2015 has already brought change to the Noriegas. After two and a half years serving in the nursery, I was finally released. I loved teaching and playing with all my little buddies in nursery. I feel like I really know all the little kids at church, but it was time for a change. I am now teaching one of the youth sunday school classes. I have the oldest kids and it is great. I love it already. Last week was my first time teaching. I was told that I would have 5-6 kids. I showed up to 16 kids and the stake president sat in my class. It was quite the way to start off the new calling.
Natalia was so excited to find out that her teacher was moving up with her. She loves her teacher, but I had been preparing her for getting a new one. I knew she would be sad, so it was a great surprise to find out she moved up classes, got a new room, but still had the same teacher.
Sienna is officially in primary now. Today was her first week as a sunbeam. She has been so excited to be in the primary. She was a little confused today in sacrament meeting though. For some reason her little mind thought that since she was going to be a sunbeam today that meant she got to go up front and sing with the primary kids. We explained that the primary was not singing today, but she would get to go up whenever they do singing in the future. She was crushed and quietly cried for most of sacrament meeting. Occasionally she would lean over and whisper, "but I have never got to go up there before, I really want to go up there." Poor thing. She did love being a sunbeam and she sat reverently and did a great job in primary.
Estelle finally gets to go to nursery without me. It is awesome dropping her off and then leaving to go to my class.
Sunday, January 11, 2015
First Snow
We got our first snow on Tuesday. They did not cancel school. I am glad that we are close, because the roads were a mess. It snowed all day. I think it was around three inches, which is not that much, but they did not clear the roads at all. I peaked into Natalia's classroom when the bell rang for school to start and there were only 6 kids. When school ended we all suited up and played outside. Estelle looked like a pink marshmallow in her snow suit. She didn't want her gloves on, then she touched the snow and it was cold, so she screamed. She really did not want to play in it. After I warmed her hands up, put gloves on her and took her outside all she did is stand there. She really was not a fan of the snow. Natalia and Sienna; however, loved it. They had a blast.
It was freezing the rest of the week. Today was the first day it got over 30 degrees. We had two hour delays or canceled school for the rest of the week, but no more snow.
New Year's Eve
We had another wonderful New Year's Eve celebration that lasted well into the next day. Our kids stayed up until 2:00 in the morning. Estelle didn't; she slept in the pack and play, she didn't even wake up with the fireworks or noise makers at midnight. They, surprisingly all did really well. We went back to the party the next morning and Sienna missed her nap. She was happy until about 3:00 in the afternoon and then she just lost it. little sleep at night and no nap was just too much for her little body and brain, she just could not think straight anymore. We played lots of games. The kids had a blast running around playing with all the other kids. It was a great way to bring in the new year.
2014 was a great year for us. It went by too quickly, but we did lots of fun things together as a family. We traveled more this year than we have since we started having kids. The girls took their first long road trip and we did lots of little road trips as well. We had lots of new experiences and the girls made lots of great memories.
Natalia started school this year. It was fun to see her grow up so much in 2014. She is so much more confident and she is developing as an individual. She learned how to read this year and she is working on writing. It is fascinating watching her try to figure out how to put her thoughts into words. She loves learning new things every day at school. We love her school and she is thriving in Kindergarten.
Sienna blossomed in 2014. A year ago, Sienna was one of the naughty kids in nursery. Now she is so well behaved and eager to learn. Sienna learned to love playing games this year. She can do puzzles all by herself (she prefers to do them with me though) and she is really independent in so many things. She loves her playgroups and she loves having her own friends.
Estelle has probably changed the most in 2014. She learned to walk and talk this year. She really is not a baby anymore. She was slow on the walking, but once she decided to do it, she just took off. She keeps up with her big sisters. The last few months her vocabulary has really expanded. She surprises us with new words every day. She is probably up to 80 or so. Many of them are only understood by me, but she really is talking. She is so happy when she knows that she is being understood.
2014 has been great, but not without challenges. For two months Estelle screamed or cried for about 3-4 hours of the day. It challenged us and we all found that we need to work on how we communicate with each other. Thankfully she finally just grew out of that stage. It was a challenge, but Estelle never ceased to be adorable and we all learned about things we need to work on.
Having a kid in school adds the influence of others more into our lives. School also complicates scheduling and planning. These are not bad things, just new trails that came in 2014. I am grateful for everything we learned this year. I am grateful for the time that we spent together as a family. We had great memories and new opportunities this year. I love watching my kids grow and learn and experience new things. Thank you 2014 for being good to us.
2014 was a great year for us. It went by too quickly, but we did lots of fun things together as a family. We traveled more this year than we have since we started having kids. The girls took their first long road trip and we did lots of little road trips as well. We had lots of new experiences and the girls made lots of great memories.
Natalia started school this year. It was fun to see her grow up so much in 2014. She is so much more confident and she is developing as an individual. She learned how to read this year and she is working on writing. It is fascinating watching her try to figure out how to put her thoughts into words. She loves learning new things every day at school. We love her school and she is thriving in Kindergarten.
Sienna blossomed in 2014. A year ago, Sienna was one of the naughty kids in nursery. Now she is so well behaved and eager to learn. Sienna learned to love playing games this year. She can do puzzles all by herself (she prefers to do them with me though) and she is really independent in so many things. She loves her playgroups and she loves having her own friends.
Estelle has probably changed the most in 2014. She learned to walk and talk this year. She really is not a baby anymore. She was slow on the walking, but once she decided to do it, she just took off. She keeps up with her big sisters. The last few months her vocabulary has really expanded. She surprises us with new words every day. She is probably up to 80 or so. Many of them are only understood by me, but she really is talking. She is so happy when she knows that she is being understood.
2014 has been great, but not without challenges. For two months Estelle screamed or cried for about 3-4 hours of the day. It challenged us and we all found that we need to work on how we communicate with each other. Thankfully she finally just grew out of that stage. It was a challenge, but Estelle never ceased to be adorable and we all learned about things we need to work on.
Having a kid in school adds the influence of others more into our lives. School also complicates scheduling and planning. These are not bad things, just new trails that came in 2014. I am grateful for everything we learned this year. I am grateful for the time that we spent together as a family. We had great memories and new opportunities this year. I love watching my kids grow and learn and experience new things. Thank you 2014 for being good to us.
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