So, I feel like the kids have changed so much since my last post in January. Mason has 5 1/2 teeth, and is almost a year old!!! He started walking about 2 weeks ago, and is a climbing machine. We have had to do soooo much more baby proofing with him. His favorite thing to do right now is pull out the drawer underneath the stove and get in! We spent Memorial day with my dad, where he discovered the pool for the first time, and loved it.
And Bailey has really changed too. She will actually have conversations with us now, and is very opinionated about what she will and WILL NOT wear. Mommy just isn't cool enough sometimes! :) She has still been having some issues in the potty department. We are supposed to meet with a couple of doctors at the end of this month, to rule out any serious issues. However......two weeks ago, I asked her in the morning if she wanted to sit on the potty (the normal reaction is kicking and screaming NOOOOOOOO!!!!) well, she said," ok." So in we went, and while it took almost 2 hrs of her sitting there, she went! And has been going ever since. She still won't tell me that she has to go (even if she clearly needs to), but we are making huge progress!! She is still having some hesitations about going, but is very proud of the fact that she is wearing big girl underwear now. And it's a good thing because she starts pre-school three days a week in September! They said that they would work with her in diapers, but of course I didn't want to have "the special kid" in class that was still wearing diapers. SUCH A RELIEF!!.
Both kids just got over a case of Hand, Foot, Mouth disease. If you don't know what it is, look it up on google, it's icky!
Mark has continued to be very busy at the farm and hasn't been able to spend much time with us, but I am hopeful that will change soon. However I've been waiting for almost 5 years now for it to slow down! We hope to take a day or two this summer to go up to Chicago for a little vacation, but again, there are just so many projects going on, that it's kinda hard for him to take any time off. He has also been busy with his showpigs. The fair is next month already!!
I have just finished up my volunteer work for Junior Achievement. I was working with a 7th grade class at Frontier, talking about different economic issues that will be important to them once they are out of school. We touched on the importance of education, different types of careers, budgets and the cost of living, insurance, credit scores, and some other things. This was the first time I had worked with middle school students for JA. I was used to 2nd and 3rd graders. This was quite different! With the little kids, they are so excited for a "Visitor" and with middle schoolers, well......they tune you out. But I tried to make it as fun as possible with pop quizzes, games, and real life scenarios. I think they will at least remember our sessions when they come across these terms later in life. I believe I will be taking on two classes for the following year. It's something that I really enjoy and reminds me of my desire to teach once the kids are in school themselves.
That pretty much brings everyone up to speed on what's happening here with the Furrers.
Below are links to my two most current Facebook albums. You should be able to just click on the links. If you would like to save any pictures, just click options and download. Then you can pick where on your computer you would like to save the pic. Until next time ya all!
Winter 2011 / 12
Spring 2012
