This Week at Our House # 19

1. The week was good. Both hdmi ports on our tv started to die, so John bought me a new one for mothers day. He upgraded from a 32" to a 40". Rachel said that it made her feel rich. We had a good laugh since those were the smaller tv's at the end of the row of tv's in Walmart.
2. We now only have 2 weeks left of school and it sounds like seminary will not go to much past that either. I am ready for vacation and so are the kids. But I have been going strong with school trying to get a few things finished up.
3. Ruth babysat for 4 children for part of the week, while their mother is in London.
4. Anya found a baby bird that had fallen onto a low lying bush. She rescued it. I am not sure it needed rescuing, but it was done. It had a layer of fluffy feathers, but could not fly. Kate adopted the baby and has been feeding it every hour or two. The baby bird has in return adopted Kate. When it sees Kate it puts its head up and opens its beak just like newborn birds in books. The bird seems quite healthy and Kate is doing a good job. It now has strong wing feathers and less fluff. 
5. Johnny has been doing big chores to get an hour of computer time most days. It's hard to say no when there is always so much that needs to be done in this size family.
6. Adam had a good week. We have been working pretty hard on helping him to make good decisions and saying things truthfully.
7. Rachel went babysitting with Ruth one day. Ruth ended up having to hold the baby all day or she would cry, so Rachel was very helpful until the end of the day when she made up the game where all the kids played toddler and were 1 and 2 year olds so they fake cried and made messes. Ruth and I had a good laugh about it, after Ruth recovered from her hard day.
8. Anya went with Ruth too the one day because Anya and their oldest son are good friends. They are in the same homeschool and primary classes. And then of course, Anya was the baby bird rescuer. 
9. Joseph is sad that we will not let him hold the baby bird. 
10. Joshua played soccer with John and the other boys and we were surprised that he out ran Joseph. Joshua fell twice as a baby and fractured his skull. He did not have any symptoms at the time, but he has always been very uncoordinated and we have expected that is why.
11. Arwen has become more assertive and more imaginative. She dumps out a lot of toys and plays more elaborate games.She gets Susan and Joshua to play with her, and then fights them when they don't do it the way she wants them too.
12. It was week number two of potty training Suzy. One day she told me she needed to poop and spent a half hour in the bathroom doing so, and the next day she just pooped her pants. Sometimes she just takes herself pee and sometimes she just pees her pants, so the results are very mixed. She knows the process, but she doesn't seem to always know when something is going to happen. I will keep it up. I think she is ready enough and I am tired of paying for diapers for 2 kids. 
13. Sam is 6 months!! He is up on all fours and swaying back and forth. He loves to bounce up and down when we set him on the couch. He still sleeps with me and won't go to bed without me. Last night I laid down with him and got him to sleep  and then was able to sneak out without him waking right up, so that is progress. Sam and Kate are the only two that would not sleep alone at this age. 

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