December 1, 2014
Merry Christmas and Happy
(soon to be) New Year 2015!
For us this year began with
plans for a new addition to our family and much of the year was spend
focused on this goal. We were very happy to welcome Joshua on
November 6th. For the first time we feel as though our
family is complete as we marvel at our new born baby boy. David
couldn't be happier to have a brother and the same goes for the
girls.
Rebekah (our baby girl)
turned 2 in August and with that came the realization that our last
baby girl is growing up. She now attends Sunday School and does just
about everything else her sisters do too. We love her sentences... she says anything she wants to
say. She is loving, funny, competitive and helpful. She will often help David with his chore of unloading the dishwasher.
Samara is about to turn 4 and is eager to do all things big girls do. I am thankful she is only one school grade behind Angeline because she likes to keep up with her big sister. It seems I am always having to tell her she she has to wait until she is in kindergarten. She can write her name and several other words but mostly just likes putting random letters together and asking “what does this say”? We are looking forward to celebrating her December Birthday with a Disney Frozen theme.
Angeline started
kindergarten in September at 5 1/2 years old. I was wondering how I
would handle homeschooling 2 but it has been going really well. She
is eager and works efficiently and quickly... just have to remind her
to slow down and work on her tidiness! She attends class on Tuesdays
and has the following activities planned for the new year... ballet,
swimming lessons, and soccer. She loves to help around the house and
is our official egg cracker. She is also a big help with her sisters
and baby Joshua.
David is almost 8 1/2 and
is continuing to thrive at home in Grade 3. He loves to read chapter
books and his favourite subject is math. He recently finished the
Geronimo Stilton Fantasy series (6 chapter books) and has read every
Captain Underpants book he can get his hands on. He is planning to
start Karate Class in the New Year and is also looking forward to
swimming lessons and soccer in the Spring. He is also starting his first job (a paper route) to earn some spending money and save up for his next motor cycle.
Jonathan has been enjoying
playing floor hockey on Tuesday nights and is looking forward to
another Spring Season of Soccer. He recently took 3 weeks off work to
help out at home when baby Joshua arrived. We are going to miss
having him home full time since he has to go back to work tomorrow.
I am doing well and am very
happy to have Joshua in my arms and no longer in my womb! I am
looking forward to getting back in shape as I shed these baby pounds
for the final time. We recently celebrated our 9 year wedding
anniversary and look forward to celebrating our 10th in a
special way next year. Lots to look forward to in 2015!
Love,
the Neufelds
PS- Here are our new photo's taken on November 27th by Charlie Vowels. These are the runners up... saving our favourites for Christmas pictures... Enjoy!
1 comment:
Beautiful Christmas Letter! And the pics are so great!!!
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