My kids, I love them dearly!! They make me laugh, they make me want to cry, and sometimes I even question my sanity:) We have a lot of fun together.
Henry is at an extremely busy stage in life right now. I've never seen a busier kid then him. He knows how to climb most things. If he can't climb he'll push a chair over and then climb. He bites! He'll go in for a hug and chomp down on your shoulder. That one is getting a little bit better. He things wrestling is playing. When he sees or hears Brandon come home and yells, "Daddy, Daddy!!" Jumps into his arms and pats his back enthusiastically. He loves Brandon!! He loves his Teddy (bear), and his care bear blanket. And he's very protective of them and doesn't want anyone else to have them. He will growl at you, and he will scream at the top of his lungs for no apparent reason. I don't think we've made it to a full sacrament with him for a long long time. He goes to nursery now and loves it. I pray for the other kids in there every Sunday that he won't hit or bite anyone. He loves hard. He'll run and try to tackle you down to give a hug. If he hits Olivia and I tell him to be soft he'll lean into her, put his arm around her and say, "ahh". Then he usually will let go and whack her again. I don't know if it's because he's the baby and we thing everything he does is hilarious that we let him get away with too much or what. But this boy has mine and Brandon's and everyone else in our families hearts wrapped around his little grubby fingers.
Olivia will be starting preschool in a couple of weeks still and she is so excited. I can no longer call her my "baby girl" she just wants to be called a big girl:( She is doing gymnastics, dance and soccer this fall and is so excited for all of them. Mostly gymnastics, but she loves to do anything social. She is a collector of rocks, most of them come from my flower beds, but she loves them. She'll sort them into piles and count (try) them every day. She's obsessed with getting married. She asked me tonight how old she has to be to get married. I asked her, "how old do you think you should be." She responded, "hmm, 5!" So a little less then 5 years she'll be getting married:) She's already found the boy she wants to marry. His name is Ezra Crockett and he's in her class at church. Every week she tells me she's going to kiss him, she hasn't yet, but it's there on her mind.
She loves to carry junk around with her wherever she goes she has a little collection of stuff. She is still incredibly sweet and so much fun to have around. I'm really sad to send her to preschool. I'm terrified it's going to ruin her.
Porter I wrote about for his birthday. He is doing soccer and piano this fall. He loves being involved in stuff but I've found that he also needs to be able to run outside every day or he will have a major melt down. He's either overly confident or incredibly hard on himself. That's been my struggle with him is finding that balance. My neighbor told me that Porter needs to do football because of his personality. He'll smack talk anyone and he'll tackle anyone. He's a tough little kid. He knows how to pull at my heart strings.
Olivia fell asleep coming home from the airport in this position. She is Crazy!!
Logan, this boy does not let me take his picture. This is the most recent one of him besides his first day of school. He loves to read still! He's found a love for the Percy Jackson series and the Lost Hero series. He's doing tennis this fall and piano. He loves to find out facts and then try to quiz those around him. He's very good at talking to adults and finding out things about them. Sometimes I think he's an old soul, but then he'll go and be crazy with his friends. I guess that's how oldest children are?!? He's really good at trying to keep the peace in our house. He'll try to get everyone to be nice to each other, or to listen to me and Brandon. He's a great big brother to his siblings. They all just adore him.
I feel very blessed with these little monkeys of mine!! Though some days are challenging I wouldn't trade it for the world!
