What we've been up to

Well, I wanted to do a blog update and went to pull pictures off the camera from the last little bit. What will follow is a random cross section of those pictures!

This handsome guy is finishing his 2nd year of dental school and will soon be a full blown 3rd YEAR STUDENT! Can you believe that?! Can't believe he is halfway done with his time here. He has worked very hard and I'm very proud of all he has done and learned. Last week was his first week in the clinic full-time. Even though it was very overwhelming and stressful, he is excited to finally be putting what he has been learning into real practice.
Don't ask me where these next two pictures came from. Apparently Heidi was playing with the camera??

hee, hee...

Heidi and Nathan have been spending a lot of time outside. This is not an uncommon sight. This shot was early in the morning- notice Heidi has her nightgown on still?

A friend of mine found this great idea for embellishing a clipboard to be a job chart. This is how the one I made for Heidi turned out:

For the "Helping Hand" I'm going to do paper cutouts of her hands with a job written on each one- maybe unload dishwasher, vacuum, dust, etc. She will pick one each day.

The little flowers along the bottom are on velcro. As each job is completed you attach it to the velcro next to the words. I'm hoping this will be a fun way for her to keep track of her "daily do's".

The kidlets are in stages where they are learning and changing so quickly. Nathan is turing into a fully participating member and is starting to talk and sign more and more. He is very active and has lots of ideas on what he wants to explore. Being outside in the grass and dirt is of top priority. He can find plenty of mischief to keep him busy in the house though- Sometimes I just have to laugh because it seems like he just undoes whatever housework I'm doing!

Heidi is a very concientious little girl and is excited to do many things on her own. Sometimes I will go to help her with something out of habit and she will remind me with a giggle, "I'm 3 years old, Mom! I can do it by myself!" She think Nathan is becoming more fun to play with lately...and he is.

That's it from our house!!