Three At Last

July 4th marks the 3rd birthday of my baby Duncan.  He has grown so much in the past year.  Talking and asking many questions.  He is potty trained.  He can dress himself most of the way.  Sleeps like a dream all night.  He is starting to understand things better than he did a year ago and is a very cooperative child.  Of course, he still needs his momma and loves to be danced to sleep to his favorite song, 'Wagon Wheel' by Old Crow Medicine Show.  He's a lover and a very kind and gentle soul.  He's my little hippie.  It is so fun watching him play and grow and learn more every day.  I am so proud of you Duncan.  Love love love you.

 20 Questions

1. What is your favorite color? 
          purple and green

2. What is your favorite toy? 
          A purple truck
3. What is your favorite tv show? 
          Spongebob and Team UmiZoomi
4. What is your favorite thing to eat for lunch?
          Peanut butter sandwich and broccoli
5. What is your favorite thing to wear?  
          Clothes and pj's
6. What is your favorite fruit?
          pineapple
7. What is your favorite game to play?
          Uno
8. What is your favorite snack?
          a fruit snack
9. What is your favorite animal?
          a dog, just like Obi
10. What is your favorite song?
          'Wagon Wheel' by Old Crow Medicine Show

 11. What is your favorite book?
          anything about cars
12. Who is your best friend?
          favorite stuffed animal, a giraffe named Bee
13. What is your favorite cereal?
          Froot Loops
14. What is your favorite thing to do outside?
          play
15. What is your favorite thing to drink?
          juice

 16. What is your favorite holiday?
          My birthday
17. What is your favorite thing to do at bedtime?
          talk with stuffed animals
18. What is your favorite thing to eat for breakfast?
          cereal
19. What do you want to eat for your birthday dinner?
          cake
20.  What do you want to be when you grow up?
          A garbage man, or a fire man

Slow it down

Life is just flying by.  One day, they're babies, completely dependent on you for everything.  You fall asleep for the night and they're enrolled in kindergarten.  How does this time lapse happen?  5 years feels like so long and just so not long enough.

Simon officially is enrolled in kindergarten for the fall.  I'm so excited for him to see beyond our small world and make friends and learn many things.  But I'm sad about him leaving me.  He says he will miss me.  I know he will but that will fade.  He will grow and blossom so much.  Such a smart kid.  He knows basic math and can read some books, write the alphabet.  He's just so good.  So very good.  I want school for him to be the best most positive experience.  I want him to keep reading and loving it....so one day he can grow up to be like his momma and visit the 'library' which is just the stacks of books piled along the wall of the bedroom to find the next life to visit.  I want him to make friends and learn hard and love life.

Then I think about how excited I am to spend time with Duncan, just him and me.  That's a rare thing around here.  With the schedules Greg and I have, we rarely have time alone let alone time with just one kid.  I'm excited to know him just as him, not him with his brother.  He says he will be bored, but will torment me.

Life is fleeting.  Enjoy every single minute of it.  5 years is forever.  And 5 years is so not long enough.

Happy 5th Birthday!

20 Questions

1. What is your favorite color? Black
2. What is your favorite toy? Tag Leap pen
3. What is your favorite tv show? Spongebob Squarepants
4. What is your favorite thing for lunch? Macaroni and Cheese
5. What is your favorite thing to wear?  Summer clothes
6. What is your favorite fruit? Apples, the dark red ones
7. What is your favorite game? Monopoly Jr.
8. What is your favorite snack?  Lollypops
9. What is your favorite animal?  Dimosaurs
10. What is your favorite song?  All songs!

11. What is your favorite book?  Spongebob Squarepants books
12. Who is your best friend?  Momma
13. What is your favorite cereal?  Cinnamon Toast Crunch
14. What is your favorite thing to do outside?  EVERYTHING!
15. What is your favorite thing to drink? Lemonade
16. What is your favorite holiday?  Christmas!
17. What is your favorite thing to do at bedtime?  Play Monopoly Jr.
18. What is your favorite thing to eat for breakfast?  Cinnamon Toast Crunch
19. What do you want for your birthday dinner?  Sesame Chicken
20. What do you want to be when you grow up?  A garbage man!


Happy 5th birthday to the best kid I know.  You're the best Simon in the world.  Love you for forever. 

A Year, in Pictures

It's no lie I take a lot of pictures.  It's been that way most of my life.  I remember from pictures.  I love to look at memories.  Here are some of the best of 2012. One kid turned 4, another turned 2.  We traveled to Colorado, and Wisconsin.  Had a lot of laughs.  Happy New Year!