tuesday tidbits

:: corbin ::

1. Growth spurts are starting to happen quite frequently right now. Pants are getting a little shorter and we had to finally go buy some church shoes because his feet were starting to hurt too much. 

2. The other day at school, he slipped on some ice and landed on the corner of his forehead. He got a huge goose egg and was happy he had a sweater that had a hoodie on it. He wasn't wanting everyone to ask what happened.

3. Corbin is getting really excited to plan his 13th birthday party! How is this even possible? He just can't decide between pizza or doing a hot dog roasts.

:: taylor ::

 1. Today Taylor went to JA City where all the kids get to pretend to be grownups and have jobs, earn money, buy food, and live in a cute little city. Taylor was the loan officer and got to sit at a desk with one of the most comfortable chairs in the city. :)
2. He is reading through books like crazy. Even reading two or three at a time...just like his daddy. He finished all the Harry Potter books, Ghostsitter, Hatchet, and right now he is reading The girl with the Silver Eyes and Wonder.
3. The other day, Taylor bought a Pokemon book from the book fair and he, along with all his brothers, pour through that book all the time. It is packed with information about every single pokemon out there. Very exciting. :)

:: levi ::

1. Each week, Levi looks forward to heading to scouts. He has the worlds greatest scout leaders ever. Like, the wife sewed little pouches for each of the boys and filled it up with boy trinkets. She's amazing. And those pouches had their names embroidered on them. Levi earned his bobcat and is on his way to getting his wolf.
2. He lives for shorts season, and as soon as he gets home from school, he changes right into shorts and happily pretends like it's summer inside. These few warm days that we have had this month have been his favorite!
3. I volunteered in his class room this week for the first time this year and will continue to volunteer until the end of the year. It makes my heart so happy that he is so excited about it!

:: rudger ::

1. Being in charge of the treat for FHE is a big deal. When I asked Rudger what he wanted to make, without a moments hesitation he said brownies. It was a proud moment for him when we pulled it out of the oven. And the batter was his favorite!
2. Daddy had Rudger clean up his room and was blown away when he saw how good of a job he did. Rudger had his toys just so, not a spot on the floor, and the way he pulled up the sheets on his bed was jsut adorable. 
3. Quote of the week - three different responses when I asked him to clean up.
"My legs are too tired to clean"
"I'm not rather to do that"
"My legs are telling me I'm too tired, they're telling me to play legos instead"

:: adeline ::

1. This girl has THE biggest fascination with the toilet. She grabs a wipe, dips it in the toilet and then gets down and scrubs the floor. We're all a little exhausted, and really grossed out :) 
2. It only took us until our last child, but we are getting in a good routine of getting her to bed at an early hour. And she knows the routine. Her favorite is reading a book or five and singing lots and lots of songs.
3. Speaking of singing. Adeline LOVES to sing. At church she stands on my lap during the song and sings and leads the music as loud as she possibly can.