A Little Catching Up

Well, this is just going to have to be a big random entry about lots of different things.  It's been a while since I've taken a minute to write and lots of things have happened. 

First of all....what would I do without my little helper!! 

 

Here's Evangeline before scarecrow day at school....

 

There was a lost tooth on November 7th.  It happened about 8:30 at night.  Evangeline came speeding down the stairs crying, "Mommy! Mommy!" after we had already put her to bed.  It startled me for a minute.  She exclaimed that she had lost her tooth!  She was so excited to put it right under that pillow.   

 

Jed is sprouting teeth as fast as Evangeline is loosing them.  Evangeline has often wondered if the tooth fairy collects her teeth for Jed. 

The kids and I got our flu shots.  Evangeline gave me strict instructions not to tell her that we were getting them because she didn't want to stew about it.  She just wanted to be surprised.  I pulled up at the doctor's office after school and in a slight panic she asked me what we were doing.  I told her we were getting our shots.  She cried for a minute, but then got it together.  The nurse asked who was going to go first and she hoped right up on the table to get it over with.  I was so surprised by her bravery given the fact that it took 2 nurses to hold her down last year.  Her only demand this year was that she get to step out when Jed got his because she didn't want to hear him cry. 

Jed's really developing his verbal communication skills.  He's been saying ball-ball for a few days.  I wasn't sure what he was trying to say until the other day.  I realized he was meaning to say "bubble".  There is a book he likes to read at Peggy's house where there are bubbles that "pop, pop, pop".  Peggy says he likes her to read it over and over.  I put it together the other day when we were looking at something with bubbles and he said "ball-ball" and took his finger and poked at them saying, "pa pa pa".  I know it's a little thing, but it was really quite an exciting discovery for me. 

He's learning so much.  He's beginning to love books and he is able to point out familiar objects in books when asked to find something in particular. 

It's clementine season and Mr. Jed loves clementines.  He eats and eats them!

 

Evangeline went with Peggy to see the quartet, 5th Street Revival when they visited Marshall last week.  One of the members was once the pastor at the church Peggy was working for.  Evangeline came home very excited to tell us that she sang the song during the offertory.   I was sorry I missed that.  I received an email from Clair Beven, the woman that accompanied her on piano, (who is also the principal at North School) to tell me what a joy it was to hear her sing. 

Evangeline sang in the Marshall School's Got Talent show last night.  Wow.  Kyle played for her on the guitar.  The two of them were enough to send me into a puddle of pride tears.  On her way out on stage the announcer did a short bio on her.  The announcer introduced her as Evangeline Hutson, a second grader at South School, and that her hobbies included reading fairy books and playing basketball outside with her dad.  It was precious.  (Evangeline later told me that her teacher asked her a few questions about her hobbies at school before the show.  That was a surprise to me.)  Kyle got a grin on his face upon hearing her bio too.  After they performed they got a standing ovation...the only one of the night.  There were several people in tears.  The song "Just A Closer Walk With Thee" has such a special message and to hear it sung by a child makes it all the more special.  Her friends all ran up and hugged her afterwards.  It was seriously the sweetest sight.  She has a lovely voice and I very much admire her ability to share her voice with an audience. 

 

**Another big event....The Chicago Cubs won the World Series for the first time in 108 years!!  We were so excited!  It was the most agonizing game ever.  Kyle and I almost couldn't take it.  I thought about how much I wished my grandpa Jerry, die hard Cubs fan, could have been there to see it.***