Bedtime Excuses

The boys like to pray before bedtime & they can get rather silly. Lucas, at 2.5 years old, thinks it's hilarious to thank God for poop. Usually I do not put up with it but his adorable belly laugh was cracking me up. 

"dear God, thank you for mommy. (Hugs me). Thank you for ... Mommy (hugs me). Thank you for daddy. Thank you for Jordan. Thank you for .... Poop!! Hahahahaha. Thank you for poop!!" - Lucas 

Jordan chimes in with: "thank you for pee!" I give him a look. "No mom, I'm thanking God for the letter P" 5 year olds should not be this clever. 

After prayers come the usual bedtime excuses.  Usually I'm frustrated but tonight was amusing. 

"Mom I hit Lucas in the eye but I said sorry" 

"Mom Lucas climbed in my bed and jumped on me". 

"Mom my blanket is messed up" "mommy I tripped on my blanket and have an owie" 

"my blanket is in the crib, I can't get it" "mommy I want my dump truck" 

"mom I want music" 

Catching Up

1. Jordan finished preschool in May & is going to kindergarten in the fall! Jordan grew so much this year during Pre-K and I attribute much of that to his wonderful teacher.  She was an answer to prayer & knew how to respond to and direct our active strong willed boy :) He loved her and was excited to go to school. There was a time I was uncertain Jordan would be able to go to kindergarten and do well, but he is! He loves learning and absorbing information (like his daddy), and he is doing well with sitting down and focusing for longer periods of time.  I look forward to seeing how he does in kindergarten.

Jordan's WONDERFUL Pre-K Teacher

At the Pre-K "graduation" ceremony.

2.  So far, this has been the summer of girls. We have been spending time with friends of mine who have all girls.  It's been a lot of fun & the boys are enjoying it.

Jordan kept telling Lucas to get out so he could give Grace a ride 

Summertime is ice cream with friends

3. We did VBA (Vacation Bible Adventure) at our church.  Lucas spent some time in the nursery & also with playdates I set up.  Thankful for wonderful friends who watched him for me! Jordan loved it & does the motions to the songs while we are in the car (but only in the car).  I worked with the 4th graders - I decided that I am much better suited to younger children :)

VBA

 4. Jordan is taking swim lessons & doing well.  By the end of the week he should be swimming all over the pool without water wings. I admit it still makes me nervous & I cringe, but hey, if the instructor says he can do it, then okay! After Jordan's swim lesson ends, two other friends & I take our kiddies to the pool. The boys are definitely loving pool time with their friends (all girls!).  

5. At the time of this post, I am 21 weeks pregnant. That is officially 5 months. The first trimester and beginning of the second I dealt with morning sickness and almost daily migraines. Now I am feeling normal again which is good because we have had one busy summer so far!! I collapse every day on the couch and it takes everything I have to stay awake until David is home from work.  Many nights I am asleep by the time he's done putting the boys to bed.

6.  In July, we are taking two trips to OR. One trip is the annual summer trip with David's family, and the other trip was spontaneously planned maybe two weeks ago.  Two round trips (driving) within 3 weeks.  The first trip up I am driving with my sister in law (who is flying down from OR the night before) and David will fly up to meet us for the 4th of July & drive back down with me. The second trip is the all four of us driving up to the OR coast. (brrrrr).  I want to get in a good & fun (busy) summer before I am unable to drive when I hit my third trimester (August).  I'm crazy, I know!

7. We found out that we are having a third boy! It's official, I am a boy mom.  We have not decided on a name yet - I figure we have until October. The thought of even coming up with a name in the midst of everything is just daunting! He may just be known as "baby #3" for a while! When I was taking Jordan to his swim lesson the other day, one of the girls that was around asked what I was having. When she found out it was a boy, she said "you already have a lot of boys".  Children - I love their honesty!