Well, we are managing to stay quite busy this summer. Thomas has attended "camp" at school several weeks (just two mornings per week), though next week will be his last. He has enjoyed it tremendously; it's such a change from last summer when he cried the whole time he was there on at least one occasion. Now he doesn't want to leave when I come get him. And as much as we have loved his teacher, he will not have the same one for the school year. Oh well. We've been nothing but pleased though with the teachers at his school, so I'm not the least bit concerned that we won't feel the same about his assigned teacher for the new year.
And Thomas is a handful...but a generally delightful handful at that. He makes me laugh far more often than he frustrates me, so that is good.
For a while, I was worried he was watching too much TV (when Parker was younger and I had to use it as a babysitter while I was nursing), but he really seems to prefer reading (tv watching under an hour each day...some days not at all!). Not that he is really "reading," but he loves to look at books and he loves for anyone to read to him. I think it has really done wonders for his vocabulary and speech. People frequently comment that he is very well spoken for a three year old.
Children truly are sponges. He is always soaking up the world around him, even when I don't realize it. He still loves cars and can spot a "Nissan car," "Toyo" (Toyota), Jeep, Honda, and a multitude of others from far, far away. His current obsession is what he calls "back-up lights." He loves to watch cars back up...so parking lots are a thrill.
Parker, on the other hand, is a handful unto himself. He is not walking yet, but he is close, and it doesn't keep him from getting where he wants to go (and that's usually somewhere he shouldn't be!).
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His "language" (and I use that term loosely) has really exploded lately. He is constantly pointing to things and trying to say what they are and surprising me in the process with his knowledge. Just the other day he pointed to an apple in a book and very clearly said "a-pull." He can roar like a lion, tweet like a bird, bark like a dog, hiss like a snake and meow like a cat. I'll give a better summary of all of this on his upcoming monthly update.
When we are out, there almost always is at least one person who says something like, "She is beautiful."
Apparently a kid can't have semi-long hair and wear jon-jons around here without being misunderstood. It's not THAT long!
But to all of those out there, Parker says, "Get it right people. I am a boy."
Thomas just thinks it's funny.
These boys keep me on my toes, but I am so blessed to be their mommy. Parker has rarely referred to me as "Mommy," but the other day he pointed to a picture of me and said, "Mama." It made my day...my week.
And Thomas...the other day we ran into a friend and he asked where she was going and I told him she had to go to work. I told him that some mommies have to work. He said, "Mommy, I don't want you to work." I love my boys.
2 comments:
don't cut those sweet curls yet!! i love it! we had to cut Oliver's already, but his is straight, so it was just stringy :) and, at his age i think it's quite a compliment to be as beautiful as a girl :)
You made me laugh "she is so beautiful!"
HE is adorable and I can't wait to get the babies together!!
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