Story Time
It’s sights like this, seeing big brother Nathan reading a story to his baby brother, that make my heart melt. Such a precious sight to see. Now if only they did this more often instead of bickering over toys!!
Catching up!
Things have been hectic around here, but what else is new, right? That’s life with kids! I wouldn’t trade it for anything and, in fact, will miss these busy days once my kids are grown and moved out. We had the hubbub of Christmas, which was nice. Nathan had a hard time adjusting to the …
Blocks and rocket ships
Nathan came excitedly bounding out if his room, exclaiming “Come look at what I made!” I followed him into his room to find this: He had made four identically built rocket ships out of some blocks his grandma had gotten him a while back. He was so pleased with his creation, as were Paul and …
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Brushing the teeth
Mr. John loves, loves, loves brushing his teeth. He doesn’t scream and fight it like Nathan did. He DOES try to bite the toothbrush so he can get the toddler-approved toothpaste off though! Apparently, he thinks it’s delicious. He especially likes when I’m done brushing his teeth and I hand him the toothbrush so he can …
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Haircuts
I’ve never been particularly happy with Nathan’s haircuts that we’ve paid for over the years. Combine his sensory issues with a sometimes over-zealous hairdresser and you typically end up with haircuts where his hair looked like a mushroom, or was crooked, or too short, or a combination of it all with a traumatized mom and …