Seaside

This past weekend we went to Seaside for a quick getaway.  Something about sand and waves that gets everyone excited.  Here's the only picture that I have downloaded thus far.

Will had a pretty mean sand village going with a full on moat.  Addi and I were in charge of packing up the sand for use elsewhere.

On the way home, the kids were watching Toy Story 3.  Darn that movie.  We pulled into a Starbucks and looked back at the kids and there was Will with tears in his eyes.  He was crying at the end when Andy packs the toys up.  UGH!  I cried at the theatre and vowed to never watch the movie again.  I TOTALLY forgot about that part.  It was so sweet though to see him with welled up eyes.  He covered his face with his book and composed himself.   Made me tear up just watching him.  It's so hard for everyone to go through toys and clothes and all the 'kid stuff' as everyone grows up.  Where does the time go?  Giving it away and passing it on is great, but thinking about how Will might neve play matchbox cars again, AGH makes me sad.

Playing catch up: APpril 5th - Painting Legos

The past few months have been a whirlwind of baseball, school, house projects, and planning.  Plus playing and celebrating. I've been tired and there was a time when I woke up every morning at 3am, couldn't fall back to sleep and so just got up.  That makes for a long day and an early bed time.

Now that summer break is here, it's time to play CATCH UP!!!  I blog to keep a record of what we do in life.  We also write in journals for the kids but the blog includes pictures and images of our life.  So....instead of just pretending like the past 3 months didn't happen, I'll be playing catch up/flash back for the next few weeks.

The date in my iPhoto says April 5th on this so I'm going with that day...April 5th.  Will was consumed at the moment with painting his Lego mini figures to suit his needs just perfectly.  We have what feels like 1000 mini figs in our house, most of them are storm troopers that have the white helmets.  These were the perfect canvas for personalization.  I broke out paints and brushes for Will and he set to work.

I love his look of determination and his concentration on the the little things.  

As Will gets older, it seems that every boy is crazy, wild, rambunctious, and never slowing down (and most people think this is ok and justifiable).  Sometimes I feel like that describes Will perfectly and yet I know that he has the ability to focus, concentrate and get things done. So when I see him do things like this, I remember that sometimes kids just need a bit of focus.   I know it's the essence of childhood, but really, if you think about it, kids spend their days doing whatever adults want them to do.  Work at school, chores at home, drills at practice....What about the things that they want to do....

This was something that he wanted to do.  In fact, we kept asking him 'are you sure?" and he kept saying yes!  He took ownership of it.  And he got to take total control.  And the result what exactly what he wanted.  

Another one gone!

Of the thing Will is going to miss most about not having front teeth this summer:
1. Corn on the cob
2. eating ribs off the bone without getting one side of his face real messy
3. Corn on the cob

Top tooth #2 is not far behind.  Pretty soon he'll talk with a lisp.

These top teeth gross me out a little bit.  They leave real big holes and bleed and are all nasty when they come out.  Yuck.  Thank goodness I'm not a dentist. 

Rob and I were talking about when those teeth first came in.  If I remember right, Will got his bottom teeth first followed by his top teeth.  What a sign of a little boy back then!  And now, what a sign of a big boy...missing his front teeth! 

These pictures are from when he was about one and I can remember how he'd walk around with a crooked jaw to get the teeth to touch together on the sides.  What a cute little boy he was!  I forgot how much he drooled and what a big, round belly he had.