Happy Holidays 2010
Wow! 2010 is already coming to an end, and honestly I cannot believe that it is almost over. It seems like just yesterday I was sitting at the computer writing last year’s holiday letter. It has been another fun and exciting year at our house.
Chad is currently working at Coventry (has been since 2008) and is really liking it. This past summer he was able to completely rebuild a bike as a project and you could tell that he had a lot of fun taking something was complete junk and turning it back into a really nice motorcycle. It was a fun project for him and a cousin of mine… he was really proud of it.
Delainey is 7 and currently in the 1st grade and loving it. She has been staying really busy with swimming (all year) and she really enjoyed soccer over the summer. We missed the registration dates for fall soccer, but we have it on the calendar for spring. Delainey was able to participate in a special “Demonettes’ dance camp this fall, she really enjoyed it. She is enjoying 1st grade and all the new challenges that have come with it. She does miss the ‘free’ time that was more available in kindergarten but she is doing really well. It is shocking to see what 1st graders are learning… I mean she can read already. It is great and thankfully she is really smart and it comes fairly easy to her.
Shelby is in her second year of preschool and having a really good year so far this fall... She currently receives occupational therapy once a week for her SPD and it continues to help a lot for her sensory issues. She is doing well in school and thankfully she has teacher who understand her current needs/quirks. The school year is going so much better this year because of her amazing teachers. Shelby is also active in swimming lessons and is doing really well.
Avery is also in her second year of preschool. She is doing amazing! She is kind of a little stinker in that she likes to ‘pretend’ that she doesn’t know what is going on a lot and in fact we were really concerned for awhile about her educationally…that is until we went to her conferences this past October and learned that our daughter has almost reached all the milestones for the year…and it is only October. She definitely pulled the wool over our eyes.
Shelby and Avery will turn 5 the day after Christmas.
Brody is well… Brody. He is certainly all boy and doesn’t quit…ever. The kid wakes up every morning and 5am and does not stop until he goes to bed at 7:30pm. He is very talkative and has an amazing vocabulary for a 3 year old. He loves watching football and is obsessed with anything motorcycles or cars. We are currently working on potty training and well, it’s not going well. I am fairly confident that he will go to kindergarten in diapers… but it goes with his personality. He is currently enjoying having two friends who come over to play M-F for a few hours each morning and he really misses them when they are gone. Brody will turn 3 on December 4th.
I am still in the Social Work program at Minot State University, and also a member of my Student Social Work Organization here in Bismarck. I am really enjoying it and the projects that they do. I have cut my class load to ½ times so that I can focus a bit more on the children and their activities and give more to school than simply just getting it done. Plus I don’t want to go back to work full time until Brody is in kindergarten so I want to stay in school to stay ‘up’ on the changes in social work. I am currently the President of MOMS Club of Bismarck and am really enjoying it, but I am fairly certain that this will be my last year involved as a member of the board. It is fun to connect with other moms in the Bismarck/Mandan area but with Brody going to preschool next fall and such it is becoming time to turn the reins over to the ‘next’ group of members. They are going to do awesome! I have also become more active in some Special Education groups in Bismarck. You wouldn’t believe the number of families that struggle to get their children the appropriate education that they deserve simply because someone else isn’t doing their job. It is heart breaking. I have met so many amazing people because of this and it has certainly lead me into a new direction with my forever career.
As a family we had an exciting 2010. We were given the honor of being the 2010 North Dakota Ambassador Family for the March of Dimes. We had a lot of fun participating in the walks in Minot, Fargo and Bismarck. We raised over $5000 as a family team at the Bismarck walk and Delainey was given an amazing honor of being one of the top 250 youth walkers in the country! She alone raised $826 for the March of Dimes. She not only received the Top Youth Walker Plaque at the Bismarck event, but she also received a special pin and letter from the March of Dimes office in New York. We are very proud of Delainey.
Here is to an amazing holiday season and a very happy new year! I know that there are certainly changes coming for our family! Merry Christmas!
Love the Krumwiedes
Chad, Kristin, Delainey, Shelby, Avery and Brody
Chad, Kristin, Delainey, Shelby, Avery and Brody
