The von M Family: 2014

Wednesday, December 31, 2014

NYE Reflection With the Littles

Just some questions I asked the kids today. I did the same thing last year...you can go back to the post to check it out! Here are their responses this time. Enjoy! :) Oh, and the spacing is a little jacked up. Sorry. Too tired to fix it.

Ava Brecken

What are mothers for and what do they do?

They are for keeping you safe and they do things that can help you stay healthy.

Mommies take care of you.

What are fathers for and what do they do?

Fathers are for taking care of you and being hilarious.

Keeps you safe.

What’s your favorite game?

Pass the Pigs

A puzzle game

What’s the last book you read?

The Most Magnificent Thing

Star Wars

What would you love to do outside?

I would love to dig!

Eating out there!

Best dessert?

Peppermint Roll that Mimi makes.

Cake

What are you good at?

I am good at sports like softball, making a mess and drawing.

Painting my Olaf.

Who is the most important person in your family to you?

My little brother because he’s sometimes sweet.

Vally because I like him so much!

If you could change one thing in your family what would you change?

I would change the using manners thing…I just don’t like using manners.

I would change Val into a human but he will still have some claws and a tail. Even have black on him and a real face and some Val ears.

What does your family do for fun?

We go on vacations.

Go to the pool.

What will you do when you grow up?

Be an artist or a singer or a teacher.

Freddy’s! I will make some stuff for some people that want to take it home or wherever they want to take it.

What was your favorite thing from this year?

I liked playing softball. Recess is my favorite thing about school.

Go to the pool.

What was your favorite thing that you learned this year?
We learned a game called First Graders Walking Through the Room.

Last time at school Mr. Gabe told me the there is this new thing that picks you up to see all the Christmas lights and Halloween lights together. A parachute! It’s a humongous one! He said that in Miss Joni’s class when we were eating. But what I just told you…I’m just kidding. I just thought he said that.

How do you hope this next year will be different for you?

I think we should move and that we’ll get to go to Newton and stay there a whole night with Nanny.

I don’t know.

GOALS FOR THE YEAR:

I want to go to the ranch for five days and four nights. I want to feed the cows, horses and find a good place to build a tree house. I want to learn how to do a flip.

I want to learn how to do a flip in the water. I never knew how to do that, only Ava does. Even I want to do a cartwheel. I want to go to California. If they would have a pool I would want to do a cannon ball. And I want to climb a little tree. For real life. Also, I want to be a ladybug. I would abracadabra into a ladybug. Like I would abracadabra Val into a human.

Tuesday, December 23, 2014

A Little Christmas Celebration

We had our first Christmas celebration of 2014 at my Dad's on Sunday. The cousins got lots of playing and wrestling time in! We had a great time, enjoyed everyone's company, received fabulous gifts, and went to Botanica. Very thankful!

Cousins!

Christmas wishes from these three: a dragon ship, a doll and a box of pizza.

Fun at Botanica!

Ava and Papa

A few December things...

Ava had her first grade Know Your World presentation at the beginning of the month. The students had been learning about the three types of communities. They wrote a class alphabet book that was shared during the presentation, made a model of a town, sang and danced. It was super cute and I know Ava learned a lot! She really enjoyed making her doctor's office for the town. You can see the video here.

We bought a real Christmas tree this year. Ugh. Erick and the kids picked it out. It feel twice after decorating it. :)

B putting the star on the tree.

And Ava putting the star on the tree. Had to be fair. :)

B had his school Christmas program. Love all the singing voices of those little ones!

B and his teachers before the program.

Not a great pic but here's his shepherd costume.

Ava said this isn't the real Santa, but they still sat with him for a pic and told him what they would like for Christmas.

Saturday, November 22, 2014

On The Run

It's November and we've been busy bees! B-man and Lady A have been playing basketball for the Y each weekend and Ava also has practice during the week. This is the first time for either of them to play a basketball game and it's pretty cool and watch them learn and grow in the sport. The three and four year old team is pretty hilarious and Ava's team is usually pretty fun to watch. Love seeing those girls be aggressive on the court!
B has been practicing for his Thanksgiving feast program that's coming up and working on giving me a run for my money. Whew! What an attitude he can have!
Ava also has a program coming up for her grade level them at school. They're building a community (she has made a house and is currently making a doctor's office) that will be on display and she has a couple of speaking parts in the program. Can't wait to see all of their hard work in December!
Ava and I ran/walked the Girls on the Run 5K last weekend. It was lots of fun for me, but Ava thought it was a little too long. :) It was also pretty much freezing outside. But we made it to the finish line (that I dragged her across) and we did it together! Erick and B went to several points along the way to wait for us and cheer us on, which was super awesome. The crowd at the finish line made all the girls feel so special for finishing! One guy reached his hand out to Ava a little before she crossed and said, "Give me a high five before you win this race!" Made her smile so big. :)