Braces

 

We had a family field trip to the Orthodontist this week to witness Stetson getting on his braces. The procedure was rather fast. All the girls were very interested in helping him pick out the color of his first rubber bands. We went with a nice blue color. Ezra was more interested in the snacks that were in my purse but all wanted to watch as he got a 3D digital landscape of his teeth and the brackets glued on. Some of the girls feel they will need braces too but others do not want them. By the end of the day the discomfort had increased and Stetson had soft foods for several days. All things seem back to normal now. The assistant gave a very educational rundown of all the tools that they sent home for Stetson to use and the importance of good hygiene. 

January

Morning scripture study! Or piling of all family members into mom and dad's bed!!!

Playdo creations by the all the children. 

New cloths and photo shoot! They are ready Italy!!!

Hailey enjoyed learning about Electricity and "The Boy Who Harnessed The Wind" in her Co-op class. She also made potato stamps and her own pinwheel. 

Stetson has been discussing agency and liberty. When its good to demand these and when it is needful to be more submissive. He really loves the class discussions and the kids that are involved in his class.

He has also been taking apart and putting together computers as usual. 

Evelyn has loving Gymnastic however she was very sore after her last class and needed several days to recover. She is still taking violin and has great talent if she can only remember to take the time to practice. 

Bristol and Ezra have had great fun playing with Duplo's. They create great houses, villages and make hours of fun activities for all of there siblings. There is also dress up, forts, lots of movement and other fun together. Bristol has really been interested in the way the body works so we have been reading a Osborn book about the body and how it works. All the kids like when this book comes out and they listen in to the knowledge being shared. 

 

Snow

The family has had many fun outings! This represents our family sledding trip this week and all the fun the kids had even among wipe outs and broken sleds. 

We also had a lot of fun as a family on Christmas Eve as we went to Ellen Eccles Ice Arena and went Ice skating with some cousins. All of the kids had a great time. 

Christmas and New Years have been filled with yummy food and lots of games, fun and friends. 

We hosted a big family gathering on December 23rd where all of the Wade family was gathered for the first time in several years. It was a great event!!!

On New Years Day we had one of me nieces and her husband come to visit and we enjoyed time with them. We are super blessed to have lots of great  family that we enjoying spending time with. 

The kids really enjoyed the time away from our regular scholastic learning and ample time to play with new toys and incorporate new ones. I am trying to clean out unwanted and unused items now that the splurges of the holidays are over. 

We began back to school today and the kids are doing fairly well to get back to their books and learning. Ezra has been asking every few days when we will return to Co-op, thankfully that day is Wednesday he is so excited.