had a couple of rough nights and I think it's her teeth. But a little motrin helps it all. If she bumps herself or gets hurt in anyway she says, "i-ack", ice-pack and points to the refrigerator. She loves puppies and yelps like them if she sees one. She also loves babies and like to sing "the wheels on the bus". We're growing her bangs and she refuses to leave a barette in which looks so cute so we occassionally add the pony tail on top or piggy tails. I'm looking forward to taking her sledding this winter. I'm going to become a snow bunny since the past 2 winters nearly did me in so I'm going to embrace the winter activities! Maybe I'll learn to ice skate! Anyway I want to pull her out on the snow with her cute little snow suit on. We put out our Halloween decorations. We haven't made a trip to the pumpkin patch yet so we'll have to do that this weekend. It's not always easy with kids so spread out in age. Ryker likes the scary haunted mazes and houses which are at night but the younger ones like the little kid things. We've had great fall weather! Yes!
And don't forget to vote! Time for the last presidential debate 08!