Happy Holidays!!!

We have been so busy with holidays and trying to finish up school before our break, I have let our blog slide. Here are a few Elmore family highlights.

Naaman is potty trained.....PRAISE THE LORD!!!!!!!!!!!!! Naaman is also starting preschool. He wants to do "big kid school" like Sissy. So far, he has mastered his alphabet, saying it, recognizing letters and he knows the sounds each letter makes. WOW!! He can count to 20 and in Spanish to 10. Colors and shapes are also mastered. We are going to be purchasing a preschool curriculum at the first of the year. He is so excited about Christmas he can hardly stand it.





Ella Grace is going through a very funny stage....she no longer goes by Ella Grace. She will not respond unless you call her "Dora Mermaid Princess Ella Grace". No joke.....she will not answer a question unless she is addressed properly. It is so funny. Ella Grace is also doing "Big Kid School". She can say her alphabet and recognizes most letters. She can count to 20 with the addition of eleventeen. ;) She is such a hoot!!! She is also Mommy's Big Girl Helper she loves to help load the dishwasher and empty the dryer. So cute.



Taylor is sitting up, rolling over and "talking" constantly. She just turned 7 months old. It is amazing how time flies. One day she is a tiny helpless baby and the nest she is this cute chunky little baby that laughs out loud when her daddy gets home from work. These moments are so precious. I love being a mommy.




Katlyn is turning into an amazing young lady. She is doing great in school. She loves it. Her favorite subjects are History, Latin, Math, and Spelling. She is learning so much, it's amazing how much she is learning. She also loves to read. She has read the Little house series 3 times this year. She is hoping to get the Rose WIlder series this year for Christmas :) She is my Big Helper, she has started helping with laundry and loves it......which is good her excitment helps me get through doing laundry... i loathe laundry.




Here are a couple a pictures from when Santa came to the house for a suprise visit. We were worried that Naaman and Ella Grace would be shy around him. They did not stop talking to him the whole time he was here. They acted like he was one of our gang. It was so much fun!!











Here is a funny picture of Burt watching TV.......




with a Saint in his lap.

Here are pics of our new puppy Pumpkin. She has gotten alot bigger. The kids love her so much and she actually plays fetch. (we have never had a dog that likes to play) She loves to play and bite Roxy (our other Saints) ears.