This Week at Our House # 12

1. John has been sick a lot. I really want him to lose weight and exercise more. I think that will make a big difference for him. Work is still going well, though.
2. I have been at musical practice a lot. Adam and Rachel really like to have me there. Though it makes life much, much busier. The first show is tomorrow night.
3. Ruth had a great weekend hanging out with her friends. She and Kate went to a stake dance in Bountiful and had a lot of fun. A lot of guys asked Ruth to dance and for the first time, Ruth gave a guy her phone number.
4. Kate had the same fun weekend as Ruth. I think she enjoyed the dance, but not as much as Ruth did. Kate got sick at school just as I dropped her off, but I had already driven off. So she had to wait a long time to get in touch with me and to be picked back up. 
5. Johnny has still been busy with school work. I am so happy that he has taken the initiative and has done all of his own work. The end of term is in just over a week and it looks like Johnny has his first 4.0. He has always had a 3.96 or 3.90, so his grades are excellent, but I think he is really starting to care.
6. Adam cannot wait for the musical to be over. But he still says that he wants to do it again. Adam actually got all of his reading for his book report finished on time, but he forgot to write the report. So he wrote it in the morning and as he had time throughout the school day and handed it in by the end of the day.
7. Rachel's doing very well in school. She has tons of friends and tons of stories about her friends. She is adorable in the musical because she is so much smaller than the next smallest kid.
8. Anya is still faking stomach aches. She came to me the other day and said, "I know you won't believe me, but my stomach really hurts." I told her no way and to do her chores and later she forgot all about it and ate dinner and dessert.
9. John got mad that Joseph has homework as a kindergarten student so he ripped it up and told Joseph to tell his teacher he's not allowed to have homework. Well, I think John had the opposite affect on Joseph. Joseph is trying really hard to get all of his homework done while at school and during the car ride home.
10. Joshua's been doing a lot better about not peeing his pants. He likes to sit on John's shoulders, but John always has him check to see if he wet his pants even a little first. Maybe someday Josh will actually get his promised train ride.
11. I have been potty training Arwen. She is starting to pee when I put her on the toilet. She really hates it when she wets her pants but until 2 days ago did not know what to do. Hopefully, she'll be better than Joseph.
12. Suzy loves to be held and cuddled all day long. Sometimes I love it and sometimes I need a break.

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