As I sit outside on this spring day, I am not able to express the gratitude I have in being a mom to Edward and Eli.
So here are some of the things I did manage to write down and keep track of over the last few months.
- On January 21st I took both of the boys to a barber shop to get their hair cut, it had just become to much of a losing battle for Erick to do it at home, and I say you have to choose your battles. Well taking them was worth every $ we paid, way less stress and the boys sat still and patiently the entire time. Well that night after we got home, Edward was very concerned about his new hair cut "I hope my haircut no get messy tonight". You have got to love the sweet innocence of little ones.
- Eli marches around the house saying "Fee Fi apple fritter, I smell a little critter" from one of our Little Critter books, Jack and the Beanstalk. Of course, Eli is my rhythmic child, loves to sing and chant and catches on so quickly. Another fave for the month of January was " You are Mr. Grinch".
- Edward LOVES to build with blocks and is always looking to make his buildings more "stabilizer".
- On February 8, I was finishing up my nightly prayer with Eli and he begins singing "praise Him, Praise Him"
- Favorite Colors:
- Edward-blue, black and red
- Eli-yellow
- My Dad has been working on an old car the past few years and is getting really close to finishing up, so he let us take and ride in it and now Edward refers to Grandaddy's car as being "Groovy" a word he had to have picked up from Pete the Cat (books).
- The middle of March seemed to have brought lots of little accidents and at one point Edward proclaimed that "I can run faster with my bandaid" (on his foot).
- "That's Crazy!" Says Eli as he rides his scooter backwards down the driveway....Yes, Eli, it is CRAZY!
- "Wanna see someting?" Eli asks
- The boys love the chant "who stole the cookie from the cookie jar?" Along with "Little bunny Foo Foo".
- On March 19, Edward turned 4 years old! I am still having a hard time grasping this fact, but he is such an amazing little boy, that I completely love watching him learn and catch on to new things everyday. On his 4th Birthday he measured 43 inches, 40.2 pounds, I think his height was average for a 5 1/2 year old, so he is one tall dude!
- Now as we enter into April, Edward is calling his dad "Erick" nearly all the time.
- Edward has his moments of completely being responsible "I clean up, it's no worries" and "That be good with you?"
- Eli has been carrying a little toy guitar around for days and singing "Lou, lou skip to my lou" "I sing" is what he says.
- When we saw the Easter bunny at one of the egg hunts Eli referred to him as "Santa Rabbit"
- And just this week, the boys have been abounding me in love by stating that "I love you with (all) my heart". This makes a momma's heart melt.
- The boys also love doing their Bible memory verses and I am just amazed at quickly they can learn and how much they love memorization.
