Check-ups

Ethan and Kate had their check-ups today.  Our kids are wonderfully healthy kids, and we are very grateful of that.  Here's their stats:

Ethan at 6 months
Height - 27" (58%)
Weight - 17 lbs. 15 oz. (53% ... on an empty tummy)

Kate at 4 years
Height - 41" (75%)
Weight - 39 lbs. 9 oz. (80%)

Ethan seems to be fairing a bit better this time around with his vaccinations, but we've also done a better job of keeping the ibuprofen in him.

Here's a few other highlights from the last week

In the last week or so Kate and I have managed to finish bagging the apples on the tree (the pears were already done), plan the squashes, pumpkins, and corn, put up the pea supports, and weed the asparagus, onions, and beets.  I've been working a bit at a time on putting our leaf mulch down the in garden.  Once that's done, the garden will be fairly well taken care of for awhile.  Now we just need some warmer weather to encourage everything to grow.  So far we've had asparagus, rhubarb, and lettuce, but we're all ready for more ...

Last Saturday evening we headed over to the Petzold's home for a potluck with our old GIFT group.  We grown-ups had a nice time and for the kids it was like a family reunion; success on all fronts.  (Except that Ethan showed everyone there that he's still a major spitter upper.)

Sunday after church we had our first meeting with our new Bible Study group; we're looking forward to getting back into this, especially since we're not leading it this time :)

Saturday morning Matt spent a good chunk of the morning at Menards getting the supplies for our soon-to-be-built "tower" in the backyard.  He and my dad are hoping to build most of it a few weekends from now.  It's going to be so much fun!  (The girls helped unload the lumber.)

Ethan's working more and more on solid food.  He doesn't care much for the mashed up baby food, but has enjoyed the little bits that we're giving him from our meals.  I think his favorite so far was a nice ripe pear; he must have gummed and swallowed most of the slice I gave him because I only found a small piece of it after lunch today.  The cool, hard veggies have also been nice for this guy's sore mouth.

Anna has only a few more days left of kindergarten and then we'll switch into summer mode.  It's been a great year for her, but we're all ready to not have to deal with the school routine for awhile.