After a bit of a subdued start, Kyla has settled totally into school and is thoroughly enjoying it, especially now that she has made some friends. Unfortunately for her dad, most of them are boys, (only one girlfriend) but he is coping well, she just wont be having sleepovers :) . She is also getting a grip on her timetable and the sudden advance of schoolwork but she is coping real well and making us very proud. She is looking at doing some afterschool sports, probably league. At home she loves to listen to music, talk to us nonstop about the things going on in her life and argue with mum about everything else. Ahh teenagers. We had an altercation recently as she wants to start walking or bus-ing home from school. We declined her request but boy she put up a fight. That was untill she saw on the news the attempted abductions of various children around Brisbane in the past week (3 of them!!)
Kaytlynn is excelling at school, moreso since Kyla has left as she doesnt feel like shes in her shadow anymore. With the school being so small, that is inevitably how she ended up feeling. She is rebelling against a multitude of things, mainly homework hehe. But since there is no tv or playing untill all that is completed, she really has no choice but to buckle down. She is joining the netball team and is very excited about it. Unfortunately at home she is the troublemaker, provoking arguments and always ready to nark on the others but she is very hard to discipline as when she knows shes in trouble, she turns on the sweetness in abundance 'sigh'.
Liam is still the same. His schoolwork is coming along mighty fine, though I have to admit it is alot better than previous years. I think that now we are settled in one place, he is more confident in himself and that is showing through in his work. Homework is still a bit of a mission to get him to do tho. Im trying to encourage him into sports as well and his preference seems to be tennis, which he plays alot at school and really enjoys. While I get dinner ready, Andrew and our friend Nathan get them all outside playing a bit of touch rugby which even Ethan gets into, and it gets LJ away from the tv and his xbox!!
Maddisyn-Rose is a bit hormonal at the mo. If she is given a telling off or doesnt get what she wants or worse still its bedtime, she hits the floor in a flash and the screaming and pounding of the floor starts. Unfortunately she isnt the first to try it on us so because of our vast experience, we are able to difuse the situation relatively fast. Most times anyway. She is a bright girl at daycare and it seems that she might have inherited the artisic gene that her sister and Aunty Liane have. Some very lovely pieces of artwork come home. We are relieved that she has gotten back into the swing of daycare. It was hard for her once her cousins had all left.
Ethan has started to settle into daycare as well, not as many tears as in the beginning, smiling when I go to pick him up. He is finger painting, starting to sing along to songs at school (tho Im sure the words are in baby lingo), participating in group activities and basically going along mighty fine. At home he is a very cheeky little boy, getting into tons of mischief and basically has all our hearts in the palm of his little hand.
All in all our 'little' family is healthy and very very happy.
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