She sounds like a bear!

The kids absolutely love sleeping downstairs on the pull-out sofa bed on the weekends. They get to stay up late watching movies, chatting and cuddling together. This past weekend, Bailey must've fallen asleep quickly and hard. As Lex was playing this morning, he all of a sudden said, "Bailey sounds like a bear!" I just looked at him and asked what he was talking about. He said, "When Bailey sleeps, she sounds like this (insert loud fake snoring noises)." I just laughed and laughed. Maybe we should tape this! :)

Thursday morning madness

This morning has been rough already. By 6:30 this morning, before anybody had even gone downstairs, I had already told two of the three children that there would be naps. Yea, that's called a rough morning. The boys either loved each other tremendously and wanted the world to hear them or they hated each other. And, again, wanted the world to hear them. Bailey wasn't exactly thinking and that was causing some issues. The past hour or two has been much better. But, I would like to capture the moment that finally had me giggle. Not the most appropriate laughter, but my son didn't get hurt and ended up laughing, so it was okay.

Lex wanted to take the dog out by himself. Now, picture him with boxer shorts on, Bailey's scrunchie around his calf, and flip flops on. He's holding the leash, which is retractable, but goes out to 20 or 30 feet. Hunter was standing close to Lex when one of the cats flew past them. Yes, you can imagine what happened. Hunter lunged for the cat and took off like a bullet. Lex saw it coming, but didn't have time to brace himself. He held onto the leash for dear life, which in turn, pulled him to the grass and pulled him about a foot or two. I saw it from the doorway happening in slow motion. If I had it on film, we would be $10,000 richer. I stifled a laugh and Lex cried from the shock. Then, he stood up and said, "Well, I sure wasn't expecting that!" Just another day in the Leamon household.

Baptism

Bailey asked this week to get baptism. It was bittersweet. Meaning, I absolutely loved the fact that she accepted Christ on her own and asked him into her heart and now she was asking to be baptized! She matured so much it was amazing to see! I hadn't told the Pastors at our church, so she was a last minute add that morning. There were some teary eyes that morning, including ours.

"Don't die"

On Sunday, Lex started to ride his bike with no training wheels. Now, we've been working on him starting by himself without our help. While I was upstairs today, I was watching Lex and Nate in the backyard. Lex was asking Nate to hold the back of his seat, which Nate did willingly. A couple of times, Lex fell over and he, surprisingly, did not get upset with Nate. He just kept explaining how to hold the bike. After a few times, Nate said, "you can do it, Yex, just don't die." Oh, to see what goes through his mind.

Mother's Day 2010

It was an awesome day all around. I got to sleep in a bit, which is always a treat. The worship music at church was just fabulous and uplifting. Afterwards, we all met at my grandparent's house for a brunch of sorts. The kids just all got along great and had an awesome time playing with each other. When it was photo time, Lex got cranky and told Lex he had to smile because, "it is Mother's day and it's the law!" I loved it! After a long, fun-filled day we came home and after three tries, Lex started to ride his bike all by himself with no training wheels. In his words, "there's nothing stopping me now!"

Rain and Patience

We've had some rain lately. Okay, a lot of rain. Some days I think it would be more beneficial to have a boat in lieu of a car, but that's for another day. I have realized that with the kids being inside, I have a lot less patience lately. We had a few nice days and everyone got to get out and burn off some energy. Moods were up. Attitudes improved. Smiles were in abundance. Lately, that's just not been the case. Everyone has been short on patience in this house, myself included. I decided last night to try to make some changes within myself to help this. I need to not get so upset so quickly. To stop and think before I speak. Novel idea, eh? So far, although it's only 11:07 AM, it's worked. Laugh if you want, but we've already been up and at 'em for five hours today. I have told the kids that I am not repeating myself repeatedly to get their attention or to do something. They will go directly to their rooms and sit on their beds. When they are ready to comply, they may join us. We've done this in the past and it has worked wonderfully. Why did we get out of this? Laxness on our part. It happens. It's part of a cycle that every family goes through. Consistency is the key and we need to maintain it here. Although sometimes chaoticness is consistency (we're all still in our pajamas) it gets us through the day happier and closer as a family. And, that's one of our goals. Today's goal is to get dressed. Although, we may just bathe and then get into clean jammmies before bed. Nothing wrong with that occasionally, right? Now, I must go. My three year old is opening up my nail polish and smelling them...

Alexander is 5!!!

It's hard to believe, but he's five years old. I say it again, the last five years feel like they have flown by! He's so ready for kindergarten, it's scary. He just wants to grow up and be so darn independent already. Part of me is ready and part of me is definitely not. He's such a little man at times, a sarcastic one at that. I guess he comes by it naturally. I'm so excited to see what the future holds for him.