Family Newsletter 8/29 - 9/4

T has picked up a new phrase that he says a lot that's kinda freakin us out...."That should hurt!"

The problem is that he says it in situations where it's obvious the person got hurt. We fear he heard the phrase somewhere, but misunderstood the word "should" for something else. Say the phrase, "That should hurt" a few times and you'll see what we mean. Oh the world we live in! T also had is first official football game this week. They moved him back to running back because, well...he's fast. But he still has a hard time remembering the plays.

Ally has started to get up on her knees now. The next step from "army crawling" to real crawling. She's also gotten a bit clingy. She always wants to be held. That being said, as long as she gets what she wants, she's an angel baby. She's still quick to laugh and smile. She doesn't really like baby food, but boy does she like people food. If Robert is eating, she drools and licks her lips just looking at his food.

Jade is still doing good in school and she's becoming a protective big sister to Ally. She helps out quite a bit around the house and is a good 2nd mother!

Bev finally got her final interview with Lifetime Fitness on Friday after many many reschedules. She thinks she did fine, but we still have huge reservations about putting Ally in daycare even if it's just for a few hours a day.

As a family, we went to see "The Last Airbender" in the dollar theater and LOVED IT!! The kids are big fans of the animated cartoon on Nickelodeon and have watched all of the episodes. The reviews said that the movie didn't live up to the cartoon and that's a flat lie. The special effects were stunning and the story was EXACTLY like the cartoons just without some of the fluff. We all thoroughly enjoyed it. T told his grandma that he didn't get to see the whole movie. (The movie is supposed to be in 3 parts, he's never experienced a movie that requires a sequel.)

Robert went to the Singles Ward on Sunday with a new member friend of ours to help him integrate into the ward. Beverly and Robert completed their second full week of running in the mornings together. After we drop the kids off to school we jog on a nature trail that's part of our Apartment complex. We jog 1/4 of a mile, walk 1/4 of a mile then do it again for a full mile. We have also found some new recipes to assist in our quest to "eat meat sparingly" our favorite this week was that after we went to Chipotle Mexican Grill and had their Vegetarian Burrito, we came home and tried to copy the recipe with great success!