Running in Circles

:: hazel ::

1. loves looking for special rocks on "Rock Island"

2. obsessed with finding quartz

3. has outgrown almost all of her clothes and is down to one pair of shoes

4. is signed up for soccer again

5. has picked out all the books at the library about spring

6. asks everyday when we're moving back to Dallas.

7. always tucks my hair behind my ears and says i look cuter that way

:: henry ::

1. i love the way he falls asleep with his hands behind his head.

2. loves having his jacket hood on all the time.

3. races his dump truck down the hallway everyday.

4. we signed him up for soccer too- no games, just practices though.

5. loves our new library. 

6. loves sneaking food and putting it behind his back and then walks backwards away from me.

:: hazel ::

1. is giving me a run for my money in the listening department.

2. We made a behavior chart and what did she want for her reward for earning stars...McDonalds.

3. feeling pretty good about the fact that that was her third time ever going there

4.  keeps asking me why one of the YMCA childcare workers is always grumpy.

5. loves to announce when she needs to poop.

6. can count to 100 but uses "thousand" and "hundreds" to really make her point. For example- it feels like i haven't eaten in one hundred twenty thousand days.

:: henry ::

1. is saying new words every day!

2. has zero interest in going on the potty...

3. also has zero interest in playing alone, quietly

4. likes putting his clothes on by himself but always wants help with his shoes.

5. every night he asks for the song "in the cottage in the woods" that I learned from Grandma Johnson

thursday tidbits February 2018

We've been ready for a change for awhile so Brice started applying to jobs last summer. We've looked at a lot of different cities, but turns out we're taking a job that we never applied for- it was offered to Brice over lunch one day. 

We're excited to move as a family to Eagle Idaho. We are planning on renting an apartment close to Brice's new office and hopefully buy a house next summer in Eagle or Meridian. 

The last two weeks have been filled with endless to do lists, lots of playdates with friends, and decluttering. We move out on Monday the 26th and move in on March 1st. We debated flying, shipping our stuff in a pod, driving all together and decided last night to split it up. The kids and I are flying to Salt Lake while Brice drives our car and tows a small trailer. He will meet us in Salt Lake and we an drive the last 5 hours and move in together. So Monday the 26th is packing, cleaning, and catching a late afternoon flight. It should be a productive day!

Hazel is registered for Kindergarten and will be at Eagle Hills Elementary School. I'm trying to decide whether to keep doing speech therapy, try preschool, or just keep Henry home with me. I'm excited for outdoor activities on Sunday, a larger apartment, and more affordable living. Brice is excited for his new roles and to not be on the same client. That project has been 14 months and counting...

In all of this we got a steal of a deal on a laptop so now I can blog again! 

I've missed it and life is too good to not document. I'm so excited for this new adventure- i hope we have warm enough clothes!