Welcome Home Tia!: Gotcha Day, Year 3

Hi everyone!

3 Years! Did I blink? It feels like I only just blinked. Can someone tell me how to slow it all down???

Sweet T and Hunter have had a great year. Hunter is in 8^th grade now, his second year at Coral Spring Christian. He wrapped up 7^th grade with pretty good grades, but crushed it this first quarter of 8^th. Straight A’s. Made Headmasters List and the Middle School Basketball team. (As I type, we are at Douglas Gym getting a shooting lesson from Marilyn. Thanks Coach!) He’s really turning out to be a terrific young man. Always things to work on, but he’s at the age where he’s starting to see and understands life a bit more clearly. He’s also continues to be a terrific big brother. You can see that Tian loves him very much.

Tian is 4 ½ now and loves her new VPK class. We use to draw pictures every morning. She wouldn’t let me leave until I drew the request of the day. VPK starts. New class, new teachers and new routine… No need for daddy’s morning pictures. Sad day. “Bye Daddy”, a hug and she’s off…

Her personality has exploded. She is affectionate, caring and kind. Very sweet to her friends and loves giving hugs. She’s a HUGGER! From everything we were told and read, I honestly did expect to see this huge amount affection from her. I’m absolutely tickled about it.

The “lefty” in her is also coming out. She loves music, dancing and sings constantly. Fun to hear her sing my favorite Zac Brown Songs and a mix of top 40 stuff. She takes Ballet at school and as mentioned before, T loves drawing pictures and coloring. Flowers and hearts are the subject of choice these days.

In March, Tian enjoyed her first cruise. She loved the kiddie pool and the kid’s camp. Hunter and Max enjoyed the teen nightlife and being on their own. The parent’s got to celebrate St. Patrick’s Day!

In April we celebrated Sweet T's 4^th Birthday at Twister’s. I think all of her class attended. We had an Elsa theme and they loved the 2 hours of free play.

Tian also learned to swim this summer! No More Floaties!

This summer included a trip to Orlando with the Clarks. 4 parks in 4 days! It was Tian’s first time at Magic Kingdom and I thought her head was going to explode. I think she enjoyed the Princess Lunch the most.

And for Halloween, Tian was a beautiful Ice Princess. This girl loves everything about getting dressed up. (And I think Kerry equally enjoys dressing her up.) The big costume, make-up, accessories and shoes! Hunter and Kerry took her around the neighborhood while I fed the Trick or Treaters!