Update On All My Chillins!

Mileena
is in the 7th grade! Ahhhhh! She likes all of her teachers which is important in middle school. She is still in band but her flute has been in the shop since school has started, hopefully we will get it back soon. She is thinking of being on the newspaper staff, but isn't sure. She has been very responsible this school year so far and has a lot more extra time to spend with us and her siblings rather than on homework.
Riker
has been saying the funnies things lately! I just love his funny little personality. His most recent thing story was:
"Noa (a girl from in his pre-k class) said I'm not cute. I told her my mommy thinks I'm cute!"
Man , I love this kid! He is so inquisitive also, you can just tell his little mind is thinking of how things are working when you look at him. He asks so many questions! I am grateful that he is in preschool for 3 hours during the day so his teacher gets to answer some of them. It's not that I don't love him wanting to know things at all, but it is hard to explain the things he asks about so that he can understand them. He asked me why it gets dark at night, and so I explained the earth is round and went on the whole sh-peal like I was a science teacher. And he STILL had questions about it. He is definitely a smarty pants and I hope he wants to be this knowledgeable his whole life.
Austin
Is a crazy little boy! He prefers making a screaming sound than talking, but I have been trying to get him to use his words lately. Some of them are:
drink-"dink" he says this while tip his head back and it's also a throat sound more than a word.
mama
dada
sissy-"sssss"
riker-"dii-der"
no no- "nee" he shakes his head while he says this too
cookie-"doo-dee"
more-"moooow"
popsicle- "he makes all types of weird tongue movements for this one :)
banana-"na-na-na"
book-"dook"
He loves it when Mitchell comes home from work but would prefer to stay with me in the mornings right when he wakes up. He absolutely loves Riker and is so excited whenever I say "Let's go bye-bye, it's time to get Riker!" He runs over to the door and tries to open it all by himself. We just love our little goober (yes that is his nickname around this house) and we think he is adorable :)

That's all folks!