Thankful

Today I am vastly aware of how blessed I am to have two wonderful little boys. They both certainly challenge me and stretch me in many ways but they make up for it with their sweet, loving spirit.

Every day, I mean every day, Nicholas comes bounding in through the door after school with a huge grin on his face just so happy to be in the comfort of our home; and humbly I add-- to see his mom. He always runs to find me if I'm not in the kitchen when he comes through the door. I ask him how his day was and he says, "good" with a smile so big his eyes are barely open and with a few fidgets of his hand, while bouncing on his toes. These little quirks are what makes Nicholas, Nicholas.

Today, Aron fell asleep on the way home from dropping Addison off at preschool. It's unlike him to be so sleepy that early in the morning. I thought for sure when I took him out of the car when we got home that he would wake up and be ready to play. To my surprise, he stayed asleep so I held him for a good hour before he woke up. I didn't get any of the things done I was planning to do while Addison was at school today; but I can't think of a better use of my time during that hour.

As of Friday, Sept. 18th 2009, I am officially calling Aron a walker!! We are so excited to see our little guy cruisin' through the house. He's even doing well outside on uneven ground! He really thrives on positive reinforcement--you can just see the excitement in his face when you are cheering him on.

Today I had to laugh...again. When I took him out of his crib this morning he did not want to let go of his nuk so I just let him keep it until I got breakfast ready. At some point I look and there he is with TWO nuks in his mouth at once! He must have found one somewhere and couldn't decide which one was better!

How lucky am I?

Every single day at my house is comical. My kids crack me up all the time. Addison says something every day without fail that makes me laugh so hard I'm about to pee my pants or at the very least, smile and shake my head.

This morning it was "yellow" day at school. Addison had already gotten dressed and was downstairs coloring at the kitchen table when I realized I had forgotten it was yellow day. I told her I had forgotten about yellow day and we should go upstairs and change her clothes. Without missing a beat she informed me that she did not want to change her clothes and she would just wear the black shirt she had on (which was actually a navy floral dress) because "it already had stink on it". Eventually I talked her into changing her outfit and told her she could wear the dress tomorrow.