Master's Week

It comes every year, regardless of the rain, sun, and for this year pollen; Master's Week. (A side note about the pollen. This is the worse year in the last 30 for the amount of pollen in the air. It looks like dust storms as you drive around town. Also, there is so much that the roads, parking lots, and even the roofs are turned green because of the volume of pollen that has fallen to the ground). It is the first major golf tournament as part of the PGA Tour. This year we are even hosting Tiger Woods in his first tournament after he dominated the headlines last year. But enough of him, you all want to know about us. Last week I was supposed to update the blog, but because of conference I didn't get around to it. So let the two week update begin. I have been working on research papers; one down and one to go. Besides that nothing else. Jaynee has been watching her garden grow, keeping the kids out of it, and spending a lot of time with the girls both inside and outside. The girls are as cute as ever. They love to spend time outside, and playing. They love to read, and I think that combined they have read every book they have at least 10 times in the last couple of weeks. They have a lot of book, three book shelves worth and growing.







Easter has also come and gone, and we learned a little more about the differences between our girls. Just before Easter, Jaynee took them to an Easter egg hunt at the library. The Easter bunny was there, and Emma was ecstatic with joy and happiness, while Sofia was the complete opposite. She was scared and very afraid of the big white bunny. Once the egg hunt started, it took the girls a while to understand what they were supposed to do, and then Emma went crazy. She got so excited and fixated that should would run past several eggs just to get the one she first saw. Sofia was a little more calm and reserved. She would slowly pick up each egg in beginning with the closest to her and working out to wherever Emma was at. On Easter Sunday we set up a little Easter egg hunt in the house and the exact same thing happened, except that the big white bunny wasn't here in person. Since that day, the girls have loved to play with their Easter buckets and the little plastic eggs that they picked up.







This morning Emma and I are staying home from church. Emma's mouth is in so much pain from her teeth trying to break through that she has not slept the last two nights. We think her mouth is swollen so when she lies down and rolls on that part of her face she wakes up in pain. Because of the pain she does not want to sleep unless she is 100% completely tired. With Sofia going to church, she got to wear the first Easter dress of the season for us. She looks rather cute and adorable.





Our outlook for the next couple of weeks include completing two of my classes, then lots more family time outside and inside depending upon the weather. For Jaynee, she will be watching the girls and working on getting ready to attend a spouse’s day that is being held in a couple of weeks. She is so excited that I need to find her some of my outfits that she can tear up when she plays Soldier for a day. Also, this upcoming weekend we are going out without the kids. Ft. Gordon offers "Parents Night Out" to enable people like us to go out from time to time. We drop the kids off at 6 and pick them up before 11. We are debating on if we want to go have dinner and a movie or return home for a nap. I think it will have to be a last minute decision.

The girls are progressing greatly. They are speaking all the time and are now beginning to put two, three, and even four and five words together when they speak. This morning Sofia helped me count up to eight. I said One, she said Two, Three, I said Four, she said Five, Six, I said Seven, and she said Eight. Emma can help us sing some of the songs we sing with the girls. Her favorite songs to sing include ABC's and Wheels on the Bus. They are so cute when they act out the parts of the song or attempt to sign the ABC's we are singing them. Emma's favorite letter is "Z". Well, more to follow in the next posting or two.