Where to begin? Life has certainly changed in our household over the past 3 weeks. Instead of working from home and being there when the kids wake up and have breakfast with them, I am usually at the office before most of them are out of bed now. Lily rides the bus to school every morning, and home every afternoon.......well not every afternoon. It is not my habit to answer phone calls from numbers I don't know, but I happened to answer one today and it was her teacher telling me she had missed her bus. She tells us stories over dinner about her day and about some kid named Aidan who rides the bus and talks to Lily and her friend Lizzy. I've not met this kid Aidan, but I can tell you I don't like the boy. The realization is setting in that I can no longer be there to protect her from every bad thing in this world, but that doesn't mean I won't jump on that bus and scare the ever loving poo out of that kid. Despite the occasional bad apple, Lily loves school and she love riding the bus. She prays every night and thanks God for her wonderful day at school and for another wonderful day tomorrow. We were getting home a little late from dinner the other night and while in the car she asked if she could please go to bed right away so she would be in a good mood for school the next day. My prayer, as wishful as it may be, is that she keeps that same attitude for the next 13 years.
Lawson Boy still refuses to take his first step. The child is cruising all over the place and will even stand there not holding on to anything with his head full tilt back drinking from a sippy cup, but as soon as he wants to go somewhere he drops down and starts crawling. The boy knows how to make his Daddy feel good after a long day of work though. As soon as I walk into the house, he comes crawling over with a big grin on his face yelling, "da da, da da". All the kids are good about making us feel good when we get home, and it's a pretty good size welcoming committee. They also make you feel good when you are leaving as Ms. Lauren can attest to. She was trying to leaving the other night and they were not ready for her to go home so they decided to climb into her car and strap themselves into her seat belts. The only reason they did not end up riding with her is the powerful persuasion of candy lured them from the vehicle.
The twins are now on the downside of the terrible twos and we are watching them grow into there personalities. Chloe appears to have taken on the role of the rule nazi. Though it doesn't appear all the rules apply to her directly, she is more than willing to point out when you are doing something wrong. If I tell one of the other kids not to do something, she is right there beside me parroting me. She has even decided to start telling me what I can and cannot do, which as you might imagine does not really fly with me. Both of them have apparently discovered their feelings. Should I get on to them about something, it is now followed up with, "Daddy, you hurt my feelings. You say sorry Daddy." As tough and crazy as Abby is, she can be especially sensitive at times and you can expect Chloe to come rushing to her aid and giving me or Kasey the business. Funny how they can fight tooth and nail with each other one second, and the next second have the others back and be ready to go down swinging for them.
Kasey has been a real trooper the past several weeks as well. She is working full time and coming home to the craziness for a couple hours until I can get home. Unfortunately for her, she got stuck with the lions share of Lawson, Abby and Chloe going through the stomach bug. After three youngsters are ralphing all over the house, I swear it would be easier to just sell the place and move. The twins however felt it would be easier to try and clean the walls and floor with pink princess toothpaste.......and I shall let you take that mental image with you into your weekend.
Jeff, Kasey, Lily, Abby, Chloe, and Lawson Boy
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