Dax making cookies for launch week.
I don't WANT to finger paint!
Draes in the toybox again.
Dax helping me stamp postcards for launch.
For those of you who hadn't heard, Connections officially launched last week, Feb. 21st. For details check out D's blog http://imconnected.blogspot.com. Life has officially returned from MAJOR chaos, to minor chaos :)
Dax becomes a better big brother EVERY day! Lately, if he can't get the baby to stop crying for me, he CARRIES him - in true five-year-old style - to where I am. Yikes! We've discouraged him from doing so, though he really tries to be careful. Today I turned in the paperwork for him to enroll in KINDERGARTEN! Cannot believe my baby's gonna go to school. And SO glad we waited the extra year. He's pretty excited and it's a great motivator for upping certain behavior and responsibility levels. "Hmmm... do you think boys in kindergarten act like that?"
Draes is slowly learning that "screaming for his supper" isn't the way of the civilized. He's gaining more vocabulary and doing cute things again. This week, he started throwing his hands up and saying "DAH" - which is his form of taa-daa. He's also become exTREMEly affectionate. The other day he sauntered up to a man in the lobby and said "IEE" (hi), then "m-aah, m-ahh." Apparently, in Draes culture, greetings include kissing random people you've never met. Nice... :) He's also enjoying being a big brother. He waves at the baby and kisses him relentlessly :)
Dezdin is more fun all the time. He smiles constantly, is laughing a little, and is beginning to show signs of wanting to get mobile: flexin' those stomach muscles, trying to roll, pushing up on his legs and way up on his elbows... His smiles are absolutely contagious. Seems you just can't hold, kiss on and snuggle a baby enough. He is delectable!
I'm finding TONS of joy lately. Yes, there are days where I drown the toddler screams in daydreams akin to Narnia or Lord of the Rings, but for the most part I enjoy my particular heroine role in the saga of rearing 3 boys. I fight the monster of bad attitude, wade through the swamps of dirty diapers and bath time and slay the dragon of bad nutrition just in time for naps :). Now if I just don the flowing white gown... then I'd become the eccentric lady that lives down the street. I'd be THAT mom! :) I am a little crazy, after all.
That's the latest with us. Hope you are all well.
