The sadness of the month was watching our Carolina Panthers play in the ridiculousness that was the Super Bowl. We let the kids stay up and watch the first half and we were really disappointed the Panthers did not play any better. The kids were just excited to stay up past their bed time and couldn't have cared any less about the game. Todd and I watched the entire miserable game and were so disappointed in the final outcome. However, we know this team is good and we are hoping for a better outcome next season.
Both kids had their well checks this month and were both given the thumbs up by Dr. Little. I was excited that Mason finally decided to make some increases on the growth chart. Little guy moved up to the 19th percentile in height, which is a decent place for him. We think he's growing like a weed until we see him next to his friends and then we realize just how little he really is. Poor guy is just going to be little. He's hovering around 14th percentile for weight, but that's pretty consistent for him. He passed his hearing and vision checks with zero problems, which made all of us pretty happy.
He wasn't happy about putting on the gown for his exam. The drama of being 4.
Aubrey on the other hand has really slowed down in growth. I looked back over her records and she has dropped from the 35th percentile in height at age 4 to 18th at age 7. I am not really concerned about it because she is physically fine. But, it is really obvious when she is around her friends that she is going to be a shorty like her mother. Of course, she is old enough to notice the heigh difference between her and her friends and she is devastated by it. Again, drama is the name of the game.
Proof that she is really is growing. The picture on the left is from spirit week at school in 2015 and the one on the right is during spirit week 2016. So, she is growing, just not as much as her friends.
Our main event of the month was Aubrey's school musical. The kindergartners and 1st graders combined to put on the show Stone Soup and it was very cute. The school gym made it very hard to understand much of what was going on, especially with the mouse-like voices the kids had in front of the audience, but they appeared to enjoy themselves and looked really cute doing it, and of course, that's what matters.
I'm pretty sure this was the 1st graders only at this point.
I'm sure the highlight of Aubrey's month was being given her first "device." Although Aubrey has pretty open access to our old laptop she was pretty jealous that Mason got a Kindle for his birthday. She uses the iPad a lot more than he does, especially for school work, so it seemed pretty fair to us that he got a Kindle to play with. However, we realized that Aubrey is really starting to become more interested in music and wants to listen to music that she likes that we don't care for (aka teeny bopper music). We tried to hook up my old cd player for her so she could listen to some of her cds in her room, but realized the player was dead so we had to rely on some newer technology. After a lot of discussion, we allowed her to start using my old iPhone that has been completely parentally controlled and locked down to a glorified iPod. She was so happy to have all of her music in place and to be able to download the million apps she was always getting denied access to on my phone. She still has to ask us permission to use it and it stays in the master bedroom when its not in use. We are hoping by teaching her good habits with it now, she can learn to use is responsibly as she gets older. I'm still nervous about her having access to the internet but for now she sticks to the kids YouTube app and her games and music so we haven't had any issues with what she choses. I know this is just a part of parenting these days, but I really hate having to worry about her and her safety. It is definitely something we are going to learn to adapt to as both kids get older and hope we teach them well.
Playing nice with her brother while she uses the phone.
So, that was our quiet little February. I'm always so happy that February usually turns out to be so much calmer than January. We finally get a chance to relax and breathe after the January craziness and its usually just what we need.
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