Tuesday, October 23, 2012
Cousins
Robert's parents live in the nearby town of Fallbrook. The family often gets together up there for dinner. Laura and her daughter were in town so all of the Thompsons that live close came over to Grandma and Grandpa's house. You never realize how many grandkids/cousins there are until you get a lot of them together. Here's a picture of the kids table. Keep in mind, that there are 8 cousins missing from this picture and 2 more cousins to be born in 2013. Our kids have a lot of fun when they get together to play with all of their cousins.
Thursday, October 11, 2012
Tuesday, October 9, 2012
Family Update
First, the kids are really enjoying their new school. All of their fears were put to rest on their first day. They all have friends and good teachers and are happy. We are definitely the minority at the school, but in a way it's good because my kids do not go unnoticed, like at the last school.
Bruce- came home with a viola. They have a separate music class/teacher during school and each 4th and 5th grader gets a stringed instrument. It's fun, because he wouldn't have picked it himself, but he's really enjoying it and likes to practice. Soccer team undefeated. Getting his religious knot at pack mtg.
Linda- has 29friends....started at 32. :) Takes a once a week gymnastics class. She is excited for her birthday, baptism, and being able to start Activity Days next month!
Jane- Face is healing nicely. You can still tell she is bruised, but way better. Took her to an Orthopedic Dr. yesterday for her pinkie. They said her break is not yet healed but that's ok. The concern is that the break is touching her growth plate which could cause a deformity or lack of growth in her pinkie....if there is damage. Xray in 3 months to make sure growth plate is still open. Lost a tooth today, next one should be tonight or tomorrow. Signed up for soccer in Feb.
Claire - Finished up swimming. She loves days home alone. Did great in her first primary program and had her part all memorized. The kid is non stop action. She is so social. She LOVES her daddy. She says he is her best friend. Signed up for soccer in Feb.
I continue to be Young Women's President and Robert is teaching youth Sunday School. We've decided to give our landlord notice of our moving out, but the change in plans is that we'll be leaving at the end of the school year instead of Jan. 1st. This will let the kids finish out the school year with no more changes.
Bruce- came home with a viola. They have a separate music class/teacher during school and each 4th and 5th grader gets a stringed instrument. It's fun, because he wouldn't have picked it himself, but he's really enjoying it and likes to practice. Soccer team undefeated. Getting his religious knot at pack mtg.
Linda- has 29friends....started at 32. :) Takes a once a week gymnastics class. She is excited for her birthday, baptism, and being able to start Activity Days next month!
Jane- Face is healing nicely. You can still tell she is bruised, but way better. Took her to an Orthopedic Dr. yesterday for her pinkie. They said her break is not yet healed but that's ok. The concern is that the break is touching her growth plate which could cause a deformity or lack of growth in her pinkie....if there is damage. Xray in 3 months to make sure growth plate is still open. Lost a tooth today, next one should be tonight or tomorrow. Signed up for soccer in Feb.
Claire - Finished up swimming. She loves days home alone. Did great in her first primary program and had her part all memorized. The kid is non stop action. She is so social. She LOVES her daddy. She says he is her best friend. Signed up for soccer in Feb.
I continue to be Young Women's President and Robert is teaching youth Sunday School. We've decided to give our landlord notice of our moving out, but the change in plans is that we'll be leaving at the end of the school year instead of Jan. 1st. This will let the kids finish out the school year with no more changes.
Thursday, September 27, 2012
Thompson Drama
When I picked Jane up from school on Tuesday I found her nose and under her eye swollen and bruised. I found out later that she got kicked in the face by a girl on the monkey bars. It happened before school. Nobody from the school gave me a call to let me know she was injured. She had to go through the entire day of school with this injury, including PE. My poor baby Jane.
Bet you can guess the kinds of looks I've been getting when I'm out in public with Jane.
Linda was not looking forward to the new school, but when we got there she ended up being really excited. It was a new adventure and a new place to explore. Bruce played it cool. He headed out to morning recess trying to find some new friends. I'm anxious to hear how their day goes today.
This was our last straw with this school. I knew I couldn't feel confident sending my children to school when I didn't feel they were keeping them safe and communicating with me on serious matters like this one. I took Jane to the Dr. the next morning. Here's what it looked like on Day 2. These pictures don't really do it justice. It's much more colorful and awful in person.
I pulled all of the kids our of their current elementary school and put them in a school in our neighborhood. Bruce and Linda started the new school this morning. Jane is staying home to heal for one more day. She won't be doing recess or PE for a while until she is not so tender. Here's what Jane looks like today, Day 3 and a picture of the kids at their new school.
Linda was not looking forward to the new school, but when we got there she ended up being really excited. It was a new adventure and a new place to explore. Bruce played it cool. He headed out to morning recess trying to find some new friends. I'm anxious to hear how their day goes today.
Bruce's 9yr. Stats
Height: 54.5" 73rd percentile
So, tall, but not super tall.
Weight: 65 lbs. 53rd percentile
She said that's a good BMI for him.
His eyes were borderline as usual. But, I took him to get his eyes checked a few weeks back. The eye Dr. also said he's borderline but not bad enough for glasses. His eyes could actually improve in the future. So, no glasses for now. Yeah!
Thursday, September 20, 2012
Jane's 6yr. Stats
They forgot to write down the height and weight at Jane's physical but they did write down the percentiles.
weight: 61st percentile
height: 93rd percentile
They xrayed her pinkie to see if the break had healed, and it still hasn't. :( It's been 4 weeks. It's not bothering her as much anymore because all of the swelling and almost all of the bruising is gone. They're sending her xray to another Dr. for a second opinion to see if he thinks it's just going to take more time to heal or if further action needs to be taken to help it heal.
Jane was so sweet tonight. I have been telling her that it would be 4 weeks until her finger was healed. She knows tomorrow marks 4 weeks. In her prayers tonight she prayed that her finger would be fixed in the morning. I hope it works. :)
weight: 61st percentile
height: 93rd percentile
They xrayed her pinkie to see if the break had healed, and it still hasn't. :( It's been 4 weeks. It's not bothering her as much anymore because all of the swelling and almost all of the bruising is gone. They're sending her xray to another Dr. for a second opinion to see if he thinks it's just going to take more time to heal or if further action needs to be taken to help it heal.
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