The Everson's, our family story

Saturday, September 15, 2012

Tuesday, June 19, 2012

Kane is 10 months old

Yes, you're 10 months old!

You have learned so much over the last couple of months. It's unbelievable how fast you're growing and learning new things. Before we know it, you will be 1 year old. Really????

What's going on at 10 months old:

* after learning how to roll over just after your 6 months Birthday, you soon learned to start moving forward by army crawling. I think we were home from our trip to Holland just a few days when you started making your move this way. And you move super duper FAST!

* you're not only crawling around anymore though. You learned how to pull yourself up to standing and are doing a great job at walking around the table and other things where you can hold on. You're also stepping over from one thing towards the other (when you can reach). And although you still like to army crawl (because you move so fast this way), you also crawl on your hands and knees now and then.

* You have 4 teeth, 2 front ones on the top and 2 on the bottom.

* your schedule looks something like this:

Between 6 and 6.30am: wake up time and you drink about 6oz of milk (formula)

about 7.30am your sister is up also and we eat breakfast: oatmeal or mixed grain cereal

8/8.30am til about 9.30/10ish: naptime

11.30am: lunch: half a slice of bread and fruit

12.30pm: bottle with 8oz of formula

12.45/1pm til about 3/3.15pm: naptime

4.45pm: dinner: vegetables and yoghurt

7pm: pj's on, and bottle of milk (8oz) with some rice cereal

7.15/7.30pm: bedtime

*You're doing very good at sleeping through the night. Your naps are sometimes shorter than mentioned above though.

* You love bathtime. I used to give Quinn her baths in the morning when she was this age, but now with two it's easier to do it in the evening before bedtime when there are two adults in the house to stand by and get wet ;-)

* You smile a lot and can laugh out loud hard! It's so much fun to see you in a good mood, which is almost always. When you're sad though, you are sad all the way through. Big big tears and a very droopy face......

* You love to play with music toys like the piano, and you are also very interested in playing with blocks. You can actually sit down and just "play" with them for quite some time. That is when your sister is not intervening and taking your attention away. I love watching you play so intense!

* You love to crawl on daddy when he's doing his situps on the floor.

In general, at 10 months old, you are a very BUSY body with a very HAPPY face and your SMILE goes from ear to ear.

We LOVE you little man!!!

Saturday, May 19, 2012

Quinn's first day at pre-school!

Our little girl is going to pre-school!

Yes, we signed you up for pre-school at the Children's Day Out.

One day a week, from 9.30am to 2.30pm. You play, you eat, you sleep and play more! It's a great program for my little girl to get away from the house/me for a little bit and to spend some time with other kids of the same age. It's also great for me to spend some time away from my little sweetheart and have some one-on-one time with Kane.

The first day went remarkably well. There was just a little bit of crying when I left, but other than that she did great. Unlike the next few times........saying good bye to mommy is not her strongest point right now, but once I'm gone, she's having a BLAST! They get to color, paint, play with all kinds of different toys, sensory table, they go outside, they have snack time and lunch time and there's even nap time or rest time in case they don't sleep. Every time I pick her up she's so happy and had a great fun day.

There are 8 kids in her class and 2 teachers, Ms Beth and Ms Lysa. For the summer program, the class is with 4 kids and only Ms Beth.

We have four weeks of school until there is a little break and then the Summer schedule starts on June 12th. And as I am writing this post (on June 19th) I can say that today she went to school and didn't cry at all when I dropped her off!

Way to go BIG girl!!! I'm SO PROUD of you!