My Growing Kids

I am getting tired of posting about medical stuff, so I am writing this time about the kids!! First of all, since Lauren started school, I have been working with Nolan each day on talking more (he's had a slow start in this area). We use flashcards that I made and he has been doing great. He now knows all his colors and shapes and we are still working on letters. Lately, it seems he says a new word each day (and he gets alot of praise from mom when he does).

Two funny ones - this morning, we drove Lauren to school and we always get there early so we can sit in carpool line and do our devotions (this way, they are strapped into their seatbelts and can't be crazy, so they HAVE to listen). We finished our devotions and I was talking to Lauren about the lesson and Nolan interrupts me and says "pray, pray". I said, "oh, you think we should pray?" He says, "yep". So, we did!

The other one that cracked me up was that I had asked Lauren to do something and she was having a bad attitude and not obeying quickly. But before I could even correct her, Nolan shouted: "La-lo obey!" (La-lo is what he calls her) Of course, she did not think this was humorous at all, but I couldn't stop myself from busting up laughing! At least he is understanding what it means to obey the first time!! :)

As for Lauren, it seems that since she started 1st grade, she is a grown-up. The way she talks, her interests, etc. For example, since she recently kicked the habit of biting her nails, she wants me to paint them all the time. We did bubblegum pink last week and this week was a lavender purple. She also is sweet on one of the boys at school and keeps referring to him as her "boyfriend". We had a talk and explained that it isn't appropriate to have "boyfriends" as this point in her life and there will be time for that later...they can just be good friends. (I can't believe we are dealing with this kind of stuff already!!) The funny part is, though, that I saw him for the first time today and I thought to myself, "He is so cute; I'd probably have a crush on him too!" At least she has good taste!

One thing that I am enjoying as she gets older is that we can share girly things together. She likes to talk about fashion now and we can paint our nails together and she'll compliment me on my hair and ask me to braid hers. It makes me feel so blessed to have a daughter, because it is really fun to have someone to share in all those feminine things with! I see a spa day in our near future!! :)