Life has been pretty busy. We started the boys in daycare. Daycare in this area is nothing like the daycares in the NC area. So its tough for me to accept a different level of childcare. That's not to say that its not good, its just not the 'style' that I'm used to.
Logan has been all about Mommy lately. He is glued to me almost always and I can't say that I don't love it completely. However, he's not very nice to his daddy when I can't be there to do things for him. So we're working on that. He's still our crazy, wild, funny boy. Yesterday his new teacher asked me if Brenden was so funny too and we said no (not in a bad way, but Logan is just hilarious). She was telling us all the funny things he says to them and he does it with so much personality. He talks like he's a teenager or something. She told me that he found a hair and gave it to her, but explained very carefully that it could NOT be his hair because all of his hairs were still on his head. He things its so funny to run out of the room and strip down to his underwear and run back in and say 'tah-dah!' And just smile and laugh. He mostly has no fear at all - except for animals and wind. The wind thing is really crazy. He's terrified that our belongings will blow away and will flat out refuse to go outside on a windy day.
Brenden is becoming a little man before my eyes. He loves to sit on my lap and play games on the ipad with me. He likes to help out and help his little brother. He's very protective of his little brother. He always says Logan is making him nervous when he's not being 'safe.' He's so eager to please and just be an equal to his parents. I miss him being a baby but I love that we can just talk and have our own conversations. He's got the greatest laugh and smile. I love making him laugh until tears come out of his eyes. He is just a sweet and kind-hearted boy.
We are trying to get the pool ready for summer. I'm new to this whole pool ownership thing so I'm trying to figure out some of the basic things - like connecting the pump to the filter. Our deck was severely rotted when we moved into the house so we knew we'd need a new pool deck. We didn't go as big as the original deck. We just couldn't justify spending that much on a deck that would only be used a few months of the year. The builders did a great job. They also made it more child safe. The railing is higher, the pickets are closer together, and the gate is self-closing, self-latching. My goal is to have both boys knowing how to swim by the end of the summer. So I hope that works out. Neither of them likes to get their face wet so I know that will be the first thing they will need to learn, getting their faces under the water and not panicing. Lord grant me the peace of mind to get through this! Even with all the efforts to make this child-safe, I sitll will not feel completely safe with being a pool owner until they both know how to at least doggie paddle to the edge of the pool .
