Firsts and Other News (or Tales from a Bragging Mama)

Well, we have just a couple more weeks before baby #3 makes his first appearance for all to see in the world! I've been nesting a little...trying to get things organized and cleaned. I have done quite a bit and still have a lot to do! But I thought I'd take a break and share below a few tales about my two little shining stars...moms are allowed to brag once in a while, right?

Eli is doing great and getting so big! He's looking more handsome every day (I am just a bit biased).

Here is Eli on his first day of school this year (Pre-K)! He wanted to wear his baseball outfit and picked out a new "Cars" backpack. He seems to like his class and teacher so far!

Eli has been excited about reading, spelling, and writing lately. Here is an excerpt from the kids church bulletin (for ages 7-12) he did all on his own that I thought was cute. For those who can't see it well enough, he labeled the pictures: "star, crown, net, wosh (for watch, but it's actually a worm), fiur (fire), goste (ghost), iurn (iron), door." I was surprised he knew what an iron was...as mine rarely sees the light of day!

Silas has been as silly as ever, doing things like standing on his head and saying, "Take a picture of me, mommy! Go get the camera!" What a ham!

We'll see how this mama's boy adjusts when little brother rocks his world!

Another "first" is Silas learning to write his name. This is the first time he wrote his name (rather legibly) and then drew a self-portrait.

Don't you see the resemblance? Actually, all of his drawings of people look the same--like little Picasso ghosts.

A funny story about Silas...the other day we were shopping in the grocery store, and he was asking me (over and over), "What does that spell?" and would point to a sign or word he saw. I would reply, somewhat absentmindedly, "That spells Meat Department," or "That spells Produce." I was getting rather absorbed in the cream cheese section when I realized he'd been pointing to a word and repeatedly asking me what it spelled.....coming out of my cream cheese daze, I just shook my head and said, "Oh, I don't know." Silas matter-of-factly instructed me, "Well, sound it out!" (The word was "Philadelphia.")

Part of my reorganizing efforts have involved moving Silas into Eli's bedroom. Eli was so excited to get new bedding to match his brother's! He has all these ideas about what other cowboy decor we can put up in their room now...last time we were in Super Target he wanted to go to the cowboy aisle.

Here is Silas sleeping in his "big boy bed" for the first time!

Daddy reading "Green Eggs and Ham" to the boys in Silas's bed.

The boys reading in their room...hopefully they'll always get along this well together!