Once again I'm doing my no-photo blog post. We just wrapped up the month of May. Where on earth did it go? I just think of my boys all day long and wonderful things pop into my head and I think "if I don't write this down I won't remember it at all a year from now!"
Brenden - My sweet big boy! My sweet affectionate big boy who was recently caught kissing a girl under the slide on the daycare playground! Oh my, its too early for this. Of course the girl that was kissing is THE MOST affectionate girl in the class so I'm thinking she had more to do with the idea than he did- but he obviously didn't object. I asked him about it later and his reply was "yah, it just made me tired of kissing." Spoken like a true boy lol. What will I do with that kid? He's too handsome and sweet natured for his own good. Oh the hearts he'll break without even knowing it... Now that its summer Brenden adores playing in the pool all day long and playing in the sand box. And sometimes there is no way to tell which is the pool and which is the sandbox because water is in the sandbox and sand is in the pool. If I can only get him to realize that its okay to get your shorts wet and you don't have to swim naked (though it does make you go faster down the slide if you have no shorts on). Thank goodness we have a private wooded back yard. He's been doing better about eating and sleeping lately. He's also really big into being a helper. He wants to help mommy and daddy do everything. He gets up on a stool in the kitchen and tries to help us cook or whatever we are doing. He gets logan out of bed each morning. He's actually a pretty good big brother most of the time.... MOST of the time. He's really into playing the Wii lately. He likes to box (and daddy isn't allowed to punch back, he can only dodge punches). He's great at tennis and is quite hilarious to watch as he has no form at all but somehow manages to really well. And he plays the bowling game a lot. He likes to help daddy with "words with friends" or "hanging with friends" and has learned all his vowels and likes to just sing a song he made up entitled "AEIOU"
Logan - Say hello to my 2yr old wearing full time underwear!!! YAY!!! He's even dry at night! (B still can't do that). He gets up in the middle of the night and uses the bathroom all by himself. Hes fully potty trained. I can't believe the end of diapers has come! I was informed by Logans teacher today that he'd been hitting and taking toys at school. I have trouble with this one. He thinks he's just funny and its so hard to discipline him. On top of that the daycare (with good reason) has a 'verbal reprimand' only policy. They can't even enforce time outs even if I ask them to. So I've got to figure out a way to control his behavior at school without being allowed to control the discipline. I didn't have this with Brenden, but Logan is much more dominating in his personality. Its mostly in a good way. He's got SO much personality and flare. He usually is the life of the party, but sometimes he gets a little to confident and starts crossing that line into 'mean' behavior. He loves to copy his big brother. Whatever B does, Logan HAS to do. Logan is so funny. He's that kid that you don't WANT to laugh at what he's saying because its really wrong, but when you hear it come out of his tiny little mouth, you just can't help but laugh. Examples:
Daddy : Logan dont throw water
(logan throws water)
Daddy. LOGAN! I said DONT throw WATER!
Logan : Daddy. GO inside!
Brenden : Logan I don't want you to talk to me
Logan : Brenden, well TOUGH!
(logan on the potty)
Logan : I don't have any more pee pee. We need to go to the store and get some more.
He tells knock knock jokes and the punch line always is spaghetti. For example:
knock knock
whose there
cup
cup who?
cuppppppppp --- spaghetti!!! (insert hysterical fake laughter)
Motherhood - Each phase of motherhood is different. I feel like the days of having babies is gone and now I have boys. Its bittersweet. I embrace all of the new adventures we can have. We went to the splash pad and it was so nice not having to worry about swim diapers and bottles and feedings and little wobbly feet. I love having conversations at the dinner table and getting to eat with my kids instead of feeding them while my food gets cold. I like getting to find out their school day because they can articulate it to me. And right now, they still have enough "little" in them to need hugs and cuddles and mommy's special touch. I love that Brenden still wants me to rock with him and sing at night. i can look down at his big 4 yr old face and still clearly remember that tiny little premature baby that I held for the first time. He's still that little baby to me. The biggest issues we have now is the boys fighting with each other. There's a fine line when it comes to "who started it" but also to convey to them that just because one started something doesn't mean the other one gets to finish it or mimic the behavior. So we definitely have our struggles there. Mostly they bring out the best in me. I told my husband the other day, its just impossible to be in a bad mood with them around. I remember having a down day last week that ended in a hilarious game of livingroom freeze tag. There were so many giggles - mostly from me! They make all the bad stuff in life tolerable.
I have lots of pictures from our first summer trip to the splash pad. Our park has an awesome little splash pad. Its perfect for little kids. The trick is to get there as soon as the park opens so its not too crowded. They took a little time warming up to it but they ended up having a great time. Gotta love summer activities!
