BK

There are no pictures to prove it, so I thought I'd make a quick note of it here.  I sent a facebook message to some of our random, local friends that we'd be going to lunch at Burger King today if anyone wanted to join us.  We had a blast!  We ended up with four families, fourteen kids!!  Ms. Erin and her three, Ms. Kelsi and her four, and Ms. Becky with her three plus a niece.  All the kids played together very, very well and had soo much fun.  We love the Burger King playplace.  It has its own separate room, so we can eat in there and linger and socialize while the kids play.  We don't bother anybody else, and there's only one door in and out.  I can't figure out why it's never crowded!

Ryan played mostly with our neighbor Jacob.  Jacob is in second grade, and he's just about as cool as they come.  Asher joined in pretty well when he got there.  Abby sort of did her own thing.  I saw her with Georgia a couple times.  And poor Max wanted to play with her so badly, but she'd just keep right on racing around that playplace.  Naomi loved on Chloe and came back multiple times to give her kisses.  Once I freed Chloe from the highchair, Georgia and the other big kids helped her all through the play area.  A little nerve racking, but I kept reminding myself: it'll help her toughen up!  She's almost seventeen months by golly! 

I'm loving having all three of my kids around and being able to do some of the things that have become hard to do with an elementary school schedule.  I just wish the break weren't going by so fast! 

Merry Christmas 2013!!!

so sweet

Last night I went out with Christa and Alicia, woo-hoo!  I said all my goodbyes to everyone and hugs and kisses and I love yous.  As I'm walking out Ryan says, "I-L-o-v-e-Y-o-u!"  It was so cool and unexpected, he's never spelled like that before.  I truly felt loved!  I love you too, my Little Man! 

loved it

I've been babysitting our neighbor-friends, Max and Grant, some recently.  Usually only once or twice a week, but it adds up.  Ryan's so funny, he'll say he doesn't want to play with the little kids, but of course once he gets in there, he has a great time.  He asked me a couple days ago if he could have some of his friends over.  I told him I'd work on it and see what we could come up with for Thursday since it was supposed to be a warm and sunny day.  We are waterlogged here. 

So we had Jacob, Georgia, and Sam over yesterday.  It was wonderful!!  They played together sooo well.  I just got to sit and watch them have fun.  The three boys played soccer for quite awhile, which just made Ryan's day.  Georgia and Abs played babies and watched the game from the sidelines.  They also played monkey in the middle, ring around the rosy, and all sorts of run around like crazy things.  I can't believe how well they all got along.  They planned and talked and came up with the games all on their own. 

The afternoon was originally planned for Ryan's benefit, but it was a great day for me too.  We've had a CRAZY busy December trying to do Christmas parties and class plays and Christmas cards and teacher gifts and baking goodies and all sorts of stuff, on top of everyday living.  I'm working hard to keep perspective and enjoy it all, but I will admit I am exhausted.  So a couple hours of watching kids laugh and play and be happy was just what I needed!  I love our neighbors! 

no cooties here

Uh-oh, watch out Daddy!  Abby had her first kiss today!  Mommy and Chloe were at Ryan's school for the Christmas party, so Abby rode home from preschool with Ms. Alyson and Dylan [and Seth too who happened to have today off for parent conferences].  They went back to Alyson's house for peanut butter & honey sandwiches and clementines.  After playing for a bit, Dylan had to go down for his nap; he's a younger man, only two years old.  Apparently Abby asked to say good night, so Ms. Alyson brought over a stool.  She stood up on the stool next to Dylan's crib, and Ms. Alyson prompted Dylan to give Abby a hug and a kiss on the cheek good night.  They both completely ignored the "on the cheek" part and gave each other a big ole' kiss on the lips!  So there ya go, I guess it was bound to happen eventually! 

good question, Buddy

Ryan and I were talking about numbers yesterday.  He said the biggest number he knew was 1,999.  And then he realized 2,000 was higher and then we talked about all the thousands, and then the millions, billions, and trillions.  He asked me what the biggest number I knew was and I said infinity.  I explained to him that infinity basically means forever and higher then anyone could count and the numbers never stop.  His response: "Oh, is God still thinking of new numbers?"  I thought that was a great, very insightful question!  I love the way his little brain works so hard to try to make sense of everything!