Happy Birthday Uncle Kyle

We celebrated Uncle Kyle's birthday today at GB and Grandpa Weeks' house. To anyone celebrating a birthday in Jonathan's presence, this is your warning that you will not get to blow out your own candles or open your own presents...sorry about that Kyle. I love that you can still see Jonathan's green mask in this picture.

Super Why

Super Why and Wonder Red were at Whole Foods today so Jonathan and I decided to go visit them (in case you aren't familiar, they are superheros from a cartoon on PBS Kids, which is all about reading and letters). Jonathan got his face painted for the first time ever too. He walked up to the girl and said "I want to be Super Why." She looked at me and I just kind of shrugged my shoulders. She said "How about a green mask" and he was excited. He also got to decorate a paper pumpkin, make a smoothie, and build his own trail mix. It was a fun event.

Play Date

Connor and Paxton came over to play today for a little while and I think it made Jonathan's day.
It was fun for Jonathan to have someone else to play with and nice for mommy to have a little bit of a break from telling stories and playing superhero.

Soccer

The past few weeks at soccer, Jonathan has walked off the field crying and begging to go home. I thought he was just being a baby and upset because he wasn't scoring goals. All week I have been talking about how we just have fun playing sports and that it isn't about scoring goals or winning, hoping that this week at soccer we wouldn't have a meltdown. Sure enough though today, we had another meltdown. He complains that his feet hurt and that his shoe laces are too tight. I did bring his tennis shoes today though, thanks Grandpa Weeks for the suggestion, and put those on him, he went back out there and within minutes he scored a goal and was happy as can be. I guess his soccer shoes aren't very comfortable on the indoor field. They did a lot of really good drills this week at soccer and I personally was impressed with the coaches this week and Jonathan's focus.

Shaw Farm

We went on a field trip today with Jonathan's preschool class to Shaw Farm. We went on a hayride with Alex and Evan and the rest of Jonathan's class. We also looked around at fun wooden scenes, some animals, climbed on a tractor and brought home a pumpkin. The weather was chilly and misting but it was still a fun time. We rode out with Alex, Evan and Shonda in their minivan, which Jonathan thought was really cool. We left the babies, Diana and Drew, at Mary's.

Preschool - Apples

The past two weeks at preschool Jonathan has been learning about and doing lots of activities with apples. They have painted the apples and made artwork, measured themselves with apples (he told me he was 5 apples...they must have been big apples) and today they got to make apple juice with them. I think it is funny they made juice because last week when he brought an apple to school, he asked his teachers what they were going to do with them and said make apple juice maybe. The teacher said "No, but that would be a good idea." This week, the kids were asked to bring in another apple as they were going to make juice. How influential a little three-year-old can be. He talks more and more about school these days. He is learning new songs, words and meeting lots of new friends. I am happy we signed him up for preschool. Last week I guess they got locked outside while playing at the playground so they got to go on a "detour." He said that was his favorite part of the day and talks about detours all the time now.

Diana 5 Months

It is hard to believe that Diana is already 5 months old! She is a very happy baby and such a joy to be around. She brings a smile to my face and I LOVE how much Jonathan loves her too. Of course we have our moments in the Weeks' household but I am truly trying to focus on the miracle of my children and so happy to be able to be with them every day! Yes, it is official, I gave my notice to PwC and will now be a stay-at-home mom. I really think it is the best decision for the whole family and hope that we can swing it financially and that I develop patience (been praying every night for it).

Diana is growing like a weed. People are shocked when they see how big she has gotten. We don't have a doctors appt this month but I think she has put on a couple of pounds. She has inherited one of my personality traits and I am still trying to figure out if it is a good thing. When she is tired, she is tired and she wants to be left alone. No more rocking this girl! Literally she will fight sleep and squirm if you try and "soothe" her to sleep. She would much prefer her pacifier and her bed. Her sleep pattern is starting to develop...usually wakes up around 7:30 am (sometimes I have to wake her up at 8 to get Jonathan off to school), morning nap at 9 for at least an hour and then afternoon nap around 12:30 for almost 2 hours and then a third nap around 3:30/4 and then down for bed at 6 pm. She is still getting up in the middle of the night, usually around 1 am and then 5 am. Last night she woke up at midnight, I went in, gave the pacifier to her and she slept until 5 am. Fingers crossed we can get down to waking up at 5 am and drop the midnight waking. We don't have any teeth yet but we are drooling like crazy and starting to put everything in our mouth. She is getting better about spreading her fingers and chewing on her fingers instead of her whole fist. She isn't rolling over yet but we are getting closer, still think it will be a couple months though.