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Merry Christmas and we wish you peace, love and good health in the New Year!
Below are some tidbits about us Cooneys. Enjoy!
Friday,
December 16, 2011
Again a real lapse in events. The mother’s guilt is extreme as I see Seamus growing in leaps and bounds and me not taking the time to record his funny antics, silly sayings and general funny nature.
Mostly the kids are happy, constantly smiling, laughing in all they do. Fighting occurs daily, but I pray for more patience so as not to smother their exuberance for life.
Mike: still working same job for Peter Whitehead. Spent this past year working at James Taylor’s place/compound and has just recently moved to Highlawn Farm renovating some old farm houses. Just finished his week off hunting…his favorite time of the year.
Christine/Me: Nothing new here for me. I’m home with Seamus every day until Jack comes home on bus. I still work for Studio Two, squeezing in 20 hours per week during personal time (late nights and early mornings). Tough, but I’ve got the best of both worlds – being home with the kids and loving my job.
Isabelle (7 1/2 years):
• Grade: Second
• Reading, reading READING!
• plays barbies
• wants to get together with friends
• happy, skipping, exhuberant about most things
• has become quite confident in herself.
• Activities include: ballet, soccer, basketball, skiing, t-ball etc.
• loves the outdoors
• has lost 7 teeth thus far
Jack (5 1/2 years):
• Grade: regular Kindergarten 8:30-1:30
• READING!!! He now can read level 4 books and continues to improve each day. Likes to be challenged mentally with school problems or games.
• plays card games/search words, or any game
• enthusiastic, expressive, passionate about all things
• still loves his trains.
• loves doing sports
• Activities include: ballet, soccer, basketball, skiing, t-ball etc.
• lost first tooth last month
Seamus (2 1/2 years):
• Grade: home with Mom
• chasing jack and mimics everything Jack does
• stringing words together and unstanding everything
• LOVES to make kids laugh and has realized that potty talk will get them roaring
• a happy boy especially when we are all together
• shy if he knows he’s the center of attention.
• He has dimples and the greatest smile
• He loves to follow me around the house, or Daddy when home, or best “JACKO” if he’s around. At times he’s a barnacle, but he’s also VERY ‘independent’ and I use the term loosely. He wants to do things his way.
• still takes naps in afternoon
Activities for September-December 2011:
September: Kindergarten for Jack and Second grade for Isabelle; Fair in New York with Viola and the Loves, Apple Squeeze, Soccer on Saturday mornings; mike working on his grandmothers old apartment; walks around town; staying at the cottage; RunAground race at Tanglewood; BrockTrot and Isabelle and Jack’s first race (WE WERE SO PROUD!!!! Jack came in third for his age level!); raking and cleanup at the cottage.
October: Berkshire botanical garden fair; more raking at the cottage; paradise vacation at the cottage with it being 80degrees; picking apples at Bartletts; soccer; hike at Bird Sanctuary; freak 2 foot snow storm on Oct 28; halloween parade and trick or treating; playing and eating snow
November: hike with the Loves; Nona’s old apartment renovation; mIke and Pete putting on new roof over side of kitchen; Mike helping Pete to do wood floors; Mom coming back from Johns; Thanksgiving and visiting with family;
December: decorating, decorating decorating; cutting down tree and decorating; visit to Wards; Mike hunting at cabin; making cookies/drinking eggnog; holiday cheer and LOTS of singing.