We've been busy around here. First off Andrew turned 9 months. He hit that milestone with an explosion of activity. He realized all of a sudden that crawling was faster than rolling. He was on the ground, pushed up and landed farther forward. I could see the light bulb go off as he did it again and again across the floor. No more rolling around for this guy. He's fast and his siblings don't know quite what to make of it. He's also standing without assistance for short periods of time. He is still working on taking that first step, but I think is may not be far off. Until then, he has no problem pulling up on furniture and cruising along until he reaches the end. He's got down the pincher grasp and his fine motor skills are very developed. He started waving bye bye by opening and closing his hand last night, which melted my heart to no end! He makes all sorts of noises and thinks he's talking. He's got a great sense of humor and thinks we are all hilarious. He's the best cuddler too. He still doesn't want me out of his sight, but he loves the rest of the family too. We love you Andrew! His 9 month check up was Monday and he now weights 19lbs 11 oz and is 30 inches long! He's still above the growth chart for length but he's lean so he looks like a mini-basketball player. He graduated to mostly 18 month clothing! And you know what? I wouldn't change a thing.
We are winding down our school year over here. In fact, Robert's last day of Kindergarten is going to be right after I finish this blog. He's learned so much this year and can add and subtract like a champ and is reading so well. We have a couple more weeks of CC, but our book work is going to take a break. William has a little more work (mainly in math) because he's been focusing on Memory Master for the past few weeks. What is Memory Master? It is where you memorize all the memory work for all seven subjects for all 24 weeks of CC and recite them 3 times (to parent, tutor and director). He's already recited them to me and meets with his tutor tomorrow for round 2. It's a big accomplishment to even do it once! Only one other 7 year old is even attempting it from our campus, and I so proud of the hours of practice he has put it. I didn't make him do it...I've actually given him plenty of opportunity to not do Memory Master, but he's determined and I'm cheering for him. When he did it for me on Friday, we celebrated with some Cici's pizza and then William and I gad our date at Sharkey's Cuts for Kids. Sharkey's is a swanky place for hair cuts. He was able to play video game and get a shampoo in addition to getting his hair cut. He left with a balloon and a sucker. He's already planning when he can get his haircut again, haha. We also went around playing pokemon together before we headed home. It was a fun evening.
Saturday was a mixed bag. I got my hair cut finally (at least 12 inches gone), and my head feels so much lighter. I met up with Francis and the kids for lunch, and then Francis took the big boys to practice soccer. they were gone a long time and when they returned, Francis was on William's bike pushing himself along....because he couldn't walk. He hurt his ankle stopping a ball. We rushed to urgent care (it was the same foot that he broke in college), and fortunately it is just a bad sprain. He has a boot and is making progress toward recovery. That evening we had family movie night and watched Inside Out. It was a much needed break after a very busy day.
Otherwise, we've been mostly chugging along. We had friends over yesterday afternoon. Hannah got to have some girl time with the girl in the other family. they played ponies, dress up and babies among other things. She was so sad when the time was over so we will have to do it again soon. Her brothers play with her and try to (sometimes) do what she wants, but their interests tend toward pokemon and Ninjago at present. It was nice for her to have a Pinkalicious sort of afternoon for once. Hannah is starting to get a hang of her letters. She's not had much interest as her brothers read to her, but she's starting to know the names of letters and their sounds. She can count, and I can see the school bug has bit her a little because she gets out her "school books" without anyone mentioning them. Next year she will get to do CC, and I know she will love having her own class. She's getting so big so fast!
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