Happy New Year!

It's 2008! Inconceivable!

Aaron had to work last night so I was home with the girls. We ordered pizza and watched the Walt Disneyworld Christmas parade that I had on the DVR. The twins went to bed after that was over and Maddie and I played Disney Scene It. Maddie was in bed by about 8:00 and I spent the rest of the evening playing Mario Galaxy on the Wii and watching Waitress. What a party! ;)

I've been busy getting the house in order so that it has room to get out of order when I start school - if that makes any sense at all. We're pretty much settled in, but there's a few odds and ends I need to deal with.

Maddie has really liked having the down time because of Christmas break. She starts school again on Thursday (who thought that one up?). She is doing really well, I am very impressed with her teacher and the curriculum at her new school. She's sight reading and really interested in how to spell and write things. She loves games and received a few fun ones for Christmas, they've been keeping us busy the last several days. Tomorrow is the last day she'll be going to Chuck-A-Rama with her great-grandma until the semester is over, I don't have a way to get her there on Wednesdays when I have class. She really loves her weekly outing with Grandma Nina, we'll have to find something else we can do another day of the week.

Cami and Brie are very entertaining. They insist on feeding themselves - what a mess! Cami LOVES her grandpa and she says "grandpa" about 100 times a day. The other day she was walking around saying "Grandpa?" and then "No." She was looking for him. It was so cute. When we pulled into their driveway on Christmas day Cami recognized the house and said "Grandpa!" I am so happy that they are so involved in my kids' lives. It's a real blessing. Another thing that Cami has been saying the last week or so is "Peek-a-boo." It's adorable. Cami also talks a lot of jibberish that I don't understand, but she really likes it when I act like I do. Brie is a little more verbal, she tells me when she's poopy (like I don't notice!) and she likes to say "cute" and "no." They know when I pull their pajamas out that it's "ni-ni" time and they don't usually fight it. They're also working on their manners and say "n-go" as "thank you."

The twins aren't adjusting very well to the nursery in our new ward. There are about 20 kids between the ages of 18 mos-2 years and I think it's just overwhelming for them. I'm hoping that once the ward splits next week and there's a smaller group of kids that they'll be happy to stay. Maddie has friends in her primary class because she goes to school with several of them. Aaron and I haven't really met too many people - everyone seems to be in limbo waiting for the split. I'm sure that once we know what ward we'll be in we'll get to know people a little better. There also aren't a lot of families moved in to our section of the neighborhood yet. There will be a lot of changes over the next year I think. I would really like a calling that hopefully encourages more personal study, we'll see. We haven't heard from the Bishopric yet (again, I'm sure this is because of the upcoming split).