Happy Halloween!

Hello everyone. Not too much new going on but I thought I would share some new pictures of Cohen. We went to the park last weekend and he loved it. Now that the weather is cooler it is much nicer to go.

School is going pretty well. My class is doing well and it is almost report card time for the 2nd 6 weeks. I got a new little girl this past week from Cameroon, Africa. She is sweet as can be. She speaks pretty good English considering her first language is French. It will be fun to see her progress in kindergarten. If you have time, please pray for 2 little boys in my class. They are taking up a lot of my time because they feel it is okay to do whatever they feel like and that it isn't okay to follow directions. I am practicing patience alot with them, but it gets tiring day after day. They are sweet boys, they just have some work to do in the behavior category. Everyone else is doing super good in the class and are getting better and better at ignoring the behaviors of the two.

Well, Jerimiah just got home from class so I'll post the pictures and that will be all for now.

Cohen-5 Months

It is hard to believe that Cohen if 5 months old already. The time has gone so fast. He is growing and learning new things like crazy. He goes to the dr. at the end of the month and I'll be curious to how much he weighs. The closer to 22 pounds the happier I'll be. That is when we can for sure stop carrying him in his carseat and switch over to a different one. He is getting so heavy for me to carry in that thing. I guess it will make my arms stronger until he is done with it.

Grandpa and Grandma Bensema were here for a quick weekend. Cohen had his Baby Dedication at church on Sunday and they wanted to be here for it. We had breakfast at our house on Saturday morning, the traditional pancakes, eggs and sausage and then headed off to Galveston. My dad and Brenda had never been there so it was fun to go. I had not been there in over a year after Ike hit last September. There is still alot of damage and stuff they are working on, but they have made some progress in alot of areas. Sunday was church and then we had everyone over to our house for a steak dinner. It was a fun, short weekend with them. Hopefully, they will be back in December to spend more time with us at the holidays. If that happenes, I plan on making a quick trip to Iowa sometime in January or February. We have some long weekends that I could come up on and not have to miss school.

I'm going to write now some of Cohen's things that he is doing and liking at 5 months:

-loves to play with daddy

-still likes his binky, but uses it more to chew on then suck.

-almost has his first tooth. We can feel it but just hasn't popped out yet.

-tried some rice cereal for the first time.

-is so happy. Almost always smiling and laughing.

-loves kicking his feet when laying on the floor.

-can roll really well from his belly to his back and surprises himself when he rolls from back to belly.

-loves chewing on everything.

-loves to play on the floor.

Love, Sara Jerimiah and Cohen