Look what Sammy did! We were sitting in the same room and in the time it took me to make a phone call and consult a letter during the course of said phone call (maybe 5 min?), this is what happened. It just goes to show that kids can get into all kinds of mischief right under your nose!
Sam and James are getting so BIG! Sam is officially 4 years old, and when I took him shoe shopping 2 weeks ago, he had gone up 3 shoe sizes since the start of summer!! Good thing he has been wearing sandals! He also started "preschool" as a part of a co-op that some of the other mothers and I from our stake have started up. He really enjoys it. James thinks he needs to do anything Sam does. He wants to play with Sam's toys, eat Sam's food, and be anywhere Sam is. We have had to start putting Sam in his room to play and putting the gate up so James can't get in. This satisfies our "doors open" rule, but keeps James from getting in. On the plus side, it also keep Sam from getting out and he does a much better job playing independently when he isn't comeing out every 2 minutes to see if I will play with him. James is also pulling himself up on everything and walking himself around the furniture. He has proven to be much more strong-willed than Sam was at this age, and he lets you know if he wants something and that his desire will not be denied! The last time we weighed him he was 22 lbs, and that was a month ago! Here are some recent pictures (and, yes, Sam now has a bow and arrows...he has fun shooting arrows with dad):
It has been seven months since my last post. A few things have happened in our lives, so here is an update: ~Bad news first~ -We didn't get any of the 5 houses we put offers on. This was initially a bad thing, but turned out to be a very good thing because.... -Brian got laid off from his job at Brown Mackie College 2 weeks ago. ~On to the good news~ -Because Brian got laid off, they will allow both he and I to attend any of their sister schools free of charge. So, Brian is going to get his master's in organizational leadership, and I am going to do mine in higher and postsecondary education, both online. -James is CRAWLING and has been since shortly after he turned 6 months old. -Today, James pulled himself up to a standing position. Here are some updated photos of the boys:
