I think my kids are part of a percentage that are used to and expect change in their lives. I mention it only because we watched a movie the other day as a family (Ramona and Beezus in case you were wondering) and Ramona became very upset that the family might move. This was shocking to my daughters. Most family and friends I know have lived in the same place for years, decades now even. Than there is us. Let me give some recent examples.
The other month I was rolling up a rug in our main room so that I could sweep underneath it, my 6 year old turns and asks casually, “Oh, it’s time to move again?”
My 9 year old points out to me the other day that she has yet to go a full school year with a single teacher. In fact, in her 4 short years of schooling, she has had 8 different teachers and attended 4 separate schools.
I don’t know if this is a good or bad thing. Genevieve is used to being known as the “new kid”. It doesn’t scare her, sure she gets a bit nervous but it’s familiar. I know my kids aren’t going to have a melt-down if we have to move again. They know what’s involved, what to pack, what to leave out and how busy Mom is during that time. By the way, this blog post is not “build-up” to any announcement, just a reflection. I hope to stay in UT for a good long time.
The kids are as busy as ever. Adessa decided to change from dance to tumbling and is enjoying it so far. Her Chinese is increasing every day and she officially has words that I can’t even begin to pronounce in her vocabulary. I received one of those phone calls the other day that I never thought I would as a parent though. Her teacher called up and said that I needed to ask Adessa to stop chit-chatting in English. So it was surreal to ask my daughter to stop using English but to use her Chinese when at school. I understand the reasons since it’s an Immersion program, but I still chuckled at the conversation I had to have with her.
Gena continues to do her fencing and violin. In February I have convinced her to risk her life with ski lessons. She’s very excited, partly because I can’t stop talking about it. I remember very fondly learning how to ski when I was young and enjoying it immensely. I would love to get Adessa and Caden up there as well but skiing is expensive. So one child at a time will learn how to ski.
Caden has his next Cleft Clinic appointment in March. Should be interesting, I think we have at least 2 surgeries this year. Probably a lip revision and then another set of ear tubes. He’s had a break for an entire year being surgery free so I know this will be harder for him now that he’s older. He’s a bit sick right now with a cough but nothing seems to keep this boy down.







































Both my girls were in bed by 7:30 PM tonight! We couldn’t find Gena and there she was dead asleep in bed. And Adessa came and asked to go to bed. Gena’s got some allergies or a cold because she has the sniffles and is, clearly, tired and doesn’t feel well. Having them want to go to bed so early was a nice surprise though. 


