The Horrocks Family: December 2008

Tuesday, December 30, 2008

Leah's Performance at the Pythian Home

Leah started violin lessons with a new teacher this year (Her teacher is wonderful!). I didn't realize how much she was missing in regards to the quality of her lessons until she began Suzuki lessons. Anyways, Leah is doing a wonderful job and we are proud of her accomplishments this year.

Here are pictures from the December 9th performance at the Pythian Home.

The Zoo! The Zoo!

Here are pictures from our trip to the zoo on November 11th. We invited the kids from Mason's preschool co-op group and Leah and Mason's friends, Dylan, Kenneth, Olivia and Ethan. The weather was wet, rainy and windy but the rain stopped and the weather warmed up a bit after a little while. Leah and Mason had a great time and they were so excited to see their friends at the zoo!

The tractor!

Mason was so excited to see this tractor! Last time we went to the zoo, I couldn't even get him to sit on it. This time, I couldn't get him off of it!

Leah and Mason on the 'horses'

Leah, Mason and Olivia

Leah, Mason, Kenneth and Dylan

Grumpy, hungry Mason

We have a preschool co-op in our ward and Keslee is one of the little girls that is in it with Mason. Mason loves Keslee and he was so excited that she came to the zoo! They walked around holding hands until it was time to go.

Mason always wants to do two things at the zoo and this is one of them (the other is riding the train which we unfortunately did not get to do this time).

Leah with the Giraffe

Here is Mason, Kenneth, Dylan and Keslee walking around the zoo holding hands.

Leah Loves Uncle Carson

Here is Leah, talking to Uncle Carson on the phone. She just loves him and as you can tell by the smile on her face, she eats up any attention he pays to her.

The American Girls Club in November

Wow! We haven't been on here in a while! We have been really busy with a million different things. Anyways, I thought I'd take some time today to catch up on what we have been doing.

Here is a picture from one of our American Girl Book Club meetings in November. We are reading the Kirsten books and as this meeting, the girls were learning about St. Lucia Day. They made St. Lucia Day head wreaths and ornaments out of straw.

About Janell

Janell's greatest happiness in life comes from being a wife and mother. She has greatly enjoyed homeschooling all three children during the last five years. While homeschooling is an education in itself, she desires to one day go back to school and pursue a career in nursing.

Janell is a homebody at heart and enjoys gardening, going on evening walks, knitting, learning to cook healthy foods, photography, hiking, yoga, going to the hair salon, and is always learning about something new and interesting. Janell's personality type is: ISFJ

About Leah

Leah is an extraordinary person and she loves and is kind to everyone. Leah is also very creative; she enjoys going to art class and doing any kind of artsy project. She is a wonderful big sister and helps a lot with her baby sister. We almost never catch her without a book in her hand and she is almost always reading several books at a time. Leah loves all animals and has a particular fascination with horses. She dreams of owning a horse ranch in Wyoming or Kentucky when she grows up.

A fun fact about Leah is that she is the only extravert personality type in our little family (ENFP to be exact).

Leah also just finished Suzuki Violin Book 1!

About Mason

Boys like Mason are few and far between. He very sweet, logical and a quick thinker (he is a really smart kid). He watches his dad very closely and tries to be just like him. He enjoys building Lego creations, coloring, playing his violin, watching Star Wars movies, paying soccer, dressing up as his own super hero creations, and playing with Leah. He has very quickly picked up Math and Spelling/Reading this year and he has been so excited about it! His goal is to pass Leah up in all subjects:) He especially enjoys Science; I am always finding his experiments all over the house.

A fun fact about Mason is that he is sure his wife will know a lot about babies (he loves babies) when he gets married and he says he wants to be either a dentist or a doctor when he grows up. Mason's Personality Type is: ISTJ-just like his dad!

About Cecilia

Cecilia is truly the princess of the house and she seems to have everyone under her spell:) She is sweet and very affectionate; she loves to give hugs and kisses, especially to her daddy when he comes home from work. A fun fact about Cecilia is that she is our only baby with sparkly blue eyes.

Cecilia is a very observant baby and I can always see the wheels turning in her head. I am always surprised at what she learns and is able to figure out. She may seem quiet, but watch out! She is our loudest baby. I honestly think she feels as though she needs to make a place for herself in our family and she wants all the attention on herself:) She usually becomes unconsolable when she is not being held by her mom. That means no babysitters anytime soon......