Things to Worry About

From the moment Maddy came into this world I have been writing blog posts, staying up late, and buying every parenting book about how to get your kid to sleep. Things work temporarily, and then like clockwork... Stop. Almost 7 years later we are in the same place we were when we let her cry it out.

Fast forward to Reed. He is the easiest baby to put to sleep. You can lay him down in bed, and he just lies there. Quiet. Peaceful. 

....one thing he does do that needs a blog post, a parenting book, and a time out? He fights. He pushes, he pulls hair, and he throws. I tell myself that this is just a stage, that he is just testing the boundaries and if we are firm it will pass. But I can't help be fearful... What if we have a 5, 6 or 7 year old fighter? 

Do I want a sleepless princess or a fighting tough guy? Why can't they both just go to bed and stop fighting?! Haha.

Park Day

Schooooool's out for Summer!

Moments

There are moments when Maddy and I just don't see eye to eye. We both know exactly what makes the other one tic and can drive one another crazy. I've never known anger like when Maddy is driving me nuts.

...but then there are moments where she absolutely takes my breath away. We are laying in bed and she is singing me her graduation routine. She then says... Shhhh... Don't tell daddy it's a surprise. "All the letters make a sound.... I am ready for 1st grade." I may have never have known anger like when we fight, but I've also never known love like the kind I see in her.

Chick Magnets

Busy Week

It feels like this week has been one school event after another. We are closing our Fisk School chapter and getting ready to join our new friends in our neighborhood school. 

Cute Cousins and Special Bear Friends