Not Every Mom....

Not every mom gets to be interrupted in the shower by a JUICE EMERGENCY! After rinsing the shampoo out of my eyes and off my hands I was able to get the straw out of the little plastic wrapper and inserted carefully into the little silver circle on the cardboard apple juice box Gavin needed RIGHT NOW! Maybe every mom gets to be interrupted by almost 3 year old boys and their juice emergencies. Maybe they are just that lucky. My first thought was... 'how long is this going to go on? Maybe next year I'll get to shower in peace and shave both legs in the same session!' I would rather be interrupted by a healthy thirsty child then responding mid-rinse to screams and bangs when things have fallen or broken, though. I am so thankful for hot showers, juice boxes, and a healthy happy never thirsty boy. Such silliness! There is always something to make me grateful for the little patience I have and the giggles that never end!

Dinosaur Play

Um... ya - years and years ago this was an activity I loved.... some things never change? Well - Gavin was entertained.

Snow Play

The Northwest got some snow! At my mom's the official 3 day count was 23 inches. That's a lot of snow. Gavin and I have made good use of our snow gear. We made snow angels, cleared off the trampoline outside and rolled around in the snow, made a snow happy face, etc. Snow is beautiful. Thank goodness for 4 wheel drive - I was pretty mobile throughout the snowy week.

Christmasness

Pevey and Gavin got to play legos on Christmas Eve. They built a great pyramid and shot a man from a cannon. Very lovely. Santa found Jessica and Cody on Christmas morning. We all enjoyed opening stockings. We opened presents and enjoyed Grandma, Granddad, and everyone. It was a very Merry Christmas!

Trying to take a Christmas picture... trying... we'll go to JC Penny next week :)

Snow Days!

Two days now Gavin and I have had together at home due to snow. Hard to get a lot of work done - but my house is super clean again! I was able to vacuum every piece of carpet and put away things that have been piling up. We have gone on 2 walks in the snow and played football. Pretty fun. I LOVE SNOW! (not so much driving in it - just being in it)

Things I'm Thinking...

I have been having so many thoughts! I need to take a moment to share some greatness of Gavin.
I sneeze and he says, 'Bless you, Mommy.'
He sneezes and he says, 'Bless me.' and I laugh and say 'Bless you Gavin-son'
I am grateful for an independent child - even at 9:30 when he has decided he's not tired and will come read to me.
I am grateful for a thoughtful child that will let me tuck him in - then come tuck me in - then go back to bed. He's so silly.
I am lucky to have a boy that will remind me with every throw or swing to have my eye on the ball.
I am lucky to have so many rooms to have rules in! No Baseball in Mommy's Room!
I am lucky to have a boy that will say ok mommy room time and let us both enjoy our rooms alone.
Sometimes I have to work at remembering how great my almost 3-year-old is. Most days it's easy to see.