The Mellenthins: Month in Review

Goal: Post updates once a week in 2012.
Why: One, it seems easy enough. Two, so friends and family can see the kids more. Three, because someday the kids can look back and read about what it was like when they were little.

So let's recap the last 30 days as we start our journey in 2012.

Last post was St. Nick. Yikes. Since then....
-First Christmas in the new house. We went out to Grandma and Grandpa's to get our 10 foot tree from their front yard!
-Mark and dad put lights up on the house so we wouldn't be the only ones without them!
-Christmas was crazy, the boys were pretty good this year so Santa didn't disappoint.
-Parker had 10 days off school, it wasn't enough for him but we were excited to get back into a routine.
-Parker is a good student at school but sometimes lacks focus to complete his work. He tends to want to help others before his finishes his own jobs and assignments, plus he loves attention from the teachers. Our goal for the second half of kindergarten is to get him to complete his work first so he can help out the other kids. Wish us luck. After the first week back we have witnessed improvement so we are very hopeful.
-Crosby is really starting to make noise, not quite in the form of words but it is getting close. He can get out mom, dad and ya. This week he started to say "bobby" when looking at Uncle Mark. Not sure what that is all about yet but its pretty funny.
-Crosby is also getting his molar teeth so the drool is back in full force and so is his lack of appetite.
-The weather has been super warm for Wisconsin so we have been outside more than normal. There is no snow on the ground which we love. (Sorry Brian)
-Parker got a snowboard after Christmas in hopes to hang with Brian, Mark and Madisyn this winter. Not sure if he is going to like it, waiting for the first big snowfall to test it out.
-Parker has a ton of "BFFs": at school he has Tyler, at home it is Madisyn, Riley, Bella, Jacob and he recently met Sam Benesh from Oshkosh and they are super BFFs.