"Traction"

JJ told me tonight as he was getting ready for bed that he knows how to do "traction." I asked him what traction was and he said, "you know like adding numbers together."  Oh! Addition!  He then gave me an example, "mom, I know what 80 plus 40 is."  He thought a little bit and said, "120."  He then told me how 40 plus 40 is 80. I cannot even tell you how impressed I was that my 6 year old can add that well. 

Valentine's Day.

What a great Valentine's Day we had today. Besides being spoiled by Jim, we were able to be spoiled by JJ and Reese. They woke us up and asked if they could go color. They returned shortly after that with our Valentine's Day cards. They even included candy!  What sweethearts. 

Front cover

Inside the cards. ❤️them!

Game High Scoring

James had a break out game today scoring 8 points. The game resulted in a win for the Bears!! 

Way to go bears!!

Our little gymnast

Reese has learned so many new things in her gymnastic classes. We're on the 4th class and today she did a handstand into the giant foam pit. 

She also has perfected her bridge. 

For the first time she worked on a back hand spring, "back spring" as Reese calls it. 

Finally, they have done work on the uneven bars as well as the balance beam. Reese is loving it. 

He Shoots, He Scores .... Again.

The big bad bears were playing the orcas and they were ready for their first win of the season. They were doing very well with the help of number 3, he helped them with solid defense and another 2 points. 

Despite the effort, the Bears lost to the Orcas in the last quarter. The doughnuts JJ brought for snack helped them to quickly forget about the defeat. 

Snow Day = Dentist

We had a snow day today, but still had to go to the dentist appointment. This was the kids second time seeing the dentist. Our appointments were bright and early at 8 am. As you can tell the kids were excited. 

They actually were. James was very excited to show the dentist his missing teeth as well as his new teeth. Both kids sat in the chairs and were ready for action. 

As the dentist was checking JJ's teeth he let James know that he now has 5 man teeth so he must be a man!!!  JJ got a kick out of that. Both kids had great checkups and no cavities! Yeah!  Reese wanted to make sure I got a picture of her super clean teeth. They both told me that the dentist is fun. Let's hope that they always feel that way. 

Moving on up!

Reese had her first gymnastics class tonight at For the Kidz. Reese has been talking about taking gymnastics for over a month and once we signed her up that was all she could talk about for an entire week. Reese looked like a natural and was so excited doing all of her station work. On the first circuit Reese was suppose to do a somersault on the wedge, but chose to do a cartwheel instead. After her first pass through, the teacher pulled Reese off to the side and asked to see her cartwheel. She then pulled over the other teacher to have Reese show her the cartwheel. At the end of class the teacher came up to me and told me that if I wanted, Reese can move up to the advanced preschool class since she already knows how to do a cartwheel. Reese absolutely loved gymnastics and asked if she could go everyday. We love our little gymnast.