I started going back to a Bible study this year, and it began last week Tuesday. I was looking forward to going again, but Levi did NOT want to go. I really didn't think about it being a problem, but when it was time to go he kept saying that he didn't want to go, and he was really slow about getting in the van. I tried to reassure him that Lauryn would be there (Amy's youngest, and they had just been over a few days before), but he was still feeling super shy and scared. When we got there and saw Amy and Lauryn in the parking lot he wouldn't even look at them or talk to them. He was very upset when it came to actually dropping him off at his room - he was crying and I literally had to drag/carry him into the room (and he's not a small boy...). The teacher is great and said she was fine with me just leaving him like that and she would handle it (she had to hold him back from following me out the door). When I went back to pick him up at the end he was in a much better mood, and the teacher said it just took him a few minutes and then he was fine. I was very encouraged by that, but on the way home as we were talking he kept saying that he didn't want to go again. So I was anxious to see how it would go this week. The night before I mentioned to him that we'd be going to Bible Study the next day and he seemed okay with it (although, he has trouble keeping track of the difference between various activities). But, that morning when I told him we were going he got upset about it and by the time we got to the church I was worried we were going to have a repeat of the week before (or worse!). He was sucking his thumb in the car, so I held his hand the rest of the way. In the parking lot he wouldn't talk to or look at Amy and Lauryn. BUT, when we got back to his classroom he did so much better! The other boys that were already there were excited to see him, and he had that shy/scared look on his face, but he walked right in the room and I left without a problem! Yay! Afterwards he was very proud of himself for doing so well going in, and his teacher mentioned to me how good he sat for story time, so he was proud of that, too. I'm expecting big things next week. :)
So yeah, around the first couple weeks of school I caught Levi several times trying to sneak sucking his thumb. He's already doing better with it, so it must have just been the stress of starting a couple new things. Phew.
Last Wednesday Jackson and I were able to visit with our friends Angie, Ian, and Wyatt. Ian and Wyatt are 1 month older than Jackson, and it was just too cute to see the three of them together!
The other night my dad needed help picking up bales from the field behind our house and it turned into quite the event with lots of helpers! :) My dad drove the truck while my mom rode along and held Jackson. Mike, I, Caleb, Logan, Levi, and two neighbor boys managed picking up the bales and getting them stacked in the trailer. It went pretty well! The neighbor boys are only 4th and 2nd grade, but they were "go-getters" and really kept at it. Caleb and Logan did okay, helping some. And there were a number of times that Levi was rolling a bale to the trailer and was determined to do it without any help. So neat to see how hard he was trying and not giving up.
Yesterday I sold Jackson's infant car seat. Hard to believe we're done with that already! I've been thinking just the last couple days that he hardly looks like a baby anymore. :(
Thursday, September 22, 2016
Saturday, September 10, 2016
finally
School has started...finally!! We've had a pretty good first week. Kids are tired (and so am I), and there have been a few small meltdowns (them, not me), but for the most part they are doing well. School started for Caleb and Logan on Tuesday, and Levi had his first day of PreK on Wednesday. SO STRANGE going out on Wednesday with just Jackson! We ran a few errands, he took a decent nap, and we just hung out a little bit. It's been a challenge trying to figure out when to fit in Jackson's naps with the school schedule - getting the other boys there in the morning is no problem, but afternoon pick-up really puts a damper on nap time. Yesterday I was trying to quick get a batch of salsa canned before afternoon pickup and Jackson was getting tired and cranky, but there wasn't enough time to put him in his bed to nap, so I brought the stroller in and Levi walked him around to keep him content!
Caleb and Logan seem to have had a good first week! They are enjoying being back with their friends, and Logan was telling me last night that he likes feeling bigger and older now that he's a first grader. :) And, they like having Aunt Emily as a teacher! Levi was excited to go to PreK on Wednesday, but I think Caleb and Logan were way more excited for him. :) Last week at the open house, Levi was very shy and I had to pull him into the room, but thankfully drop-off went much better on his first day. And, when I picked them up at the end of the day he had a big smile on his face and right away told me he had fun.
As long as Jackson doesn't wake up TOO early, our morning routine goes pretty well. Yesterday he woke up at 6am, which cramped my style a bit, but there ended up being a 2 hour fog delay for school, so that helped. :) The other boys get up at 7am and seem to have enough time to have breakfast and get ready to go. Logan struggles the most in the morning, so I've been trying to think of ways I can help things go better for him.
This week after Labor Day is one of Mike's most difficult weeks at work. With the holiday the celery had an extra day to grow (and it was already looking big heading into the weekend), and then on the first day of school he was down several employees as they were taking their kids to school (and they didn't come in later). So, that meant even longer days and a half day Saturday.
We had a beautiful day for our last Saturday at Harold & Kara's cottage last week! Good close to the summer. Mike got up on the wake surf board, went skiing and tubing, and I even went on a tube ride with Levi. The day was definitely a challenge with Jackson, more so than at the beginning of the summer now that he's mobile. I'm ready to be done taking him up there for a while now. :) A couple weeks ago when we had a rainy Saturday, Mike took the older boys up there after church on Sunday and I just stayed home with Jackson.
A couple funny things that Levi has said lately: I often have to point out to him that his shirt is backwards. Many times he insists that it's not and then I point out the tag to him. The other day when I told him his shirt was backwards he said, "How do you always know that??" Mom's know everything Levi... :) This morning Logan was recounting his dream to us. If you've had any conversations with Logan you know that he can go on...and on...and on... (In fact, there's a meme I've seen on the internet that shows a skeleton sitting on a bench and it says something like, "What it's like waiting for your child to finish a story." and that absolutely applies here!) Anyways, after he was several minutes into it, Levi just pipes in and says, "This is getting really long, Logan." Nothing like telling it like it is!
Jackson is really getting around now, and keeping me on my toes. He still scoots with his belly on the floor, but on our wood floors he's pretty fast. I've seen him get up on his knees a couple times, so actual crawling probably isn't far away. (I didn't encourage the scooting or anything, but now that he is mobile it would be easier if he just learned to walk!) He is eating all sorts of table food now and loving most of it. He loves my homemade pizza and zucchini bread, so he fits right in with his brothers! :) Today when Mike got home from work Jackson was playing nicely on the floor in the living room, but when he heard his daddy he started "shouting" for him and was making a beeline for the dining room. Pretty stinkin' cute.
Caleb and Logan seem to have had a good first week! They are enjoying being back with their friends, and Logan was telling me last night that he likes feeling bigger and older now that he's a first grader. :) And, they like having Aunt Emily as a teacher! Levi was excited to go to PreK on Wednesday, but I think Caleb and Logan were way more excited for him. :) Last week at the open house, Levi was very shy and I had to pull him into the room, but thankfully drop-off went much better on his first day. And, when I picked them up at the end of the day he had a big smile on his face and right away told me he had fun.
As long as Jackson doesn't wake up TOO early, our morning routine goes pretty well. Yesterday he woke up at 6am, which cramped my style a bit, but there ended up being a 2 hour fog delay for school, so that helped. :) The other boys get up at 7am and seem to have enough time to have breakfast and get ready to go. Logan struggles the most in the morning, so I've been trying to think of ways I can help things go better for him.
This week after Labor Day is one of Mike's most difficult weeks at work. With the holiday the celery had an extra day to grow (and it was already looking big heading into the weekend), and then on the first day of school he was down several employees as they were taking their kids to school (and they didn't come in later). So, that meant even longer days and a half day Saturday.
We had a beautiful day for our last Saturday at Harold & Kara's cottage last week! Good close to the summer. Mike got up on the wake surf board, went skiing and tubing, and I even went on a tube ride with Levi. The day was definitely a challenge with Jackson, more so than at the beginning of the summer now that he's mobile. I'm ready to be done taking him up there for a while now. :) A couple weeks ago when we had a rainy Saturday, Mike took the older boys up there after church on Sunday and I just stayed home with Jackson.
A couple funny things that Levi has said lately: I often have to point out to him that his shirt is backwards. Many times he insists that it's not and then I point out the tag to him. The other day when I told him his shirt was backwards he said, "How do you always know that??" Mom's know everything Levi... :) This morning Logan was recounting his dream to us. If you've had any conversations with Logan you know that he can go on...and on...and on... (In fact, there's a meme I've seen on the internet that shows a skeleton sitting on a bench and it says something like, "What it's like waiting for your child to finish a story." and that absolutely applies here!) Anyways, after he was several minutes into it, Levi just pipes in and says, "This is getting really long, Logan." Nothing like telling it like it is!
Jackson is really getting around now, and keeping me on my toes. He still scoots with his belly on the floor, but on our wood floors he's pretty fast. I've seen him get up on his knees a couple times, so actual crawling probably isn't far away. (I didn't encourage the scooting or anything, but now that he is mobile it would be easier if he just learned to walk!) He is eating all sorts of table food now and loving most of it. He loves my homemade pizza and zucchini bread, so he fits right in with his brothers! :) Today when Mike got home from work Jackson was playing nicely on the floor in the living room, but when he heard his daddy he started "shouting" for him and was making a beeline for the dining room. Pretty stinkin' cute.
Wednesday, August 24, 2016
unzip
It's community fair time here! That's both exciting (the boys have so much fun!), and sad (it's the end of summer...). We made somewhat of a day of it yesterday. Tuesday is "dollar ride" day, so we went for a couple hours in the afternoon to do a bunch of rides, share an elephant ear, and walk around. I had been hoping Jackson would just nap in his stroller, and of course he didn't, but thankfully he was at least content the whole time. It's a little challenging to walk around the fair with four little boys, including a stroller, and on an especially busy day, but for the most part they did really well. Caleb, Logan, and Levi each had a green shirt on, so that helped me easily spot them. :) I love watching them have so much fun and enjoy the rides and everything.
In the evening we went back with Mike so he could do a couple of the bigger rides with the boys. Caleb and Logan each wanted to go on The Zipper if they were tall enough. We checked their height earlier in the day and watched the ride for a bit (it's pretty intense...) and they were still determined to go. This momma wasn't so sure about it... Mike went with Caleb first. Caleb loved it and can't wait to go again next year. Mike wasn't sure about going right away a second time with Logan, but thankfully he's man enough to handle it, because I sure wasn't going to go! ;) I could definitely hear Logan's scream throughout the ride. He got off at the end and says he never wants to do it again, but thankfully he wasn't upset about it or anything and he says he's glad he at least tried it. We are so proud of our boys for being brave and going on a big ride! After that we went and got in the loooooong line for the ferris wheel. This was Levi's first time going! I stayed on the ground with Jackson. :) They enjoyed going up so high and having such a nice view. We were up a little late, but all four of the boys slept in a bit this morning.
In the evening we went back with Mike so he could do a couple of the bigger rides with the boys. Caleb and Logan each wanted to go on The Zipper if they were tall enough. We checked their height earlier in the day and watched the ride for a bit (it's pretty intense...) and they were still determined to go. This momma wasn't so sure about it... Mike went with Caleb first. Caleb loved it and can't wait to go again next year. Mike wasn't sure about going right away a second time with Logan, but thankfully he's man enough to handle it, because I sure wasn't going to go! ;) I could definitely hear Logan's scream throughout the ride. He got off at the end and says he never wants to do it again, but thankfully he wasn't upset about it or anything and he says he's glad he at least tried it. We are so proud of our boys for being brave and going on a big ride! After that we went and got in the loooooong line for the ferris wheel. This was Levi's first time going! I stayed on the ground with Jackson. :) They enjoyed going up so high and having such a nice view. We were up a little late, but all four of the boys slept in a bit this morning.
Monday, August 22, 2016
is summer over yet?
I'm not ready for the summer season to be over, but can the kids PLEASE go back to school??? Wow. We did great through June and July, but August has been a struggle. Two more weeks to go! We have most of what we need as far as clothes and school supplies, just a couple things to get. No surprise, these boys have grown! All of their pants were too short, and it seems I'm constantly buying footwear for somebody (and I haven't even got Jackson his first pair yet!). I know this is payback for what Mike and I and all our siblings put our parents through.
We've got poison ivy like the plague over here. Mike and the big boys have spent a lot of time in the woods and it's coming back to bite us. Thankfully, Mike is very aware of if he comes in contact with it, and washes immediately (he had a very severe reaction a few years back and we definitely don't want that to happen again). However, with the boys we didn't find out until it was too late. Somehow Caleb has stayed clear, but it started with Logan about a week and a half ago. He had it right around his eye, which made me nervous, and it spread down his cheek, so I took him in to the doctor. The doctor we saw (not our normal doc) put him on meds, which did help clear him up, but after finishing the meds he was still pretty itchy and with new spots showing up. We were in to our normal doc today for Jackson's 9-month, and he said he would have prescribed the meds for longer. No need to go back on the meds this time, though, just take Benadryl for the itching and wait for it to clear up - poison ivy takes a while. Levi started showing spots towards the end of last week. He has an area on his arm, and on his face, and quite a large area on his torso. Mike has sprayed quite a bit around where he's cutting wood with Round-Up, but he'll be going back out there and spraying some more!
Speaking of cutting wood, we've been selling at a stand up on 48th Ave, and Mike can hardly keep up!! We've got plenty of dead trees to cut, Mike just needs the time. :) He doesn't have a whole lot of evening left after he gets home from work, but he tries to work on that when he can. This winter he'll really have to get a big stockpile so that he can keep up better next year!
We were able to visit a friend's pool again last week and the boys loved it! I love watching them enjoy swimming. Jackson enjoyed being in the water for a while, Levi was even brave enough to sit on a raft without his arm floaties on, Logan dove all the way down in the deep end to retrieve goggles he dropped, and Caleb loves the slide.
So, Jackson's 9-month well child visit was this morning, and you might have multiple children if you go to the dr for one child, and spend almost the whole time talking about other things besides that child! He's nice and healthy and developing normally, so no concerns. :) Jackson is 18 lbs 15 oz, which is 31st percentile; and he is 2 ft 5.5 in, which is 82nd percentile. Long and lean! :) He has been a CRANKY PANTS the last couple weeks. I hope it's just teething, and not just a general crankiness for no reason... Not napping well at all. Two Sunday's ago we didn't put him in nursery because of a cough he had, and yesterday I got called to the nursery both in the morning and evening because he was beside himself sobbing and they couldn't calm him down. I'll be curious to find out in coming weeks if that was because of his crankiness lately, or if we're dealing with separation anxiety (he's fine when I drop him off, though). Mike and I were supposed to go on our annual canoe trip this past weekend, but didn't due to bad weather, and even though it was disappointing to have it cancelled, I was relieved because I would've been so worried the whole time that Jackson was just crying and crying without me. Hopefully we'll be past that by next year. :)
We cancelled the trip a couple days ahead of time based on the forecast of rain and possible severe storms. We ended up with tornadoes in the area here! Saturday we all ended up in the basement for a while as it looked like one of the tornadoes was headed straight this way, but then it dissipated and a new one formed a little further east. So thankful everyone is okay and it's pretty much "just" downed trees and power lines they're dealing with.
I was up with Jackson at 3am this morning, so I acutally got to see Mike before he went to work! Kinda nice since I probably won't see him until around 7pm. Crazy - I don't know how he does it!
We've got poison ivy like the plague over here. Mike and the big boys have spent a lot of time in the woods and it's coming back to bite us. Thankfully, Mike is very aware of if he comes in contact with it, and washes immediately (he had a very severe reaction a few years back and we definitely don't want that to happen again). However, with the boys we didn't find out until it was too late. Somehow Caleb has stayed clear, but it started with Logan about a week and a half ago. He had it right around his eye, which made me nervous, and it spread down his cheek, so I took him in to the doctor. The doctor we saw (not our normal doc) put him on meds, which did help clear him up, but after finishing the meds he was still pretty itchy and with new spots showing up. We were in to our normal doc today for Jackson's 9-month, and he said he would have prescribed the meds for longer. No need to go back on the meds this time, though, just take Benadryl for the itching and wait for it to clear up - poison ivy takes a while. Levi started showing spots towards the end of last week. He has an area on his arm, and on his face, and quite a large area on his torso. Mike has sprayed quite a bit around where he's cutting wood with Round-Up, but he'll be going back out there and spraying some more!
Speaking of cutting wood, we've been selling at a stand up on 48th Ave, and Mike can hardly keep up!! We've got plenty of dead trees to cut, Mike just needs the time. :) He doesn't have a whole lot of evening left after he gets home from work, but he tries to work on that when he can. This winter he'll really have to get a big stockpile so that he can keep up better next year!
We were able to visit a friend's pool again last week and the boys loved it! I love watching them enjoy swimming. Jackson enjoyed being in the water for a while, Levi was even brave enough to sit on a raft without his arm floaties on, Logan dove all the way down in the deep end to retrieve goggles he dropped, and Caleb loves the slide.
So, Jackson's 9-month well child visit was this morning, and you might have multiple children if you go to the dr for one child, and spend almost the whole time talking about other things besides that child! He's nice and healthy and developing normally, so no concerns. :) Jackson is 18 lbs 15 oz, which is 31st percentile; and he is 2 ft 5.5 in, which is 82nd percentile. Long and lean! :) He has been a CRANKY PANTS the last couple weeks. I hope it's just teething, and not just a general crankiness for no reason... Not napping well at all. Two Sunday's ago we didn't put him in nursery because of a cough he had, and yesterday I got called to the nursery both in the morning and evening because he was beside himself sobbing and they couldn't calm him down. I'll be curious to find out in coming weeks if that was because of his crankiness lately, or if we're dealing with separation anxiety (he's fine when I drop him off, though). Mike and I were supposed to go on our annual canoe trip this past weekend, but didn't due to bad weather, and even though it was disappointing to have it cancelled, I was relieved because I would've been so worried the whole time that Jackson was just crying and crying without me. Hopefully we'll be past that by next year. :)
We cancelled the trip a couple days ahead of time based on the forecast of rain and possible severe storms. We ended up with tornadoes in the area here! Saturday we all ended up in the basement for a while as it looked like one of the tornadoes was headed straight this way, but then it dissipated and a new one formed a little further east. So thankful everyone is okay and it's pretty much "just" downed trees and power lines they're dealing with.
I was up with Jackson at 3am this morning, so I acutally got to see Mike before he went to work! Kinda nice since I probably won't see him until around 7pm. Crazy - I don't know how he does it!
Monday, August 8, 2016
wave
Jackson started waving! It's been just over a week, and we've tested it several times so we know it's legit. :) And, of course it's one of the cutest things ever. Also a week ago he dropped a feeding and is now eating 3x/day like a normal person. So crazy to think back to the early months...
Last week Caleb and Logan went to VBS at Jamestown Baptist Church and really enjoyed it! Levi, Jackson, and I enjoyed our mornings together, and even though the summer has been going really well, we are looking forward to school starting in a month. :)
On Tuesday we drove down with some of my family to spend some time in Shipshewana, IN. It was a fun day! HOT, but fun. Certainly not something I would attempt to do alone with the kids, but with enough other people to help it was doable, and I enjoyed taking a little "trip" with the kids since we're not able to take a summer vacation. Caleb and Logan enjoyed riding with Boden and Heidi in Aunt Lea Anne's car; and I enjoyed the peace and quiet in my van with just Levi, Jackson, and my niece Katie on the way down. First we went to E & S, which is a grocery store with wholesale items (spices, flour, pasta, candy, etc., etc., etc.) - Lea Anne and I could have spent a bunch more time (and money!) there, so we may have to go back with just us sometime. :) After lunch at the Essenhaus (yum!) we headed over to the flea market. Phew! Hot, hot, hot! We walked around for a bit, but didn't nearly cover all the territory. It was fun to look around some, but we were ready to quit after a while. Thankfully, Jackson did great through all of this. Slept some in the car, rode nice in his stroller at the flea market. Would certainly have been miserable with a cranky baby.
Wednesday evening we had Tera and Luke over for supper to say good-bye before they headed back to Kenya on Saturday. The silver lining to them being here longer than expected due to Luke's health complications was getting to spend extra time with them.
Saturday was another nice day at the cottage. Alyssa, Caleb, and Logan are now diving off the pontoon, Jackson enjoyed his time in the water, Levi went for a tube ride with Mike, and later he fell of the end of the dock when fishing... I felt really bad for him because I knew he would be upset, but it was still pretty cute. He just was casting so good that the momentum took him right in! A good reminder of why the kids wear life jackets on the dock!!
Not only has Mike been very busy at work (as expected), he's been working hard at splitting wood to sell. It's been selling like hotcakes and he can barely keep up! The boys have been good helpers with loading and unloading the wood, now they just need to get old enough to help do the cutting and splitting. :)
Last week Caleb and Logan went to VBS at Jamestown Baptist Church and really enjoyed it! Levi, Jackson, and I enjoyed our mornings together, and even though the summer has been going really well, we are looking forward to school starting in a month. :)
On Tuesday we drove down with some of my family to spend some time in Shipshewana, IN. It was a fun day! HOT, but fun. Certainly not something I would attempt to do alone with the kids, but with enough other people to help it was doable, and I enjoyed taking a little "trip" with the kids since we're not able to take a summer vacation. Caleb and Logan enjoyed riding with Boden and Heidi in Aunt Lea Anne's car; and I enjoyed the peace and quiet in my van with just Levi, Jackson, and my niece Katie on the way down. First we went to E & S, which is a grocery store with wholesale items (spices, flour, pasta, candy, etc., etc., etc.) - Lea Anne and I could have spent a bunch more time (and money!) there, so we may have to go back with just us sometime. :) After lunch at the Essenhaus (yum!) we headed over to the flea market. Phew! Hot, hot, hot! We walked around for a bit, but didn't nearly cover all the territory. It was fun to look around some, but we were ready to quit after a while. Thankfully, Jackson did great through all of this. Slept some in the car, rode nice in his stroller at the flea market. Would certainly have been miserable with a cranky baby.
Wednesday evening we had Tera and Luke over for supper to say good-bye before they headed back to Kenya on Saturday. The silver lining to them being here longer than expected due to Luke's health complications was getting to spend extra time with them.
Saturday was another nice day at the cottage. Alyssa, Caleb, and Logan are now diving off the pontoon, Jackson enjoyed his time in the water, Levi went for a tube ride with Mike, and later he fell of the end of the dock when fishing... I felt really bad for him because I knew he would be upset, but it was still pretty cute. He just was casting so good that the momentum took him right in! A good reminder of why the kids wear life jackets on the dock!!
Not only has Mike been very busy at work (as expected), he's been working hard at splitting wood to sell. It's been selling like hotcakes and he can barely keep up! The boys have been good helpers with loading and unloading the wood, now they just need to get old enough to help do the cutting and splitting. :)
Friday, July 29, 2016
hot hot hot!
Last weekend was pretty toasty, and it was the perfect day for us to be at the cottage! We spent as much time as we could in the water, and it was wonderful. With all the warm weather the water temp is great, and Jackson loved being in the water, too. Each of my boys did great in the water, and we had such a fun day! Levi kept wanting to swim out to the raft, and Logan and Caleb got into jumping off the pontoon boat in the middle of the lake. (Levi swam out there with us, but didn't want to jump off the boat.) Logan was brave enough for jumping right away, but it took Caleb a while to work up the courage. It was pretty funny: we were about to all get on the boat and get going back to shore, when Caleb all of the sudden said, "Alright, I have one more thing to do..." and it jumped right in! Then there was no stopping him. And then Alyssa decided she wanted to jump in, too, so the kids really got going and had a good time. It was even hot enough that I was jumping in - I know, imagine that! ;) It was so much fun that the kids begged to do it again after supper, and so we just had to go back out.
It's been a busy week here just managing day to day life. Tending the garden, mowing the lawn, cooking, laundry, getting groceries, keeping a teething baby happy... On Wednesday I got an oil change in van. It's been overdue, and I hate doing it, but finally decided I shouldn't wait any longer. I purposely chose Wednesday, so that we could walk across the street to the farmer's market. The boys had fun walking around a bit, and for the most part things went fine. The whole thing took almost two hours, and we were getting a little antsy at the end.
Looking forward to a fun weekend as my sister is in town and we've got lots of family activities planned!
It's been a busy week here just managing day to day life. Tending the garden, mowing the lawn, cooking, laundry, getting groceries, keeping a teething baby happy... On Wednesday I got an oil change in van. It's been overdue, and I hate doing it, but finally decided I shouldn't wait any longer. I purposely chose Wednesday, so that we could walk across the street to the farmer's market. The boys had fun walking around a bit, and for the most part things went fine. The whole thing took almost two hours, and we were getting a little antsy at the end.
Looking forward to a fun weekend as my sister is in town and we've got lots of family activities planned!
Wednesday, July 20, 2016
keeping busy
We are enjoying summer, but it does seem to be going by somewhat quickly. Mike has been having a pretty good harvest season so far. The usual ups and downs, breakdowns, employees coming and going, and lots of after-hours phone calls in Spanish. :) Yesterday he got home an hour earlier than normal and it was so unexpected it had me flustered! Getting through the long days with four little boys is a huge mental battle for me, and I've got myself pretty well conditioned for his normal arrival time.
Last week Caleb was able to attend soccer camp at Unity Christian and he loved it! The first day was cancelled due to storms, and the next few days were quite warm and humid, but that didn't seem to slow him down. I have no idea if he's any good or not, but he sure plays hard and I love to see that. He seems to always have a great attitude (not getting upset when his team loses, or when he can't do something), and that is going to serve him well.
Logan had another craft time at Michael's this morning. This time we took my niece Alyssa along (and left Caleb and Levi with Harold), and I think he really enjoyed having that special time. Logan has lost EIGHT teeth now! (Caleb has lost four.) A few of his adult teeth are coming in pretty good already, otherwise his mouth would be quite empty. The other night both Logan and Caleb pulled out a tooth within minutes of each other. Logan is our thinker and always has questions about something. Love that he's so observant and inquisitive, but I have a really hard time dealing with all the questions! SO. MANY. QUESTIONS. How things work, why things are the way they are, how things were made, etc., etc., etc...
Levi. My sweetheart. Did you know it's entirely possible for a child to skip over Terrible Two's and Thunderous Three's, and have Ferocious Four's come in without any warning?? I was so lulled into complacency with his easygoing spirit that this shift has been rather shocking. I KNOW the sweetheart is still in there, he sneaks out from time to time, it's just hard to find in the midst of the craziness of big brothers being home for the summer, and baby brother requiring lots of my attention. I gave the boys haircuts last night, and I'm pretty sure Mike wanted Levi's shorter, but I just couldn't bear to cut that beautiful hair off. He gets the perfect blonde highlights in summer. I'm pretty jealous of Caleb's hair, too.
Jackson is scooting around a fair bit. I really need to work on gates for the stairs soon... He's still very vocal, especially during meal time - we're working on not talking/spitting while he's eating. He has been sleeping well at night, and mostly doing decent for naptimes. Last week we had to work on him being okay with Mike putting him to bed, and thankfully it only took one night of lots of crying, and the next night he did much better. I went to a friend's softball game and Mike said Jackson cried for about an hour at bedtime. It was Mike's suggestion that he put Jackson to bed again the next night to see if he'd do better. I couldn't be home and listen to him cry for me, so I went out again, but he went to bed much better! Love it that he needs me, especially as I know it won't last for long, but I've gotta be free to be separated from him sometimes!
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