FOUR YEARS OLD!

Our Lil Boo is getting bigger by the minute! He turned four years old today! He's been asking me everyday for weeks now if it was his birthday yet. And finally, the day has arrived!  I have a few pics and videos to share, but that will be for another day...after the party tomorrow. I did want to share at least one photo of him on his big day.

This picture is of him playing with his new space shuttle while talking on the phone with DaDa wearing his new Army uniform hat. He had fun playing all day long.

Our Lil Boo is the reason I became a Mama in the first place. I can't believe it's been 4 years. I feel like I've known him my whole life. Hasn't he always been with me?  Gosh, he really is a sweet boy and loves to be loved on! Who doesn't though, right? He can be a little self centered too, which I guess has more to do with his age than anything (I hope).   We've been talking a lot about thinking about others lately. His love languages are quality time and words of affirmation. If you spend time with him and encourage him, he's golden. You can see him transform right before your eyes.

He's very curious and inquisitive and wants to know how and why, why, why everything works the way it does. I know he at least gets part of that from me. I'm sure it comes from B-man as well. But, I always wanted to know how things worked. I needed to understand the reason behind things. Part of the reason that I wanted to be a PT was to learn  about how the body worked. It's pretty fascinating, just FYI.

I must admit, we butt heads over his "need to know", but I'm trying to get better about nurturing him the way he needs to be and realize where he's coming from. And sometimes, things are the way they are just because they are (or because we're 10 minutes late for swimming lessons and we don't have time to discuss where the water goes when it drains out of the sink into the pipes and under the house and down the road...). And that's okay too!

I know I already said it, but he can be so sweet. He's been known to come over to me and give me a squeeze (hug) or a kiss, just because. And that melts my heart.

He really has grown so much in the last 6 months. I feel like we're on the verge of having a real conversation and everything not be taken literally. Just the other day we were both able to laugh at Lil Bit b/c she thought his swim suit was a bag and was carrying it around the house on her shoulder by the strings. It was nice that he could see the humor in that and that we could share that together. It really was pretty funny.

We just love our Lil Boo so much and I'm so looking forward to our next year together. I think it's going to be a great one!

I kind of don't want to stop writing about him. I just love him so. I think I will stop though, and go sneak in his room and give him a kiss on the head and watch him sleep for a minute or two.

Dinosaur party tomorrow! Pray for no rain!

In God We Trust

I couldn't delay getting this post up any longer. I've already forgotten what Boo was talking about earlier today when I was trying to get us all in the house. Lil Bit wanted to do everything by herself. I had 4 bags to carry inside and Boo was talking nonstop about something. And I can't remember what it was now. But, I'm guessing he asked me about something and I answered and he probably responded with his usual...why. And I said (in a tone of exasperation and slight irritation), "Boo, just trust me okay?!" And he looked me square in the eye right there on the front porch, pointed to the sky and said in his deep little voice, "Mama, I trust God, okay Mama?"

Uh, what? Err. Okay. Wow! I definitely wasn't expecting that. I was kind of speechless. I finally said (with a grin from ear to ear), "Yes, that's right. We do trust God. You. are. right!"  I mean, what else could I say? Way to go Lil Boo!!

Retraction!

Okay, I know that the moon is not stationary! More to follow.

More:
I don't know what I was thinking! The moon definitely rotates and revolves around the Earth. Duh!
I'd like to say there's a good excuse for my mistake. Maybe in my attempt to simplify the topic for a three year old, I simplified to the point of being wrong. Anyone buying that?? Lol.

I've said it before and I'll say it again. I used to be fairly smart. And then I got pregnant...
I guess I won't be homeschooling anytime soon!

Soccer Saturday

For the next 8 weeks, Saturday will be known as soccer Saturday! This is Boo's first time playing a team sport. We were both really excited about this morning. I'm easing into the whole thing. There's only one practice/week...on Saturday and the at the end of the season, the practices become games. And we didn't have to be there until 10 a.m Whew!! I was glad it wasn't an 8 a.m. practice time.

When we pulled up to the soccer fields, it was so exciting. There are about 9 fields and teams of all ages are playing. You could hear the crowds and parents cheering. I felt like I was taking my son to play college football! I was beaming with excitement! ha!

Turns out, the first part of practice was parent participation. Which is fine with me...except that I had Lil Bit to look after. Luckily I brought about 20 minutes worth of goldfish and that kept her occupied during the first half. After that, she wasn't having the stroller anymore!  He had a great time and didn't complain/whine about getting dirty. We've been preparing for that for a while now. He doesn't like to be dirty.

Here are some pics! He definitely looks the part!

Of course, I took some video too:

He doesn't quite get the "no hands" part of the game, but I think he did great for his first time! AND...he was listening well and was attentive and very well mannered!! Success!!!

Funny Friday

So all week I've been thinking that when Friday came I would write a post about the funny things Boo has said this week and funny bits about our Lil Bit. Well, Friday came and I was still on board. And then it was bedtime, and I got sleepy as I was reading books to Boo...and now it's Saturday.

Not only did I not post on Friday, I can't even remember half of the funny things that Boo said this week! I need to keep a running tally so that when Friday comes, I can just post it.

I do remember one thing he said while he was sick. We talked a lot about germs and how they make you sick this week. So one morning when he woke up and was still sick, he said, "Mama, why do my germs still want to play on my hands?"  So cute!

Oh something else we've been talking about is Jesus and God and heaven and that always leads to a discussion about outer space.  It usually goes something like this; "Mama, I want to go in a rocket and go way up into space to see Jesus."  Hmm...any tips on describing where heaven is in relation to space??

We even had an impromptu science lesson on the sun, Earth, and the moon the other day at lunch. He wanted to know how does the moon come up at night. So, I used what we had on the table to make a visual aid and explained that the moon is actually in the same spot and that the Earth rotates every day. I also explained that when it's day time on one side of the Earth, it's night time on the other side.  We did not talk about the revolution of the Earth. That was just too much.

The white cap is the moon. The lid to our fruit cup is the Earth. SC is the french fry and Afghanistan is the chicken nugget. The red bowl is the sun, of course! After explaining everything to him, he was able to tell me whether it was day or night in SC and Afghanistan based on the rotating Earth! Not too shabby for an impromptu science lesson.

Oh, gosh! I almost forgot about this funny thing!


Do you notice anything...



...about his pants??

Like they're on backwards??
I put his clothes out for him in his room yesterday and I could hear him getting frustrated so I asked if he needed help. Nope. He wanted to do it all by himself. He came out of his room a few minutes later and was all dressed! Hooray!! High fives for everyone! And, then about two hours later when I was picking him up from child watch at the Y, I noticed it...he had his pants on backwards!! Oops! I suppose I need to do a better job of checking his clothes after he's dressed.

Now, it's Bit's turn. She is something else. She's a little mama. She's always putting things away.


I opened the drawer under the oven the other day and found an empty cereal box, her socks, and a kitchen towel.



And I found this dog bone in the dish washer.

And here she is! She loves to play in the kitchen cabinets.

Nine Years

Nine years ago today, B-man said "I do" to each other!! That was back when the Iraq war was imminent. Because of deployment orders that were received by B-man's unit, we changed our wedding date (by two weeks) and entirely changed the wedding. But, I still say it was the best day/wedding ever! It was so fun! Of course, I was a ball of tears as I was saying "til death do us part" and thinking in my head that he was going to war. But, we had our close family and friends with us and it was wonderful!

The babes and I were able to talk with B-man on the phone today! Thanks for calling! And BeBe and PawPaw had us over for supper at the reception site (aka their house)! Lol. She even pulled out some dried daffodil petals from our wedding flowers! Thanks so much for having us over for supper!

B-man and I have been through a lot as a married couple, but I think a line from a letter that B-man recently wrote kind of tells the bottom line. He wrote (and I hope he doesn't mind that I'm sharing this)... "when I heard your voice on the phone, I felt rejuvenated!" Wow! That definitely makes a gal feel good! Nine years later and he feels like my voice is rejuvenating?! Not too shabby! Lol! And you know what, I felt the exact same way. He was referring to a phone call we had after about a month of not being able to connect on the phone. When I heard him say, "Hey," I melted all over again.  I love you Hon!! Happy Anniversary!

Before supper tonight, we went for a little walk. I just received these cute super hero capes for the kiddos in the mail and I thought this would be the perfect opportunity to try them out. For your viewing pleasure...

Super Bit!

Super Boo!

It looks like she's running to save the day.
But, in reality...

She was falling! hehehe

What evil force should we fight now?

Let's call it a day.