Mister & Sister

Thankful Thursday

Today I am thankful for:

• A husband who is handy
• A boy who is sensitive and loving and sweet
• A girl who is spunky and hilarious and smart
• A dog who is sweet as pie and wants nothing more than her nose scratched
• A dog who is goofy and friendly and tolerant
• My hairstylist and whoever invented hair dye
• My mommy, who reads my blog regularly and can always spare thirty seconds to type a comment.  Thanks, Mom. 

What are you thankful for?

Thankful Thursday

This week, I am thankful for:

• My friend Tina who spontaneously reached out and invited Mister over for a playdate on Tuesday  Mommy needed a break!
• Sunshine and warm temperatures in November!
• A two year old with an insane sense of humor
• Clearance sales
• Diet Coke
• Bejeweled Blitz (my Facebook friends will get this one)
• A safe and friendly neighborhood
• Pasta
• Frisco, who doesn't run off no matter how many times we leave a gate open or forget to bring him with us when we come inside from playing
• Lacey, who has gained 2.5 lbs
• A church and pastor who are fabulous
• Weekends
• My husband's job

What are you thankful for?

Thankful Thursday

This week, I am thankful for:

• Autumn
• A child who thinks raking leaves and jumping in them is the best fun ever
• My mom cave
• A washer and dryer
• The combination of my neighbor Courtney and my Aunt Jenny who will be tag teaming to care for my children tomorrow so my husband and I can spend the afternoon and evening watching the 6A State volleyball tournament in Topeka.  Go Eagles!  Go Adrienn!!
• Hot showers
• Diet Coke (you may see this on the list every week)
• Text messaging
• Children's Benadryl
• Children who have discovered that playing with each other can be so much fun
• Facebook, which has allowed me to reconnect or better connect with so many people
• My dogs
• DVR

What are you thankful for?

This wasn't my idea

Sister has decided that she'd like to "go potty".  She's been fairly succesful since she drug me kicking and screaming on board with her idea on Friday.  I even bought some Pull-Ups and put potty chairs in two bathrooms.  So far, she hasn't made the connection to potty only in her potty chair (or a toilet) so we still have wet diapers and Pull-Ups, but it's a start.  Our biggest problem?  She potties and as soon as we dump it out, she thinks she needs to sit down and potty again.  Seriously?  The child would sit on the stupid potty chair all day long if I'd let her.  The battle is not getting her ON, it's getting her OFF.  And of course that's the way it is.  This is Sister we're talking about.  She'd never do things the way every other child has ever done it.  God love her. 

Conversations with Mister

"Mommy, wouldn't it be awesome if girls had peni5es and boys had gin, gin, uh, ginolicas?  That would be so cool!"

Thankful Thursday

Today I am thankful for:

• Ice cream
• Fall in the Midwest
• Umbrellas
• My bible
• Coupons
• Hot showers
• Fridays

What are you thankful for?

You can see pictures galore from all of the birthday festivities by clicking here. 

And a few pictures from the non-birthday related days of this month are here.

Finally, just in case anyone still needs a reminder to check for pictures, the September album is here.

Thankful Thursday

This week, I am thankful for:

• Health insurance
• Diet Coke
• A supportive husband
• My warm, cozy bed
• Spaghetti sauce in a jar
• Children's television programming
• Facebook
• Healthy children
• Hand sanitizer
• Guys Green Onion potato chips
• My neighbors who are also dear friends
• Paper towels

What are you thankful for?

Painless

As I tucked Mister into bed the night before his birthday, he asked, "How am I going to turn five if I'm sleeping?"  Daddy and I giggled and told him it would just happen all by itself and not to worry about it.  At 6:00 on birthday morning, I was called to his room.  I kissed his forehead and said, "Happy Birthday, five year old!"  Through sleepy eyes, he looked at me and said, "Am I really five?  I didn't even feel a thing!"

Five

My beautiful boy,

I can hardly believe it.  You're five!  You've been waiting and waiting and waiting for this day and here it is.  All of your best friends turned five weeks and even months ago and you struggled with being the youngest, with still being four.  You watched as they all went off to Kindergarten and the two of us sat on our front porch, you sobbing uncontrollably.  "But Mommy, why can't I be five?", you cried.  Well, buddy...your big day is here!

I can't quite find the words to tell you how proud I am of you.  You are such a special little boy and every single day you do something that absolutely amazes me.  You are one hundred percent boy...you love to play baseball, go fishing, wrestle with your pals, play with your Transformers...but you are already the most sensitive, loving boy I've ever known.  You still love to crawl in bed with Dad and I in the mornings, and if I'd let you, you'd spend every single night snuggled up next to me.  I keep telling you that one of these days, you're not going to want to love on your Momma anymore and you look at me like I have three heads.  "Oh, Mommy...I'll always want to love on you!"  And you know what?  I kind of think maybe you will. 

And oh my goodness, if anyone on the face of the earth can make you turn to mush, it's your Sister.  Dad and I have watched the two of you fall madly in love with each other from the moment she was born, but especially so in this last year.  The two of you, opposites in every way, are thick as thieves.  You will do anything in the world for that girl.  You are her hero, too.  I don't know what you two would do without each other.  If there's one thing I'd wish for, it's that you always, always take care of her the way you do now. 

You're getting awfully independent these days, too.  There's not much you can't do for yourself.  Sometimes I forget that you're not a little baby anymore but you're quick to remind me!  You think it's pretty cool that you can make your own breakfast if you want and there are lots of mornings I come out and find you and your Sister sitting at the table together eating the cereal you fixed.  You think you're pretty big stuff when I let you go pay for a treat at the store by yourself or when I send you over to the neighbors to deliver something.  I see you looking back at me to make sure I'm not too far away. I ask if you need help and realize as soon as the words leave my mouth that you're a big boy now and if you need help, you will let me know. 

You're an amazing kid, Mister.  You're smart and funny and sensitive and loving and best of all, you're mine.  I'm so lucky and so proud to be your Mommy.  I can't wait to see what great things happen for you this year. 

Love,
Mommy