This email that I wrote last week gives a nice update on my family. Enjoy!
Monday, January 9, 2012
Hey Elder Hallstrom!
You're so right about being in a post-
Christmas coma! I still think it'll take me another week or two before I
finally get back into the swing of things. Anyway, it's neat to hear
that you are learning Spanish so quickly by reading the Book of Mormon.
Keep it up. Glad to hear that you and your companion are getting along
well. I'm sure you'll find people to teach soon!
Now for some
updates on my little family. Laura came to visit us over Christmas
break. She was here for 12 days. It was so fun to have her at my house
and get to know my kids better. Tyler turned 4 years old on Dec. 30th. His favorite gift was his
football. That boy loves his sports and he has quite the arm! Can't
wait to get him into sports in a couple years. Brian will turn 7 next
month. He LOVES school and is a very precise and and a conscientious
student. So far, he's earned 100% on two math tests, each of which
covered 4 chapters. I am the art appreciation volunteer for his class.
I taught art today and Grandma Hallstrom watched the other two kids for
me. The first graders were kind of rowdy today. The artist we learned
about loved listening to music as he created his artwork, so I turned
on a CD of random music for the kids as they drew with oil pastels. It
only took the kids about 20 minutes to complete their projects. Then
one boy named Daimyn asked if he could dance. I said sure. That boy
had some sweet breakdancing moves for a 6 year old! Most of the rest of
the class joined in the impromptu dance party. The subsitute teacher
took the kids out for recess. There were 3 kids, including Brian, that
wanted to stay inside and finish their art projects. It was a fun art
day though. Art was at the end of the day. I took Brian with me to the
grocery store. He LOVES grocery shopping with me and takes it very
seriously. He's in charge of carrying the list and crossing off the
items as we put them in the cart. He's a great helper too as we load
the bagged groceries into the cart, then into the van, and into the
house. So, once a month after I teach art, Brian is my buddy at the
grocery store. And little Miss Katie has grown up so much the past
couple weeks. She can talk more. Her newest words are Mom, Dad, (a
very airy and high pitched "Bye!", Boo, Go, and No! She finally figured
out how to turn around and go down the stairs all by herself. Tyler
taught her something naughty. He climbed in to her crib last week and
helped her take her wet diaper off! Rrrrg! And Katie knows how to
de-diaper herself now too. So, now every time I put Katie down for a
nap, I put a strip of duct tape over the front of her diaper, put her
fuzzy footy pjs on backwards and zip them up. Terrible twos are
starting early for that girl. She got the cutest white antique toy
kitchen for Christmas filled with plastic food and dishes. She LOVES
playing with that in her room. Sam's doing well. Sam took me to his
work's Christmas party last month. It was fun... a pizza buffet and a
fun drawing game, (think pass along Pictionary.) I received one of the
best surprises ever for Christmas... an iPhone 4!!!! We haven't had a
cell phone for over 3 1/2 years. Our home phone, that we still have, is
not reliable. I had NO clue I was getting a cell phone of Christmas. I
didn't even ask for one. But hey, I'm not complaining. That phone is
awesome and has all the bells and whistles. SaWEET, to say the least.
Hope
you're having fun on your mission and that you're learning lots. Glad
to hear your happy out there serving the Lord. We pray for you and your
safety and success! We love you! Can't wait to hear more updates next
week. Keep up the good work!
Love, LISA (and family)
P.S.
I just got called to teach the 9 year olds in Primary. I've taught
them for 2 weeks already. Let me know if you have any fun
ideas/challenges that I can do with the kids. There are about 6-7 kids
in the class. Thanks!
1 comment:
What an awesome way to update us all. I love it! Can't believe Kate and the diaper. I'm so sorry about that. Crazy kids that make us insane while we continue to love them with all our hearts.
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