A Year of Change

Happy Birthday to my Wesley David.  His 3rd year was so full of change & growth. Just six days after he turned three Wes became a big brother to TWO baby boys. He transitioned amazingly well. Maybe because his behavior wasn't that great to begin with, (hahaha) we didn't notice a huge change. He has always been gentle, kind & interested in his brothers. It was the realationship with his big sister that was at constant odds. For 9 nine months they fought, bickered, called each other names and pretty much made each other miserable. I thought for sure they were going to grow up despising each other.

Then they started swim lessons at Goldfish Swim School. After the first few weeks Wes still wasn't sold. He didn't want to go (just like pre-school). He'd fuss before the lesson saying he wanted to stay home. He hated wearing his goggles and never wanted to go under water. It got to the point I thought about not taking him anymore. As the weeks progressed Mia was having more & more fun. She was excited for her lessons, getting more comfortable in the water & showing off the ribbons she was earning with each new skill.  Around the end of the year something started to change in Wes. He would put his goggles on before class started. He started going under water with no complaint & and he would yell for Mia across the lane to watch him.

It was here I could start to pinpoint a change in their relationship. Instead of having one day a month where they might play nicely together, they would have 3 or 4 days in a row!!! I'd find them in Mia's bed sharing the ipad for morning cartoons.  He no longer fusses when it's time for school although I still think he would prefer to stay home & play with his friends all day (who wouldn't?).  His teacher said he has recently started taking more time & is showing pride in his  projects, AKA he didn't give a crap before. I've noticed at home too, all of sudden he loves coloring and will spend an hour on one picture. It's so funny because usually he only uses one color crayon. I'm so glad I stuck with taking both kiddos to their swim lessons. It's not always easy to find the energy after working all day to haul both kids every week but the pay off has been SO WORTH IT On so many levels!!!

 

Happy Birthday baby! I'm so proud of all the things you accomplished this year! Starting pre-school, being the best big brother & showing excitement for learning & adventuring. Every year with you gets better & better.

                               This post is in partnership with Goldfish Swim School.

Happy Birthday Wesley!

Happiest 3rd Birthday to my beautiful sunshine boy!!!! You're a total ham and make us laugh everyday, You're amazingly smart and people can't believe how well you communicate. You love Star Wars, legos, superheroes and music. You've taken to wearing a Super Man cape around the house. It melts my heart when you insist on wearing a hat, especially when you put your Yankees ball cap on. No prompting, just your personality coming through. You usually sleep with tiny Thomas the Train figures. You love to have dance parties to the Ghostbuster's theme song or Do You Love Me by The Contours. I would love to get you guitar lessons at some point because I feel like you truly love music. Tonite it was storming and you were afraid of the thunder. I told you it was just Thor in the sky using his hammer. You kept saying, "Mama I hear him, I hear Thor!!"

From two years to three it wasn't all sweetness. You torture your sister relentlessly. You throw tantrums to get your way. You love to say naughty words to get our attention. You've punched, kicked and spit. There are days when you say, "You don't need babies in your belly." Then there are my favorite moments when you tell me you are going to feed the babies and play with them. I know its going to be a hard transition going from mama's boy, the baby, to the middle child. Please always know that you're my first baby boy. You stole my heart the day you were born and we will always have that special bond. I LOVE YOU Wesley Crush!!!

Thank Goodness For Daddies!

Today was a snow day. The best kind because there was no wind, it was warmish and the thick and wet snow was perfect for snow man building!! Daddy bundled them up first thing and built a giant snowman & a huge snow fort. Thank goodness for daddy bc this pregnant mama has NO ENERGY. Curse you 3rd trimester. Now he's at the store buying me 10lbs of honey crisp apples because its all I crave and the kids are in the basement playing with the train table he's been, sanding and staining the past few weeks. If I could just get them to stop calling each other poopy head it would be perfect.

Annual Slate Run Farm Visit

On Saturday we took advantage of the mild, beautiful day & went to Slate Run Farm with Mia's bestie from school.  It's hard not having daddy with us but I couldn't wait one second longer to start our Summer Bucket List!. Thanks to Meredith for helping control the kids while I attempted to take some pics. The good & the bad thing about Slate Run is that it is a TOTAL free for all. There is no one there stopping the kids from climbing the fence into the sheep pasture (Wes) or using very sharp gardening tools (Mia) at will.  We love packing a picnic, in this case Wendy's chicken nuggets & taking turns on Mia's FAVORITE wooden swing while we eat. Last years trip to the farm here.

 

Joint Dino Birthday Bash

The Spring time months are my favorite, mostly because these cuties have birthdays. Wes turned two & Mia turns four.  Today we celebrated with a joint dinosaur birthday bash. We dug for salt dough fossils, ate Grandma Tachee's famous quiche, pinned the party hat on T-Rex and blew tons of bubbles. Of course we  ate LOTS of cake. There may also have been mimosa's & chocolate tequila involved. Thanks Dad!!!! My kids are loved spoiled beyond belief. Thank you, thank you to our awesome friends & family  for helping us make the most amazing memories!

 

Easter Sunday

We've started a weekend tradition, having our friends, Allison, Brooks & Rory over for a breakfast  play date. Today we had cinnamon rolls, made salt dough fossils for the upcoming dino bday & baked an edible batch of banana bread. If you follow us on ig you may have seen the non-edible version from earlier in the week. I forgot to add the flour.  After naps we found a new park where daddy met us after work. When we got home the kids followed a trail of eggs & found the Easter bunny finally made it to our house!!!! We LOVE Spring!!!