My Light

Well, I have been reading alot of emails about family and how much particular people mean to them. I would like to jump on the band wagon. I wanted to talk about my boys. (I promise I'll do pictures eventually - we are currently in a camera slump. That means that we have no stinkin' idea where our camera is and that is KILLIN ME!!! We have almost NO pictures of Jack.) Jaden is 5 and is about to start kindergarten (!!!) he CANNOT wait. He is so anxious to start and start learning. He read a book last night! HE READ A BOOK LAST NIGHT!!!! It was a "learning to read" book and truth be told he had half of it memorized but he did so well with the words he didn't know. You could almost see his self esteem go up a couple of notches. It was amazing! I know I can't really make this judgement but I really think he is a little ahead of the game. We go in for his SEP evaluation next week so we shall see if he is truly as brillant as I think he is. Also... that kid is so good lookin'! He got my beautiful face ;-), hair, and eyes. He has naturally tan skin and a smile to kill! He is always trying to help and will do just about anything for somebody he loves and he loves everybody. He is going to break hearts but he will feel awful about it.

Noah... Noah is just about the funniest kid you've ever met. He is a singer and a dancer and he is a smart little booger. He has this turkey baster (I hope that's how you spell it) that his uses as his sword. Last night he had his turkey baster and an apple cutter and put the apple cutter on the "sword" and made an extra cool sword. So, he had his normal sword and the little part by the handle that protects the hand. Mike was dumbfounded, he thought it was genius! I didn't really think much of it but it was really quite clever of him to put the together and make a "real sword." Ching! (That's what he says after drawing his sword from his pants pocket.) Then he says "I'm Peter Pan!" He's a MAJOR GROUCH when he wakes up after a nap but snaps out of it because he get a drink of apple juice or gets to play with his very best friend... Jaden. (I REALLY hope that friendship lasts, they both need a good friend and it would be so awesome for them to have the other to lean on.) Noah looks more like his Daddy with his squinty eyes and light colored hair but I think his hair will go dark (Maybe not as dark and Jaden's - Jade's a brunette in the purest sense of the word) although I really hope it stays blonde.

Jack Jack is the baby and is all smiles and giggles. He's rolling over and laughing at his big brothers now. Jaden makes this gross noise and Jack thinks it's SO SO SO funny. I love the sound of baby laughter. (I've been thinking about recording it and setting it as my ring tone but I'm not sure I'd be able to hear that if it's buried in my purse and I'd inevitably have that gross noise Jaden makes and I don't want to hear that everytime my phone rings... but I digress.) I love the way he smiles and me and kicks his feet when I sing the "Sunshine" song to him but change the word Sunshine to Jack. I completely adores his older brothers and I think that someday he will proud to call them brother. I always thought that the relationships between girls is special but now I think that boys have the better relationships. I've always struggled with relationships with girls because of the drama that comes with them but the relationship between boys is pure. If a boy doesn't like you he doesn't pretend (generally speaking) like some girls do. I hope all my beautiful boys stay close together. They are the light of my "Little Life."

By the way, Melanie, if you read this we really ought to get our boys together, you're youngest is older than my youngest but the others are the same age and I GUARANTEE that my boys are every bit as wild and crazy as yours. I'll tell stories about them... but some other time. Anyway, let me know when you are in town next and we should go to a park or something.