This Week at Our House # 35

1. This may be too early to be saying, but it seems that probiotics are starting to help John lose weight. I noticed that he is looking thinner than he did in our family photo taken in December, and John has said that has dropped some weight.
2. I had a very busy week of paper work and home schooling and trying to get things taken care of to be able to purchase the home. I will have another busy week this week and I think by the end of this week, we will know if everything is going to go through.
3. We hear from Ruth on Tuesdays while she is in the MTC. She loves her companion and all the sisters and elders in her district.
4. John's brother Jeremy bought a plane ticket for Kate to travel to Utah so Kate can help grandma Robertson care for Jeremy's four children while he and his wife, Rosanne are in Germany. Kate will get to see her grandparents, her cousins, the mountains, and eat at In and Out Burger after all.
5. Johnny is spending half his day on computer programming and I think that is just the right fit for him.
6. Adam has begun reading because he is enjoying it. That is a miracle. I have been waiting years for that to happen.
7. Rachel is reading Ella Enchanted and really loving it! And this is what Rachel wanted me to write about her.
8. Anya likes to play the card game that all the boys play and none of the girls have played before now. 
9. I noticed the entry way to the kitchen was very dirty and felt puzzled at how it got so dirty and then I remembered how often Joseph climbs that doorway. 
10. Joshua has been coloring a lot. He is a good artist. Some days teaching him to read or is horrible and other days he gets it so easily. He has been doing really well with Green Eggs and Ham.
11. Arwen knows all of her alphabet and sounds now, so we are moving on to words and sounding out. I hope she will pick it up with ease, but that is how I feel each time I begin teaching my kids to go to the bathroom, read, and drive.
12. Suzy will go days without having any potty accidents and then go about 4 days in a row pooping her pants. I wish she would just get it, but she is in underwear more often than not now and there are fewer and fewer messes.
13. Sam doesn't like us to put his pacifier in when he cries now. He dodges and screams harder. It's kind of funny because when we finally get the pacifier in, he calms down. I wonder if he just doesn't want to be calmed.

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