We ended up with 10 inches of rain Monday! And then yesterday it started raining again and looks like it could continue today. Lots of flooding around Houston. We are ok for right now though. Dad brought up a good point, no wonder homes don’t have basements in Houston! We’d all be flooded out by now. Avery had his conference Monday during the storm which was fun getting too and getting home from. If school was to end today, he’d already be making high enough scores to pass. He’s reading 4th grade level. I keep wondering if holding him back because of his birthday and the fact he is a boy was the right decision or not. He keeps saying, “Mom, I should be in 3rd grade!” He should actually and I’m confident he’d be doing well there too but I think it makes him feel extra smart this way and we made the decision back when he was 5 to hold him back based not on his academic readiness but based on how he will be in his adolescent years. So I live with my decision. Jaelyn has her conference at 1:45 today. Kids actually get out at 1 and I promised them a trip to the library book fair as a reward for their hard work this first semester. Jaelyn has a loose tooth! She has been wiggling it and wiggling it, she says it hurts. When I told her it hurt because it was loose, she lit up and said, “Mom! Thanks SO much for telling me I’m going to lose my first tooth!” She’s pulled out the tooth fairy doll and has the little tooth bag ready for her big moment! I’m really excited for her. A few months ago, Avery asked me if the tooth fairy was really real. I asked him if he liked getting money from the tooth fairy. He said yes. Then I said, “Avery if I were you, I would continue to believe it is true so you continue to get paid for your baby teeth.” He dropped it after that. I just hope as he finds out the truth about certain childhood imaginary figures like the tooth fairy, Santa Claus, and the Easter bunny, he doesn’t break the news to the rest of the crew. As for Braden this week, I think the time has come to start working on potty training. I’m sick of changing stinky diapers and I keep telling him he needs to pee in the potty but I don’t have a potty chair for him to pee on. So we are heading to Walmart soon and we are going to get one and start this process. I’m not sure if he’s ready or not but I need to at least try. Avery was 3 1/2 when he finally was trained, thanks to Erik and some strict ultimatums. But he was trained in a weekend. It just would be nice to get Braden out of diapers by the time the baby comes.
I’m sorry I haven’t posted photos in a while. All my photos were downloaded on Erik’s computer so he has access to all the photos on the laptop. If he ever brings it home and I remember, I’ll post some cute photos of the kids playing soccer. If you want to see our pumpkin this year, goto esheldon.blogspot.com.
