James is in school, Kindergarten, and is actually doing pretty well. He finally just passed off all of his letters (upper case and lower) and all their sounds. He has gotten most of them for a while now but G as giving him trouble, so I am glad he finally got that one nailed down. I was really proud of him though. So he is reading now, and I love watching and listening to him try and sound things out and as we drive places trying to read what is on the billboards. It is so fun. It is also fun to see him hop on and off the bus stop every day. He seems so grown up. He continues to be obsesed with Sophie. Those two sure do love each other. He gets her out of bed, plays with her, tries to teach her to walk, scares her all the time but then she just laughs her head off at him. She thinks he is the funniest thing ever. James even feeds her her bottles when we are in the car. It is nice. It is nice to have James be so dependable. He will help keep on eye on Harrison at the store or outside or wherever we are, it is very nice. He is a good kid. He says the cutest prayers too. He always prays that we will have good feelings, and that we will have the gospel and that we will be happy. He says the most thoughtful and sweet things.
He was int he primary program a couple months ago and said his part perfectly. He had memorized it and I was so proud of him for doing such a great job. This last friday he had a christmas program at school and he sang the songs loud and clear. I love seeing him grow and develop. He is also in gymnastics and is doing so great. He is one of the youngest in his class and is often the strongest one there. He can get the farthest up the rope and almost always wins the "hanging" contest. A few weeks ago he was on the rings and did a back flip on the them and then he landed it!!! I was so proud of him!It is so fun to see him learn new things and excel. I love it.
Harrison is still, if not even more than ever, the tease in our family. He is always teasing and never stops. I don't think he is ever serious about anything, or ever takes us seriously. On the one hand, he sure does make us laugh a lot, but on the other...he never obeys!!!! He just laughs and thinks he can get away with whatever. He doesn't mind sitting in time out, if you spake his bum he just says "that didn't even hurt" what a terd. But he is very sweet too. When he is playing with all his friends outside and wants a snack he will always get one for everyone. He is very good about thinking about his friends. Once when he and James were playing outside, James fell and got hurt and little Harrison ran on home and got me. He was so worried about James, it was so sweet. He is the policeman to Sophie though. James just gives Sophie whatever she wants, Harrison definitely will tell her what she can and cannot do. It makes me laugh.
And of course Harrison is still obsessed with all sports. He loves to watch games on TV with Ben. In fact, james got two basketball tickets at school and brought them home and gave them to Harrison and Ben. I thought that was so sweet of him. Harrison is also turning into quite the artist. okay, he just draws the same thing over and over, can you guess? bowling pins, basketballs, baseballs, footballs, and basketball hoops. Oh and an "H". I love seeing his little drawings...unless they are covering the wall. Oh and yes he is still a squirrel and hides his food. I was cleaning his room and got down the lego box, opened it to find about 10 oranges peeled and half eaten in there. What a stinker.
And then there is Sophie. She is so grown up I can hardly believe it. Her hair is getting so long, I don't even realize how much hair she has until I see other babies her age and notice that she has 10 times as much hair as the other kids. I can do ponytails and pigtails, but if I put a bow in there, she will pull it out in about two seconds. And yes I am still absolutely head over heels in love with my little baby girl. She is just so beautiful. I get lost in those eyes of hers. They are just big and beautiful. And there is her little personality. She is a fireball and I am sure once she can talk she will give me all sorts of grief, but right now it is funny. Let's just say, she can hold her own and that is for sure. For instance, the other night we were driving home and somehow she ended up with the bumblebee transformer, James took it and she was not happy about that. She got so mad at him, no crying involved, just nonsense baby yelling. It was hilarious. james thought it was funny too and let her have the toy back. But that is how she is. She seems all sweet and innocent and like you could walk all over her, but no, if you cross a line she will definitely let you know.
She started crawling at about 6 months, maybe just after that, but she is very good at it, and now stands and climbs things as well. Now she is working on walking along the furniture. I can't believe she is already big enough for that. It is so cute to go get her in the morning and she is just standing in her crib waiting for you to come get her. she seems too little to do that. She still is my little baby. She won't let me rock her anymore, so sometimes after she has fallen asleep i go steal her and rock her for a while and just stare in amazement. I love babies. Can you tell? She has stolen all our hearts, we sure do love that little thing. She makes us laugh all the time, and we love to see her crawling around the house and climbing up my leg while I am making dinner. She is very content to just sit in one spot and just play. I like that. She is also a mama's girl. Well, okay, when I have been gone all day she will come right to me and just want me to hold her. When Ben gets home from work each day her eyes light up and she gets really happy to see him, and play for a moment, but then she wants mom back. I love that. I love holding my sweetheart baby girl.
Ben and I are pretty much the same as ever, I continue to run, not as many miles but I am trying to switch things up a bit with swimming biking, stair stepping, weights and all that jazz. But I haven't has near the time I usually do lately with the Hoidays and I just got called to the Relief Society Presidency. I absolutely love it. I love working with the sisters in the ward and getting to know everyone and just loving them. It is so wonderful, just very very busy. I feel like I am gone a lot, but am glad that I have Ben to hold the fort down while I am gone and to help me make things for the sisters. He is a great support to me. We have fun together. I am happy to say that we now have a permanent babysitter for SAT nights and I Love that. I love going out with him each week, it is so nice. We went bowling last night and got stocking stuffers for the kids. It was fun, and I almost beat him in bowling. HA! Anyways, that is our life right now. We are happy, our house is typically messy, I am usually behind on this that and everything else, but we are happy and yeah, we still like each other for some reason I can't quite figure out. ;) well now it is dark and time to go for a drive and look at lights. Merry Christmas all!
