Monday, October 28, 2013

Sawyer's Harness and Ipad


My sister Stacey helped me make this harness for Sawyer. Now he can carry his mini ipad on him and use it for basic communication. He is doing so well with it.
The other day we were in the store and a lady asked what he was wearing. I asked Sawyer if he wanted to say hello and he pressed "My name is Sawyer", "Hello".

Sawyer

 This is Sawyer opening and shutting the pantry door. He loves it!
Apparently I didn't give him his food fast enough and he took matters into his own hands.

Discovery Gateway




Sadieism's



 Sadie loves reading. She is doing so well. We are currently reading 2nd grade Tree House books. She hides books under her pillows at night so that she can read them when she goes to bed.

 

I am loving this sweet girl. 
The other day I asked Sadie what she learned in her class at church. She told me her teacher said a bad word. I asked her what he said and she said he said the word "hate". So I asked her what she did. She shows me her hand and puts it in my face and said "choose the right". We recently bought her a CTR ring and talked about what it meant. Her teacher said "I'm sorry, I forgot to not say that word". 

I was talking to Sadie about swear words and I explained to her that there are bad words and there are really bad words. I talked to her about using the Lords name in vain and then I told her usually when people say swear words they do it when they are upset and they say it loud. I went on to ask her if she should play with kids that said swear words and she said "yes mom, they are a child of God too". 

I told Sadie that some kids in her class might not go to church and she said that's okay mom I can just ask them to go to church with me. 

Last but not least on mothers day we got home from church and Sadie told me I looked tired and I needed to go take a nap. She said she would feed the boys lunch and take care of them. I told her I would take a nap later and I helped her with the boys. After the boys where in bed she insisted that I go lay down. Knowing she was up to something I went and laid down. A few minutes later Sadie brought me in a jam sandwich with some water.

Voyage Academy

 Mrs. Bradshaw is an amazing teacher. She has so much fun with the kids. She knows how to get all the children involved. I volunteer a few times a week and I love watching the kids learn.
Sadie's first day of school at Voyage Academy. I have to admit I didn't shed a tear. I was so excited for her to go to school and I know she will love it.

Spencer Bean

 Spencer sure likes to be silly. This little guy keeps us very busy. 
Spencer is very mischievous and tests us constantly. He gets up on the dishwasher and finds him things to color on the floor with and treats to eat. Most recent I caught him eating a tootsie roll with the wrapper. 
He loves our neighbor across the street. Whenever a door is opened and shut he goes to it and pulls it with his fingers to see if he can open the door and escape. The other day Grace's mom brought Spencer home after she found him crawling in the middle of the road to go play with Grace.

Blacksmith Fork

 Uncle Danny went fishing in the river and Sadie joined him. No surprise that she loves fishing. She told Danny where to cast the line and he caught a fish.
We had to sleep a little different this year. We put the boys in the play pins on one side of the camper trailer. As you can see Spencer wasn't very happy about this, but the all slept sound.

Living Planet Aquarium

 Sadie girl and I went to the Living Planet Aquarium with some of her cousins. It was an amazing experience.


Gardening



This is Ben's beautiful garden this year. Sadie also had her own garden this year. She is taking after her dad. Spencer loves the raspberries. Every time we take him outside he goes directly to the bushes to eat them. 

4th of July

 
We invited some friends to come and join us for the 4th of July parade and carnival.
 
This is my sweet girl gearing up for the home run derby. I planned on Brian just throwing her the balls, but she wanted to use the pitching machine. Needless to say she connected with the ball and won for her age group.
Uncle Brian giving Sadie her prize!       
Getting ready for the firework show.