Ah! Today. Today was the last day of K-4 school for Little 1. He has been going to the same school since he was a year and a half! It was an adorable day anyways. We started off by walking to school. I thought Little 1 would enjoy riding his bike to school. Too may uphills ha! Oh the pain and suffering. Poor thing. I gave him a couple of gummy bears to help him walk his bike up the hill. But he eventually just sat down on the stroller and I plopped his bike on top. Somehow I managed to run while pushing 3 kids and a bike. Craziness. So dropped him off at school and then finished my run home. Then the 3 of us stayed outside for a little while digging holes. Little 2 loves to dig. In fact, he is a really good digger. He leaves little trails of dirt everywhere! It is pretty frustrating! I try to blow the dirt, wash the dirt off the sidewalk and keep mulch inside the planting areas and he comes along and unearths everything. I figure I will miss that when he is older. So I try to direct him- have him help me dig holes for plants, tell him where to put the dirt etc. Still I have little mud piles everywhere. ha! So we just hung out at home for a while. Little 2 other favorite thing is watching excavator videos on You Tube. Now instead of fighting with him to be quiet and play while I am nursing Little 3 I just let Little 2 sit on the bed with us and we watch You Tube. We picked Little 1 up from school and went for our nap ride or our "N" as Little 1 calls it. I was worried that Little 2 would not fall asleep b/c Little 3 was awake. Little 2 looked really sleepy and then we saw a crane working on a billboard- which totally woke him up. But thankfully he did fall asleep. This afternoon the kids had a great time hula dancing! ha! There are some college kids that rent the house across the street from us. They invited the kids up to hula dance with them. It is kind of funny to watch, b/c these girls are really sexy doing their hula dancing, but then including the little ones was great fun! One of the renters was playing the ukulele. It was actually quite magical. The renters often are outside in the afternoons when all of the kids are out. They play the banjo and mandolin and the ukulele. The music- even though it's not perfect songs- fills the afternoons up. It just makes all this outside playing have a sparkle or something- b/c it's live and it's creative I guess. So eventually more kids showed up to hula dance. This was the first time we have really "hung out" with the renters. But it was sweet. Then at the best moment ever the ice cream truck showed up! Little 1's bff's dad treated all the kids to ice cream. Soon after that I was kinda frantically trying to get everyone ready for the graduation festivities. Little 1 must not have been feeling good- has a runny nose- so he was extra touchy. But we made it to the school on time. I am proud of the way I handled myself through all of the crying and chaos it took to get there. (thanks to our love and logic classes!!!) I tried to be empathetic. Once we were at the graduation I had NO idea that Little 1 was going to sing and entire song in the microphone! The spotlight was on him and he sang great! It was so so so precious! and they all did such a great job in their little mother goose play. Little 1 was a mouse! he had a cute costume and he sang Hickory Dickory Dock. He didn't miss a line, sang right into the microphone and he was right on pitch. The church was packed too- he wasn't nervous at all! It was a bittersweet evening, to say goodbye to our school. We drove by his new school on the way home. There was a sign out front that said "Greenville's most CREATIVE school" I could not be happier that he will be going to Stone Academy. I used to hear children playing at that school when I was a kid visiting an old lady who lived right down the street from Stone. I totally hated school- I don't know why- sometimes I worry that I might press those feelings into Little 1. But when I saw that sign tonight- and I know how creative he is- I just feel so blessed and happy. I LOVE his childhood! He is so perfect and innocent. With his blond hair and his little personality. He looks at the world with a bright smile on his face. Oh I want to keep him in his perfect bubble. I don't want him to ever be hurt. or spoiled. I love my little P's I am so thankful we were able to attend this Love and Logic training. If we apply it we will really help our children to own their problems, think and become responsible people. AND it helps me from getting angry and just yelling. I so want to be a loving kind generous but firm mother. Anyways. today was another great day. and tomorrow- they will be older...
Ah! I forgot to mention, I climbed up into Little 1's bunk bed tonight and snuggled with him while Daddy played guitar on Little 2's bunk bed. Normally I just kiss Little 1 goodnight on the side of the bed, but he grabbed me and whimpered don't go. So I climbed up (against bunk bed weight regulations!) and layed down with him. He liked doing all sorts of weird things to my face like poking my eyes and pulling my hair all over my face. But it was a moment for me to enjoy him just being him. Those quiet giggles and bright eyes. Sometimes Little 2 starts moaning (it is so weird/funny) Usually I go in and lay down with him in the dark and we snuggle and pray on his pillow. He wants me to sing "tomorrow is another day for you to laugh and run and play-with-your-shovel" tonight I gave him half a banana and said go night night! :)
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