Haircuts
6/25/2020
Time for a haircut.
Before.
After.
Ready for summer!
Showing posts with label My 2015 Boy. Show all posts
Showing posts with label My 2015 Boy. Show all posts
My Littles
2/10/2020
My 3 little ones keep my life very full these days.
I am very thankful that the moments of all 3 of them playing together in harmony are becoming more commonplace!
The princess (age 6).
The goofball dreamer (age 4).
The "I just want to do whatever the big kids do" kid (age 2).
Sure do love them and am thankful God blessed our family with them. Never a dull (or quiet) moment around here! :-)
Our 4 year old's Birthday Celebrations
9/27/2019
This little man turned 4 this week.
Here are some pictures of us celebrating him!
He received a new Mr. Potato Head as a gift.
An oldie but goodie!
We had a time of celebration on the evening of his birthday, which of course included the birthday song, cupcakes, blowing out a birthday candle, opening gifts received from all of us, and words of affirmation about all we love about this birthday boy.
Grandma K in Wisconsin sent a gift for him to open. We do this while skyping with her so she can see the actual gift opening. He received a construction play mat with some construction trucks/diggers. Very fun!
And of course the other siblings wanted to share the new toy fun with the birthday boy.
We went to Build-A-Bear, so he could build his own bear. He chose a birthday shirt for his bear and a guitar as an accessory. This boy loves all things music related so that was very appropriate.
The bear - named Boose. His shirt looks pink but is red. Oh, and he smells like cotton candy! They have a scent you can insert inside with the fluff, so he constantly smells sweet like cotton candy.
A fun shot of the birthday boy with his older brother, on the night before his birthday. Matching flag shirts.
We took some pictures and video of him on his last day as a 3 year old. That little voice. The utter cuteness. I know we'll look back and smile someday.
In this picture you can see his favorite duckie blanket and his favorite stuffed animal - Eddie the elephant. Must have items for bedtime.
Happy birthday, again, little mister!
We love celebrating you!
Birthday Boy - Turning 4
9/25/2019
This little boy is turning 4!
What a great year he has had!
One big area of growth has been his self control. A year or so ago, he was a screamer. Whenever he was angry or didn't get what he wanted, he would let out the shrillest of screams. I have some hearing loss thanks to this boy! But as we've worked on self control, on using words to express how we're feeling, he has grown.
He has also overcome a lot of fear. Watching him face swimming lessons after having a near-drowning incident last winter, he went from full of fear to full of courage.
I love this boy's heart for music and worship. I love his smile that comes easy. I love his creative side, seen as he builds towns and farms and train tracks. He is the one of my children who always wants to hold my hand. Yes, son, as long as you want to, you can hold my hand!
Happy birthday, my boy!
Thank you, God, for sending this boy to our family!
Swim Lessons
8/6/2019
The last few weeks, two of my kids participated in swim lessons at a nearby gym. I am highly satisfied with the results!
My 5 year old girl takes to the water like a fish. She has been asking to take swim lessons for months and months. She loved the lessons, smiling the entire time. She had no concerns dunking her head, blowing bubbles under the water, etc. She did great and is begging for more swim time and more lessons.
My 3 year old son is a different story. Last December he had a near drowning incident at a hotel pool. He remembers this vividly, though not in a terribly negative sense. He talks about it calmly, but nonetheless connects all water with "that one time I went in the deep water and couldn't see anybody and threw up all over Dad's shoulder."
So it was understandable that he was hesitant about swim lessons. He cried. He repeatedly told me that he didn't want to go. He pouted. For the first few days, anytime we made eye contact, he would pout and give me a big thumbs-down sign to show me how much he was not enjoying lessons.
However, by day 4 (halfway through the 8 days of lessons), things had changed. He started to smile a little bit during lessons. He wasn't as fearful. He was enjoying himself a little bit. And by days 7 and 8, he was laughing and joking with his instructors. He would smile at me when I looked his way. He gave me a big thumbs-up sign.
He's not able to swim on his own yet. But he is able to replace his entirely negative water experience with a positive pool memory now. I'm well satisfied with the swim lesson experience and the instructors who didn't give up on my boy, though he was definitely the toughest kid in the class.
We celebrated with ice cream after this big turnaround!
One of the great things about this particular gym/aquatics center is that they allow parents and younger children not taking lessons to play in the rest of the pool, children's swim area and lazy river. So I was hanging out with my 2 year old son in the water the entire time lessons were taking place. He, of course, loved this.
Big thumbs-up for swim lessons!
PS: I know the pictures in this post are not great. Oh well. They are the best we could do at the time.
Happy Birthday, Son!
9/24/2018
This little one is turning 3!
This boy has a heart for worship. He is constantly singing, dancing and strumming his toy guitars. His heart is always filled with music. What a gift!
Happy birthday to you!
Christmas for a 2-year-old
1/11/18
This is a snapshot of Christmas 2017 from my 2-year-old son's perspective.
Such a sweetheart, looking so grown up in his Christmas sweater vest!
It's hard to get a picture of this boy sitting still.
Here he was playing with his new firetruck.
And he loved his new horse!
He was helping me with open some gifts.
He was all smiles with Daddy.
No matter where we go, even long trips to Wisconsin, his favorite blankie is never far away!
He loves playing with trucks.
He is an adorable model for his new hat and mittens.
While at Grandpa K's house in Wisconsin, he was playing with some pennies (which were used for a Bingo game the adults played) in the corner. He's always loved to dump things out and then pick them back up and then repeat the process a dozen times!
Here he was playing with some of his new Duplo trucks on the floor while the rest of us continued to open gifts.
Here he is with 2 of his own brothers and big cousin Zeke... just some of the boys on the Wisconsin side of the family.
Some cuddles with mom when his batteries were winding down.
Merry Christmas to you, Little Man!
Birthday Boy Turns 2
9/22/2017
This boy... what a handful he is!
It's hard to catch a picture of him, as he's in constant motion. But here he was dancing with Daddy and big sister in the kitchen.
He can count very clearly from 1 to 10. He speaks very well and is adding new words to his vocabulary daily.
He loves to manipulate things - whether pulling all the books off the shelf or all the pans out of the cupboard. He loves to stack things up and knock them down. He loves to move things from one place to another (like the pumpkins during his photo shoot).
He is a great sleeper. He sleeps 12-13 hours each night, without interruption, and he naps 2-3 hours each afternoon.
He loves to be tickled. We enjoy some good tickle time at least once a day together. Tickling is what got him loosened up for these pictures.
Let me tell you about this kid and guitars! He ADORES guitars. He wants to regularly watch music videos that include close-up guitar shots and he walks around the house with this play guitar ALL THE TIME! "Guitar" is probably his most common word these days.
This child has no fear. I predict he will be the first of our family with a broken bone. He is regularly climbing up on furniture. He knows what I will say... "Be careful!" so he looks back at me and clearly repeats "Be careful!" but continues to do what he wants to.
He still has his favorite blanket that MUST accompany him to bed each night. We have weaned him off of carrying it around all day, so it now just stays in his bed. He still sleeps in a crib and so far has not even tried to climb out of it (not sure how that jives with his constant climbing on all the rest of the furniture, but it's true).
We sure do love you, Mr. Man!
Happy 2nd birthday to you!
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