Warm Pj time is here

 

. I have packed away the summer clothes and pulled out the fall and winter. Winter pjs I do admit are my favorite they always give me the urge to give them a bath, wash their hair with baby magic shampoo and then rock them in front of the woodstove. Well of course Dylan would think I was nuts if I tried that with him or put him in matching pjs with his brothers. SO I will settle for the another winter of doing it with the little two. Before I know they will also be pushing me away and saying YEAH RIGHT or AS IF.

Busy? Yeah you could say that.

We have been running from school, to soccer, to birthday parties and more for the last month. The kids have been crazy busy with school and activities. I went back to work part time. So life around our house has been at a new level of busy. The boys play soccer a combined 4 times a week. Then of course there are games and parties and life that fill our weekends. I wish I could say I see things slowing down soon, but basketball forms went in the mail today for both boys so there is no end in sight at this point. I think I actually love our crazy beautiful life. The boys are growing so fast. William is 2 months shy of his third birthday. Dylan is a total preteen and Mason is just way cool sine starting Kindergarten. He even told Will that the word "poop" is not funny anymore when you are in K. I muffled my laughs at that one. Josh and I are just keeping our heads above water trying to keep up with our jobs, the boys, and life in general. Some day we may have a date night and re introduce ourselves to one another. =-)
I am sad because sometimes I feel like we do not have as much time for our extended family and that the boys friends and their parents are becoming people we see more then our own. However I guess that is just a part of growing up. I have lucked out too because the boys friends have wonderful families that I do not mind sharing games and birthday party talk with all of them. Well that is just a quick update on the house. I will try to upload some photos later on <---hopefully sooner rather then later.

Slacker...<--- that's me

Between the boys going back to school, me opening an online resale store, and me going back to work part time. I have been and will continue to be crazy busy through the winter. I realized today that if I do not stop, take the time, and write from day to day I will be very sad one day looking back. So I know a few of you contacted me asking me if everything is okay since I have been MIA, we are fine. Great really. I promise to be back more.... =-)

First Day Of School.....

 

 

 

The much talked about (the boys) and cried about (me) first day of school has arrived. I am sure I have so much more to say about this, but I am still digesting the fact that Mason is in school all day..................

The time has come....

 

 

 

 

I could not help myself tonight. I sat in Mason's room and watched him sleep. I have watched him sleep many nights over the years, when he had a cold, or a fever. Tonight was different I was watching him sleep just starring at him taking it all in. Wondering how five years have passed when all I did was blink my eyes. I wondered how tomorrow morning I am suppose to turn him over to the school. After spending 24 hours a day with this child since birth. I kept thinking it was not fair. That the five years went by too fast. I kept thinking I wanted them back and that I wanted a redo. Then he turned over, letting out this peaceful sigh. It brought tears to my eyes. I reminded myself that this was the next step in his life. Tomorrow as he wakes he will begin a new chapter in his life. One full of learning and friends, one full of fun and excitement, heart ache and tears. He will enter school. He will climb aboard that bus and will be gone. I realized he does not need a redo. He has had a great five years home with me. It is time for him and me to move on and begin the next chapter. Am I ready to let go of my baby? Of course not. Am I crying like a fool as I type this and as I watched him sleep? Yes, and will I cry as he leaves for school tomorow????? With out a a doubt. He was mixed with both excitement and fear tonight as I read him three books and talked about school. He was full of questions and anticipation of what tomorrow will bring for him. Will he see his cousins in the hall? Will he be able to find me at the end of the day? I reassured him the best I could all evening and as I planted one last kiss on his forehead and Palm. He looked two years old again as he told me his "tummy" was nervous. I forced a smile and let him know that mine was just a little nervous too. Not because of anything bad, just because I was excited for him. I reminded him of the Kissing Hand..... Thanks Nessa!!! I gently kissed his palm once more. My heart melted as he reached over and kissed mine as well. A piece of my heart will go with him tomorrow. He does not think he is ready, I never will think he is ready. Either way the time has come. I watched him sleep, took a few photos and thanked him for 5 of the best years of my life.................

Today...we celebrate a nap.....

 

I have told Josh over and over again that I wish William was a better napper and sleeper all around. After 2.5 years of this we have both basically given up hope that he will ever nap or go to bed at night like a normal child. He can stay awake all hours of the night with out a nap. He can go and go when I want to crash. I have begged him, bribed him, and tried tricking him into sleeping... I have offered him , candy , toys, and money. Nope. He usually comes out of his room about 24 times a night. Super Nanny would have nothing on this kid at bed time. We have waited outside his door to catch him getting up. We have peeked in his windown, set up a video monitor. HE always wins and has now been on a napping during the day time strike for nearly 2 weeks. Today the lack of sleep got the best of him while playing with the dog.

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