So my assumption has always kind of been that Lawson would be somewhat reserved and quiet and that his sisters would do all the talking for him. It's still really early, but I'm changing my tune quickly. The boy is really starting to babble now and as his 3 sisters keep talking louder and louder, he babbles louder and louder in an effort not to be out done. It does not appear that he is going to take a back seat to all the estrogen, and if he's going to go down, he is going to go down with a fight. Those 3 girls are so very sweet to him, especially when he starts crying. If he is not getting his way, he let's them know with a verbal attack and with his fists. As the baby of the family, he apparently believe that he deserves all the attention. I had Abby laying down and I was changing her diaper, and the Boy crawls on over and gives her a couple of fists to the chest. I'm not really sure why, but best guess is he thought that should be his diaper???? One of these days, they are going to retaliate on him and I'm going to have to let it happen no matter how many tears he shed.
Lily received her first report card and did very well. She passed everything on the test with the exception of one question. After recognizing the U, she did not pronounce the U sound correctly. Frankly, I'm surprised her teacher was able to get through the entire alphabet because Lily usually gets bored after 5 letters when I do it with her. Kasey's family is in town right now and Lily had a birthday party that I took her to, so after the party she and I celebrated her good grades with date night. We went to Gattitown for pizza and games and then stopped at DQ for ice cream on the way home. It's nice to get some one on one time with her once in a while and really have a chance to pay attention to what she is saying. I think she probably feels like she is interrupted a lot around the house when she is trying to tell us stuff, and it's probably true many times.
In the car she was telling me how she was kind of sad when we were leaving the party because she wasn't going to be playing with her friends any more. Then she was happy because we were going to Gattitown and were going to have a fun night and she said, "that's just the way the world works, one minute your sad and the next your happy." Thank you my five year old philosopher.
I think I'm going to start referring to Abby and Chloe as the tornado twins. Those 2 can literally turn a room upside down in the matter of seconds. It really is quite amazing and distressing all at the same time. Good news is now that the weather has turned cool, we make them eat outside all the time and just hose down the patio. Cuts clean up time at dinner almost completely out when you use paper plates too.
As I'm writing this, I can hear Kasey in the other room, "Lawson, no, no......no hitting!" And Lily just explained to Kasey that she got to go to Gattitown because, "Daddy was proud of me for something".
Jeff, Kasey, Lily, Abby, Chloe, and Bam Bam
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