So much fun

Well, Bekah sent me a link to her blog, so I thought perhaps I should give it a try. Hopefully I'll be diligent(sp?)...but we shall see. Anyhow, I the reason for the title is all the fun I'm having with Jamie at this age.

What a blast he is--sometimes frustrating (esp. when picking up bad habits from classmates)--but all in all, he's so much fun right now. I love this age. First off, he started Peewee Baseball this year and he's on the Indians. He has so much fun and looks so cute in his uniform. Plus, he actually listens to the coaches and does pretty well in his games. He has two a week until the end of May, so we'll be plenty busy.

He's also just into playing a lot of board games, doing puzzles, cooking, and asking a lot of cool and fun questions. Sometimes it shocks me to realize how much he's grown when he'll ask for definitions of words so that he can 'use them properly' or how much he's actually grown! He's over 3 1/2 ft. tall, but still only 33 lbs. It's definitely strange to have a child who is over half my height. I mean I knew it would happen, I just didn't think it would be so soon!

Let's see, what else is new? Jamie is also very much a 'boy' and into battling, shooting bows and arrows, etc. He loves Lord of the Rings and often pretends to be Gimli, Aragorn, or Legolas and I get to be an Orc, Uruk-Hai, or Cave Troll. He also started getting an allowance for doing his chores. We got a really cool chore chart and he loves it. He has always loved to clean and help so we have only had one day where he didn't do three of his chores, but when he got docked on his allowance, he definitely learned his lesson and is very on top of things. He also likes to do extra chores and is constantly asking me when we can next deep clean the fridge. We cleaned in a couple of months ago (you know, shelves in the bathtub and everything) and he loved it. Strange child.

He's still loving school and we have now begun to read at home. He loves his Bob books (thanks Abby via Bekah) and these neat books Grandma Julie and Grandpa Jim sent him. Also some Dr. Seuss now. Anyhow, it's really makes me smile when I'm driving and he'll read a sign out loud like Brendan or Open--those are just the two I remember off the top of my head.

James is doing fine, he's one week one of a four week turnaround and in the first four days worked over 100 hours. Pretty much he goes to work, comes home, and goes to sleep about the same time Jamie does.

I suppose this is plenty long for my first blog-but I shall try and at least update every couple of days or so. Hope everyone is well and take care.


-Bec