Sledding

In Which Oreo Hits Grant

Brian finished his classes this week. His last day was Wednesday and we’ve enjoyed having him available more. He has to administer a final this Wednesday but it should be pretty easy.

This upcoming week, Jackson will be the Star Student in his Kindergarten class. Because of that, he got to bring home a stuffed panda named Oreo for the weekend. We had to take some pictures of him having an “adventure” with the panda—so they went sledding. Plus we got some cute pictures out of the deal.

Jackson hit Grant one day this week. As we were putting Jackson in timeout he kept repeating that it wasn’t him it was Oreo. He sounded like he actually believed that Oreo could make decisions.

We started an obedience chart this week. The boys have done a great job. For their reward of finishing the chart they got to pick out a toy from the dollar store. Jackson picked out a rubber football tee that he said was only for rubber footballs. Grant got a Pixar Cars stamp set. Hopefully we’ll get to go again this week.

Update

In Which Our Lives Revolve Around Elizabeth

Ellie had her one month check up this week. She gained one pound and grew one and a half inches in just a few weeks, this put her in the 30^th percentile, dropping from the 50^th. I thought it was great—she finally passed her birth weight. The doctor, however, didn’t agree with me. She said she hoped to see Ellie back up into the 50^th. I had to explain to her that the 30^th was a record for my kids—they’re just really skinny.

The boys are enjoying having a little sister. Grant asks to hold her a lot and he asks multiple times a day, “Can I say hi to my baby sister?” Jackson just looks and her and grins. But they still haven’t shown any hint of jealousy towards her for all the time I have to spend holding her.

Grant was asleep in our room one night this week. Elizabeth was fussy, which usually doesn’t wake up any of the 3 McMillan boys. Grant rolled over and said, “Can you just feed her?” then rolled over and went back to sleep. He’s learning quickly how to quiet her.

Thanksgiving with Cousins, Eliza and Alayna