Just a few little things that I want to remember from this time:
Leah- She's just a few months shy of 3 and at that age where everything she says and does is just hilarious. This kid LOVES dancing. She will dance to anything and everything. Commercials, jingles, background music in movies, even "sad" music. If she hears a tune, it moves her. Literally. She loves watching any sort of dancing on TV as well. I love her "moves", I melt and crack up all at the same time! Leah is my most cuddly kiddo of all. She still loves being held and cuddled, and is constantly telling me she loves me out of the blue. Some things I just don't want to forget {cute or not} from this time:
•She and Mel go back and forth, "I love you", "I love you too", "I love you three", four, five, etc. Lately she has started saying, "I love you seven" out of the blue.
•After a HELLACIOUS grocery store trip, Leah later came up to me and apologized! I was shocked and SO in love with my thoughtful little girl!
•"Yes it are."- Yes it is. and "No my not!."- No I'm not.
•"I'm not a kid! I'm a Leah!".
•"You don't have to be so bossy!" {Complete with an eye roll.}
Hailey- My valley girl. The other day in 100% valley girl accent she declared: "Kay Kay is soooo beatiful." Complete with a hair toss and then a lengthy explanation on how she {Kay Kay} does her make-up so perfectly. Hailey is just a girl's girl. She's 6 going on 16, and I'm not really liking that. We're already struggling with clothes and what's appropriate and what's not. I hate this fight, and honestly don't know where she gets this idea that showing skin is not only okay, but "cool". We're trying our best to nip it in the bud now. I hate how self conscious she is. Although when I tell her how beautiful/gorgeous she is, she smiles and says, "I know.". That? I love. I want her to always feel that way. But she's starting to complain about "hairy legs" and how her legs are "bigger" than her friends. I hate this. It's hard to remember she's a rising first grader and not 5th grader. I want my little girl to stay a little girl! It's seriously enough for me to rethink public school. I'm also in disbelief that she's a RISING FIRST GRADER. She has {nearly} completed her first year of school! She has done AMAZINGLY well this year. I'm blown away by here reading and only wished she enjoyed it as much as her brother and I do. Some things I don't want to forget from this time:
•"I know it's a boy." Hailey
SO called it! She new Grayson was a boy and wasn't afraid to tell anyone and everyone. She would often say she hoped for a girl, but knew it was a boy anyway. Sure enough, he turned out to be all boy.
•Leah fell asleep on the floor in the living room. "Does she have a paci in her mouth?" I asked Hailey. "Yea, she does." She answered. "Huh, I wonder how she got that...". Hailey's response? "Maybe a paci fairy flew in and put it in her mouth." And this wasn't a cute little idea from the imagination of a 6 year old. This was a sarcastic, cheeky, smarta$$ answer! Complete with side-eye. I couldn't help but laugh. {And feel stupid.}
•On scabs in the shower: "When you get in the shower God heals it, it goes up in the air. It's invisible when it goes up in the air, that's why you can't see it. He makes it invisible."
Joshua- My oldest is SO incredibly encouraging and thoughtful! Joshua is definitely going to be a humanitarian when he grows up. Once he told me that he hopes to go to college and get a great paying job so that he could afford to buy a truck, fill it with blankets, clothes, and food, and deliver things to the needy. He also said he wants to volunteer to build shelters for homeless. My boy seriously has a heart of gold. Pure gold. He doesn't have a mean or hateful bone in his body. I can't even begin to convey how proud of him I am. He was on A/B honor roll the ENTIRE year this school year. THE ENTIRE YEAR. He also completed his first year of EOG testing with 3's and 4's. Seriously blows me away. This is all while facing OCD and ADHD, challenges he has faced and fought through since the beginning of Pre-K. Some things I don't want to forget from this time:
•While helping me cook dinner one night, I asked him to retrieve a jar of mushrooms from the cupboard. "What are these for mom?", he asked nervously, I was busy reading a recipe, and scurrying around collecting ingredients and didn't answer right away. "Mom? What are the mushrooms for?", again, in my own little world, muttering under my breath each ingredient, I delayed answering him, finally, "Mom, I'm getting concerned...". That stopped me in my tracks. I couldn't help but laugh.
•At my nieces preschool graduation last week he started cheering, clapping, and whistling loudly as the preschoolers collected their diplomas. He didn't start doing this until after his cousin had collected hers. "What are you doing love?" I asked. "Brinley had so many people cheer mom! They all deserve that, I'm just encouraging them.". {Talk about heart meltage!}
•"I don't have a whole lot of friends mom, but you know what? That's okay, because I've got two AWESOME friends. Jesus and God. They'll always have my back. Huh mom?". That they will my boy!
•He gives the BEST massages. Seriously. I'm not just saying that. It amazes me. I've had adults try and give my shoulders a rub and he blows them out of the water. It is truly a gift.
I can't believe that in a few short months I'm going to be the mom of a newborn, 3 year old, 6 year old, and 9 year old. How did this happen??? I seriously vow to start doing this more, and writing more about who they are in these years where they are growing and changing so quickly!
All I can say is that I'm over the moon in love with my kids and have to give myself a pat on the back because they are AMAZING and I
made them. They are beautiful perfection, so incredibly funny, intelligent, and caring. All of them so.
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