Dominic is 12 and will be in 7th grade this fall. He loves hockey and board games, started guitar at the co-op, and enjoys the outdoors and discovering new places in our wooded backyard. He has grown in leaps and bounds and is about to pass me by in height any day now. He is in the confirmation program at our Church and will be confirmed next May!
Stella is 11 and will be entering 6th grade this fall. She is getting ready to take her Cecchetti 1 exam for ballet and is an incredibly poised and lovely dancer. She also plays beautifully on the violin and is an excellent seamstress! I am amazed by what she is able to do with a needle and thread. She will be attending Pine Hills Girls camp this summer for the first time and is super excited!
Gianna is 9 and entering 5th grade this fall. She is a delight to know and has the most loving heart you could ever meet. She also takes ballet and violin and is doing beautifully in both. Her favorite thing to do is write, direct, and act in plays. She is very creative in whatever she puts her mind to!
Joseph is 7 and will be starting his First Communion preparation this fall, in order to make his First Holy Communion at Easter next year, which he is so excited about! He is the most willing and helpful guy in the house. I almost never need to ask him twice to do something because he is always up for the task, and even when someone else is complaining, he joyfully offers to do their job for them. I am constantly amazed by his generosity. He enjoys building legos with his little brothers, explores the woods and plays games with his older brother, and also loves hockey!
Ezekiel is 5 and just finished up his first year of speech therapy. He is making great improvements with his speech, which is good for all of us, because the boy loves to talk! He is incredibly smart and amazes me with his building skills. He really has a talent for such things, and I would not be surprised to see him do great things with that gift! He also has a knack for being quite athletic and agile. He is a tiny guy, but everything he does is BIG!
Noah is almost 4 and he is the sweetest little boy on the planet. He is super laid back (most of the time), and enjoys snuggling, sleeping, eating, playing outside, legos, and story time. He is fully potty trained now and enjoys his "big boy" status (most of the time)!
Joshua is about to turn 2!! He is so full of personality that it blows us all away at times, and keeps us laughing always! He loves tea, nursing, music (especially the song "Ophelia" by the Lumineers), story time, dancing, playing outside, and doing everything everyone else is doing. He is loud, and sensitive, and really has an amazingly dynamic personality. We are all so smitten by this darling little boy!
I am still homeschooling our children and taking advantage of the amazing home school co-op that is located at our Church. I took an adult ballet class this year for the first time in 13 years! It was wonderful, and ignited an old passion of mine. I also got into running this year. I regularly get out for a 3 mile run about 3-4 times a week. It has become a favorite activity of mine; a time to connect with God and de-stress my mind at the same time.
Peter is hard at work, as usual! He takes such good care of me and our kids. He has been staying very busy at his work, and also, working on house projects, playing hockey and coaching hockey, helping his niece with the plumbing in her new house, and taking me out on lots of dates (to help me stay sane)!
Peter and I just celebrated our 13th wedding anniversary this May 29th! Where has the time gone? Its cliche, but so true.
We are finished up with school and on to summer break over here already! We have a big summer ahead of us. I will hopefully have opportunities to update this blog with all of our summer news!
Thank you for reading!
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