September & October 2019

 Spencer has to take pictures of himself when he submits his labs.

Spencer took Jacob and Marie trick or treating while I was teaching on Halloween. Charlotte had lots of fun staying home with Grandma and Grandpa Hess and eating candy with Grandpa. 

When the weather was still warm, I walked Jacob to school with the girls and then let the girls play for a bit after we dropped Jacob off to Kindergarten. We're happy with the progress Jacob has made. The first month of school, he was having a hard time talking to other children and finding others to play with; but now he has a good group of friends that have fun together. He is also learning lots and doing great!

Charlotte was sick, so I took her to the instacare. 

Spencer roughhousing with the kids

Got Charlotte a backpack at a garage sale and she loves to wear it when the other kids do

Marie's preschool friends on a day I taught

Jacob's fun run. He let Marie walk with him for part of it. She loved it. 

The kids watching Baby Shark video with Grandpa before he goes to work (Charlotte requests is every day)

The kids having a very fun weekend when Nikolia and Serenity came to visit for a few days

They even came to church with us - I subbed for the girls' class and they took turns dressing up in the armor of God

Preschool field trip for Marie to a garden center with fall activities

 Highlights of the past two months:

Jacob - is liking school now, making friends, and making great progress with his reading
Marie - has become such a great sister to Charlotte. She loves her preschool group, and loves playing dress up
Charlotte - is using more words to express herself, up to 2-3 at a time. She is making her opinions known. She also likes to wake up at 4-5 in the morning to "play". I'm a little exhausted
Kristin - defended my dissertation proposal and it was accepted. I got my IRB approval (the ok to collect data) from Johnson and Wales. I'm still teaching at all 4 schools, including one online for JWU, one face to face at JWU, CCA night class, BYUI online, and 3 CCCOnline.
Spencer - making great progress with his online physics II class. His health is stable and he is much improved.